A unique cultural resource for the community, the University of Illinois Department of Dance offers a varied dance repertoire that includes contemporary dance premieres, repertory by prominent professional choreographers and resident faculty artists, and reconstructions of dance classics. The department's performance season also includes two programs of new work by graduate and undergraduate dance majors.
The Foellinger Great Hall is named for Helene R. Foellinger, a 1932 graduate of the University of Illinois, a journalist who served on the United Press International (UPI) Advisory Board.