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Feb. 08, 2017
UT’s Spring Dance Concert “Electric and Eclectic”
The University of Tampa will present its popular Spring Dance Concert Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16–18, at 8 p.m., with a Saturday matinee on Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. All performances are at UT’s Falk Theatre on Kennedy Boulevard opposite campus and are free and open to the public.
The annual Spring Dance Concert features choreography by UT faculty and guest artists, with performances by UT students. Dance styles include ballet, modern, contemporary and musical theatre.
“The diversity of the Spring Dance Concert is its great strength,” said Susan Taylor Lennon, UT professor of dance. “We feature a broad range of dance styles and choreographers, and our students are from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, as well. This concert is a feast for dance lovers, or even people just wanting a taste of dance.”
One highlight of this year’s program will be a piece by internationally renowned dancer, teacher and choreographer Bill Evans titled “Colony,” which touches on the tension between British colonization of New Zealand and the indigenous Maori people.
Other themes on the program include a musical theatre piece featuring a lot of women — and men — dancing in sparkling red high heels, a short parody of Swan Lake, titled “Swans Gone Bad;” and a tribute to the late Martin Luther King Jr.
In addition to Evans, choreographers include UT dance faculty, including Lennon, Heather Ahern, Corinne Colon, Susannah LeMarquand, Sea Lee and Ya-Ju Lin, as well as Christina Acosta, director of the dance program at Hillsborough Community College’s Ybor City campus.
For more information, contact Lennon at (813) 257-3745.
The annual Spring Dance Concert features choreography by UT faculty and guest artists, with performances by UT students. Dance styles include ballet, modern, contemporary and musical theatre.
“The diversity of the Spring Dance Concert is its great strength,” said Susan Taylor Lennon, UT professor of dance. “We feature a broad range of dance styles and choreographers, and our students are from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, as well. This concert is a feast for dance lovers, or even people just wanting a taste of dance.”
One highlight of this year’s program will be a piece by internationally renowned dancer, teacher and choreographer Bill Evans titled “Colony,” which touches on the tension between British colonization of New Zealand and the indigenous Maori people.
Other themes on the program include a musical theatre piece featuring a lot of women — and men — dancing in sparkling red high heels, a short parody of Swan Lake, titled “Swans Gone Bad;” and a tribute to the late Martin Luther King Jr.
In addition to Evans, choreographers include UT dance faculty, including Lennon, Heather Ahern, Corinne Colon, Susannah LeMarquand, Sea Lee and Ya-Ju Lin, as well as Christina Acosta, director of the dance program at Hillsborough Community College’s Ybor City campus.
For more information, contact Lennon at (813) 257-3745.
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