Frances Wessells, Founder of VCU Dance, Dies at 105
January 23, 2025
January 23, 2025
RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 23 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Jan. 22, 2025:
By Leila Ugincius
Frances Wessells, associate professor emerita and founder of the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Dance + Choreography, died Dec. 31. She was 105.
Throughout her long life, Wessells was dedicated to dance, art and her students. Carmenita D. Higginbotham, Ph.D., dean of the VCU School of the Arts, said Wessells' ext . . .
By Leila Ugincius
Frances Wessells, associate professor emerita and founder of the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Dance + Choreography, died Dec. 31. She was 105.
Throughout her long life, Wessells was dedicated to dance, art and her students. Carmenita D. Higginbotham, Ph.D., dean of the VCU School of the Arts, said Wessells' ext . . .