Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present an undergraduate dance concert at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, May 9-11 in Space Place Theater of North Hall.

The performance will feature:

  • Anticipatory Postural Adjustments, choreographed by Claire J. Mueller and featuring dancers Erin Corcoran, Irina Gass, Marisha Johnson, and Melissa Krienke.
  • (w)Hole. Being., choreographed by Elizabeth Dickson and featuring dancers Marie Brown and Ethan Rome.
  • “Excuse me, I have Complaints,” a duet, choreographed and performed by Topeka Ellis.
  • The First Thaw, choreographed by Emma Carson and featuring dancers Jingqiu Guan, Marie Mortensen, Michelle Sullivan, Katie Rosenberger, and Josh Raheim.
  • discrepancies of self, choreographed by Marisha Johnson and featuring dancers Madeline Curry, Ashley Michalek, and Arianna Russ.
  • Look at Her, choreographed by Madeline Curry and featuring dancers Danielle Beeman, Erin Corcoran, Kristen Vasilakos, and Chase Willman.
  • Quantum Poetics, choreographed by Lauren Linder and featuring dancers Carolyn Kalscheur and Arianna Russ.
  • Femme Fatale, choreographed by Makinze Meiners and featuring dancers Malinda Baty, Molly Lamb, Alee Ronchetto, Kristen Vasilakos, Chase A. Willman, and Lindsey Wong.
  • TBA, choreographed by Ashley Michalek and featuring dancers Elizabeth Dickson, Topeka Ellis, Marisha Johnson, Carolyn Kalscheur, Claire Mueller, Arianna Russ, Anne Shalo, and Hope Spear.

Admission is $12 ($6 for senior citizens and youth, free to UI students with a valid UI ID); tickets are available in advance through the Hancher Box Office at 319-335-1160, 800-426-2437, or www.hancher.uiowa.edu/tickets.

The Department of Dance is part of the Division of Performing Arts in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For accommodations at the concert contact the Department of Dance at 319-335-2228. For a UI arts calendar and details about upcoming events visit the new Arts Iowa website.