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Portrait photo of Erika Villeroy da Costa

Grad student awarded grant to study pioneering dance troupe

Erika Villeroy da Costa, a graduate student in critical dance studies at UC Riverside, has been awarded a 2026 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship. Da Costa will use the $52,000 grant to support her research on first-generation members of the Afro-Brazilian dance troupe Balé Folclórico Mercedes Baptista.

By John Sanford |
Anusha Kedhar-UCR. (Photo courtesy of Anusha Kedhar)

Anusha Kedhar receives grant from UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council

The grant will allow space to identify inequity in British South Asian dance.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |
Anthea Kraut

Professor earns prestigious NEH grant

Anthea Kraut researches the role of dance-ins during Hollywood’s Golden Age

By Julia Woock |
Rosalia Lerner (Photo courtesy of Rosalia Lerner)

Scholar wins award from the Dance Studies Association

Rosalia Lerner, critical dance studies doctoral student, received the Selma Jeanne Cohen Award.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |
Ni'Ja Whitson, assistant professor with the Department of Dance.

Ni’Ja Whitson awarded two national fellowships 

Whitson’s work often explores the African diaspora, spirituality, and gender.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |
The University of California Riverside sign on University Ave

Two UCR professors awarded career enhancement fellowships

Armando García and María Regina Firmino-Castillo are both recipients of 12-month fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation

By University Communications |
Dohee Lee (Courtesy of Dohee Lee. Photo by Scott Tsuchitani)

Dance: corporeal expressions

A quarter-long Department of Dance course includes research presentations, demonstrations, and free workshops that are open to the campus community.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |