UNL Dance presents ‘Evenings of Dance’ April 11-14
calendar icon04 Apr 2024
Lincoln, Neb.--The Glenn Korff School of Music’s dance program presents their annual Evenings of Dance Concert April 11-14 in the Lied Center’s Johnny Carson Theater.
Performances are April 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 general and $7 for students/youth and are available online at https://go.unl.edu/gksomtickets. The Friday, April 12 performance will be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.
This year’s Evenings of Dance concert features several guest artist pieces, including Paul Besaw’s “Camp, Dance, Tramp,” and work from Gloria Flores and Archer Porter.
Flores is a visiting assistant professor in Spanish and is also teaching the dance program’s first in-person hip hop course. More than 45 students enrolled in the course. Flores has choreographed a hip-hop piece titled “Quintessential Paradox” for the concert that draws on her backgrounds in jazz, modern dance and hip hop.
In addition, Flores, along with Katie Marya, a dancer, poet and associate director of the writing program in the English Department, and César García, a sound artist and musician originally from Mexico City, have made a fully original piece titled “A Woman in the Drum Forest” with new choreography by Flores, poetry by Marya and an original score played live by García.
Also joining the dance program this semester is Porter, who is teaching the intermediate modern course and also teaches in the Emerging Media Arts program. She is interested in dance film and has created a piece titled “Domicile” that will play behind the live dancers, who are in the film as well.
Associate Professor of Dance Susan Ourada is choreographing the senior dance ensemble for the 12th year. The piece is titled “You Wanna Pizza Me?” and its themes have a lighthearted Italian flair with Dean Martin singing.
The concert also features three student works that were also featured at the American College Dance Association regional conference this spring at St. Olaf College by junior Katie Charest and seniors Abby Brady and Mariela Hernandez.
The concert features lighting design by students in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, led by Assistant Professor Michelle Harvey.
Dance alumnae Shelley Bracken Fritz, Kari Swanson Neth and Cary Twomey are also hosting a post-performance Meet and Greet following the April 13 performance at Screamers Dining Cabaret, 803 Q St. For more information, contact unldancealumni@gmail.com.