Fiona Connolly
Dancer & Designer
I live at the intersection of dance and design. As a student at Roger Williams University, I’m passionate and creative, dedicated to bringing artistic visions to life. My background in dance, which includes four awards and training with celebrated mentors like Adrienne Hawkins, Christopher Huggins, and Dianne Walker, has given me a deep understanding of expression and discipline. This passion seamlessly blends with my work in graphic design.
I’ve been able to merge these two worlds through my role as a youth leader, dance teacher and graphic designer at Art Heals, where I help young people discover their love for the arts while creating brand-focused visuals. My design skills have been recognized through my work on a logo for a local dance company and an exhibit featuring my art, which led to this incredible opportunity.
Ultimately, my goal is to continue dancing—whether by performing or teaching—while building a career as a graphic designer, especially within the fashion industry. I believe my unique blend of skills allows me to approach every project with both an artist’s eye and a designer’s precision. I’m eager to contribute to projects that allow me to make a meaningful impact in both fields.
About Dance Theatre
x,The Dance Theatre program is open to majors, minors, or people who are taking a dance class that are just interested in doing more. Dance theatre is counted as one credit and is a program where you audition, get chosen for dance pieces, then at the end of the semester put on a four day show. This program is required for Majors but otherwise is just for fun. The good thing about this is that you can audit Dance Theatre which means you can take it for no credit, it’s super interesting and a great experience.
Fun Things in The Dance Program
This is just images from the past shows and two posters I made this year!
This is an Image from one of our shows, Spring Semester 2025!
It is from a student made piece by Holly Saunders. Find out more about the program below!
This was from the Spring Semester 2025 show as well made by a choreographer named Christina Jane Robson who was a a graduate of Roger Williams. Find out more about her below!
One of my classes I was instructed to host a contact improv class and send out invitations for it. I made this to send to other dancers to get people at the class. It was a great opportunity to use my design major skills in dance. Below read the history of our Arts Barn!
This past Fall 2025 Semester I got to create a poster for the show using amazing photos taken by Domenik Carl Lee. Below see more of our upcoming events amd have access to buy tickets!