PRESS RELEASE

               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

From: School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration

            The University of Akron

Contact: Weronika Gaudyn, (330) 972-7895

            Administration.arts@gmail.com

The University of Akron Dance Program presents UADC Spring 2018

AKRON, OH— The School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration presents The University of Akron Dance Company (UADC) Spring 2018 Concert on April 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. on campus at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill St. Akron, OH 44325-0501.

This spring’s diverse and dynamic evening of dance is directed by Nick Carlisle, adjunct dance faculty at The University of Akron since 1997. The concert features new choreography by UA full-time dance faculty Kara Stewart and Tom Smith, and the re-staging of the ballet Romanian Rhapsodyfrom the repertoire of Neos Dance Theatre. Also on the evening’s program are two selections of student work by UA dance majors Teresa Catterlin and Stephanie Anderson which premiered in last semester’s Choreographers’ Workshop.

Romanian Rhapsody, commissioned by the Akron Symphony Orchestra in 2017 and choreographed by Neos Dance Theatre artistic director Robert Wesner, is set to the music of George Enesco and will be restaged by Neos company members Katherine Tackett, Carson Sandiford-Hoxie and Anna Trumbo. 

Tickets are $14 for general admission, $12 for seniors, alumni, UA faculty and staff, and $7 for students. Reserve tickets by calling (330) 253-2488 or visit http://www.uakron.edu/ej/events. For additional information please visit our website www.uakron.edu/dtaa or www.facebook.com/TheArtsStartHere. 

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