Free Dance Concert at UA on Friday Looks at ‘Space/Place’

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance, along with collaboration from the UA art department, present “Space/Place,” a free dance concert at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in Morgan Auditorium on Colonial Drive in the UA Theatre District.

The first half of the show features original choreography from four students in the dance department, Kelsey Anthony, Allison Michalke, Sarah Porras and Catherine Vancak. Works in this part of the program include finding inspiration from novels, text and music as well as drawing on life experiences as source material for contemporary movement ideas. The choreographers’ distinctive voices are shown through their diversity of subject matter and movement styles.

For the second half of the concert, the University’s dance and art departments have teamed up for a display of three-dimensional objects and full-bodied movement. Graduate art students April Livingston and Melanie Owen and art professors Craig Wedderspoon and Lowell Baker provided the choreographers with sculptures to add a new level to the performance. Come see how these artists have used science to inspire dancers moving through and occupying space.

The department of theatre and dance and the art department are part of UA’s College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All American Team.