Performance – UA Dance Presents 'Interiors – Student Spotlight'

When: 
Repeats every day 3 times.
December 01, 2018 7:30pmDecember 02, 2018 7:30pmDecember 03, 2018 7:30pm

Students are the heart of UA Dance, and their choreography is on display in "Interiors – Student Spotlight." A dozen distinct dances explore themes from their lives that are at once personal to their unique experiences, and universal to our shared humanity.

"Interiors" reflects upon this present moment in time through the lens of the next generation of dance artists. The idea of the present moment is explored literally in "The Kitchen Sink," an assemblage of movement generated by the freshman improvisation course this semester. The movement is performed spontaneously by dancers in a predetermined structure to an improvised score. The dance itself is unique each time it is performed.

Sophomore dance major Hannah Weinmaster brings us two pieces on the program. "Conformity Exchange," a piece for four women, explores conformity and the obsession with money. The dancers, dressed identically at first, gradually break from the norm and find their individuality.

"Do you hear me?" also created by Weinmaster, is another story of wanting, but this time it is the story of one girl who desires for a real, true love; one that is genuine and full of life. Throughout the piece she goes through trials of rejection, loneliness, self judgement, doubt, anger, impatience, confusion, repetition of state, and trust, only to find herself alone in the end.

Jared Baker has returned this year as a Master of Fine Arts candidate and graduate college fellow after graduating with his Bachelor of Fine Arts from UA Dance in 2013. Two of Baker's works are also on the program: "Closing Soliloquy" stems from the realization that his body is aging and that the mobile, limber instrument he once had no longer exists in its full capacity. The solo is intimate, as though the audience isn't, and shouldn't, be present. In his piece "Flight," Baker reflects back on his experience leaving college and entering the professional world for the first time. For him, as for many, it was the failures at first that eventually led him to hone his craft and excel. "Flight" is an offering to those on this precipice, ready to discover how to find their wings.

To purchase tickets, visit the link below or call the College of Fine Arts box office at 520-621-1162.

Show dates and times:

  • Thursday, Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Dec. 1, 1:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, Dec. 2, 1:30 p.m.

Performance length: 1.5 hours (including 15 minute intermission)

Photo by Ed Flores featuring UA Dance Ensemble member Christian Blue.


Audience: All
Price: Adult $25 / senior, military, UA employee $23 / student $12

Where

Campus: Main Campus

Address

Contact info & links

Contacts

College of Fine Arts Box Office University of Arizona School of Dance

Requests for disability-related accommodations should be directed to the event's primary contact: College of Fine Arts Box Office