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Dance major Lavette Patterson has practiced ballet since she was 3 years old.

A dancer’s perspective on race in ballet

Josh Kelly, Arts & Life Editor February 6, 2019

NKU dance major Lavette Patterson found herself playing the role of Margaret Garner, a slave that lived on a Boone County plantation in the mid-1800s, last semester during Dr. Joan Ferrante’s documentary...

Olivia Sketch, Brianna Mullins and Lexie Callaham are all three dancing majors.

Dancers at NKU break the mold

Natalie Hamren, News Editor November 26, 2018

On the second floor of the Fine Arts Center is a small dance studio with a neon green sign on the door that reads “department of theatre and dance.” The floors are all black, with mirrors and bars...

Newton in Shrek performing Big Bright Beautiful World. Newton performed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

‘Big Fish’ lead explores where NKU path takes him

Natalie Hamren, News Editor October 4, 2018

When Collin Newton was a kid, his grandfather told him he caught a leprechaun under a bridge near his house and that the leprechaun had to give him a gold coin to be set free. His grandfather would pull...

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