Associate Professor of Dance Bruce Walczyk presented "Martial Arts & Dance: The Way of Filipino and Malaysian Martial Culture" and "Capoeira: An African-Brazilian Martial Art" at the recent American CollegeDance Festival Association Conference held at Montclair State University.
In both presentations, he explained and demonstrated how these cultures have transformed movements for self-defense into dance performance. Walczyk also focused on the use of these traditional forms as sources for contemporary dance technique and choreography.