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TJC professor earns national award for research in dance education

When Tyler Junior College dance professor Kristi Franks was working on the thesis for her master’s degree, she hadn’t anticipated that her research would earn national recognition.

Published 15th November 2023

‘Nutcracker’ auditions set Sept. 9 at TJC

The Tyler Junior College Academy of Dance’s 35th annual presentation of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, “The Nutcracker,” is fast approaching.

Published 28th August 2023
TJC presents dance production, ‘Cinderella’

Audiences of all ages are invited to experience the wonder of Tyler Junior College’s special dance adaptation of the classic fairy tale, “Cinderella.”

Published 12th April 2023
TJC’s DanceFest, ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ set April 12-14

For its annual DanceFest presentation, the Tyler Junior College Academy of Dance is telling “a tale as old as time.”

Published 5th April 2019
A holiday tradition: TJC celebrates 30 years of ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet

The Tyler Junior College Academy of Dance’s 30th anniversary presentation of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, “The Nutcracker,” is fast approaching.

Published 14th November 2018
TJC’s DanceFest features ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Tyler Junior College’s Dance Department and Academy of Dance present DanceFest 2018, featuring a full-length, contemporary production of the classic fairytale, “Sleeping Beauty.”

Published 8th March 2018
NYC ballet dancer teaches master class at TJC

It’s not often the teacher becomes the student, but that’s what happened to TJC dance director Carolyn Hanna when a ballet dancer from New York City stopped in to teach a master class.

Published 2nd March 2018
Tickets on sale Feb. 15 for TJC spring musical, ‘Mary Poppins’

Chimney sweeps who step in time. Those precocious, kite-flying Banks children. The bird woman on the cathedral steps. A spoonful of sugar. That mysterious nanny who’s practically perfect in every way.

Published 9th February 2017

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TJC professor earns national award for research in dance education

‘Nutcracker’ auditions set Sept. 9 at TJC

TJC presents dance production, ‘Cinderella’

TJC’s DanceFest, ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ set April 12-14

A holiday tradition: TJC celebrates 30 years of ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet

TJC’s DanceFest features ‘Sleeping Beauty’

NYC ballet dancer teaches master class at TJC

Tickets on sale Feb. 15 for TJC spring musical, ‘Mary Poppins’

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