WINSTON-SALEM – University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) alumnus Jim Vincent, artistic director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, has been appointed an honorary member of the UNCSA Board of Trustees.

His appointment, by Chancellor John Mauceri, was ratified by the UNCSA Board of Trustees earlier this month.

Vincent’s is the second of seven honorary trustee positions to be appointed to represent the areas of dance, design and production, drama, film, music, visual arts, and academic programs. As such, he will provide a national perspective in the dance arena.

Maya Angelou was appointed by Chancellor Mauceri earlier this year.

“We are grateful that Jim Vincent has agreed to serve his alma mater as an honorary trustee,” said Chancellor Mauceri. “His experience as a dancer, choreographer, ballet master, teacher, and artistic director for dance companies around the world gives him a unique perspective as he advises UNCSA. Jim is a creative and passionate leader in the dance world and he represents the highest achievements of our alumni and all we do at UNCSA.”

Vincent’s term is for two years.

Jim Vincent joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) in August 2000 following an extensive career as a dancer, teacher, ballet master and choreographer.

His distinguished career as a professional dancer includes a 12-year tenure with Jirí Kylián’s Nederlands Dans Theater, guest appearances with Lar Lubovitch, and two years with Nacho Duato’s Compañía Nacional de Danza in Spain.

As a dancer, Vincent worked with many choreographers, including Kylián, Duato, Lubovitch, Glen Tetley, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Hans van Manen, Christopher Bruce and Ohad Naharin.

Vincent served as ballet master and rehearsal director for Nederlands Dans Theater II and Opéra National de Lyon and was also the assistant artistic director to Nacho Duato with Compañía Nacional de Danza.

Vincent has choreographed a number of works for Nederlands Dans Theater I and II and Switzerland’s Stadt Theater Bern. In 2002, he choreographed, for HSDC, counter/part, which has been performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Maestro Pinchas Zukerman conducting, as well as with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis conducting. Vincent’s second work for the company, Uniformity, premiered at the Joyce Theater in New York City in 2005. His newest creation, Palladio, inspired by the 16^th-century Italian architect and set to composer Karl Jenkins’ score, premiered in Chicago in April 2007.

Earlier this month, on Nov. 2, Vincent was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from UNCSA.

He is a 1978 graduate of the UNCSA School of Dance.

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. Established as the North Carolina School of the Arts by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, UNCSA opened in Winston-Salem (“The City of the Arts”) in 1965 and became part of the University of North Carolina system in 1972. More than 1,100 students from middle school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. UNCSA is the state’s only public arts conservatory, dedicated entirely to the professional training of talented students in the performing, visual and moving image arts. UNCSA is located at 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. For more information, visit www.uncsa.edu.