Professors of Dance Elaine Heekin and Bruce Walczyk presented during the New England American College Dance conference held March 14-17 at the Five College Dance Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Hamilton’s Department of Dance and Movement Studies will present its annual Spring Dance Concert on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and Performing Arts. The performance will feature student dancers and choreography by Hamilton faculty Elaine Heekin, Sandra Stanton, Bruce Walczyk and Paris Wilcox in addition to guest choreographer Mikhail Ilyin.

Professor of Dance Elaine Heekin published “Movement Classes for Mature Adults: A Creative Approach” in Activity Director Today magazine. According to Heekin, “the article addresses various movement experiences that offer a refreshing approach as opposed to a generic workout.”

The Hamilton College Department of Dance and Movement Studies will present its annual Spring Dance Concert on Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall. The performance will feature student dancers and choreography by Hamilton faculty Sandra Stanton and Paris Wilcox ’95 in addition to guest choreographers Misung Hong, Heather Koniz ’04 and Jeremy Raia.

The Hamilton College Department of Dance and Movement Studies will present its Fall Dance Concert on Friday, Nov. 11, and Saturday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall. The performance will feature student dancers and choreography by Hamilton College faculty Elaine Heekin, Sandra Stanton, Bruce Walczyk and Paris Wilcox.

A memorial service for Associate Professor of Dance Emerita Leslie Norton will be held at the Hamilton College chapel on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 11 a.m. A member of the Hamilton faculty from 1984-2011, Professor Norton died on July 25 after a lengthy illness. A reception in Dwight Lounge of the Bristol Center will follow the service.

Dean of Faculty Patrick Reynolds announced the promotion of five Hamilton faculty members to the rank of professor.  Todd Franklin, philosophy; Marianne Janack, philosophy; Katherine Kuharic, art; Bruce Walczyk, dance and movement studies; and Steven Yao, English and creative writing, were promoted effective July 1.

President Joan Hinde Stewart announced the passing of Associate Professor of Dance Emerita Leslie Norton in an e-mail to the campus community on July 25:

With deep sadness I write to inform you that Associate Professor of Dance Emerita Leslie Norton died Saturday following a lengthy illness. She was 58 and had recently retired from the Hamilton faculty after 27 years.

The Departments of Music and Dance and Movement Studies will offer a full schedule of free performances in Wellin Hall during the College’s Family Weekend, Friday, Oct. 29, and Saturday, Oct. 30.

Yan Kit Pang ’10 returned to Hamilton to teach hip-hop in Associate Professor of Dance Elaine Heekin’s advanced contemporary dance and theory class on Oct. 11. Pang is involved with the Hamilton Center for the Arts, a multi-focus arts facility in Hamilton, N.Y., where he hopes to develop and build a dance department.