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POSTPONED – University Dance Theatre 2020

March 15, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

$8.00 – $20.00

At this time, University Dance Theatre has postponed their upcoming performance.


University Dance Theatre 2020 features a 16-student dance ensemble in an exciting new choreography showcase. This year’s production features work from guest choreographer dana e. fitchett, as well as new work from faculty choreographers Wendy Diamond, ArVejon Jones, and Ray Tadio.

Guest choreographer dana e. fitchett, multidisciplinary artist and radical mixed-race Black woman creates choreography that is not particularly definable: a fluid, subtle, nuanced response to music with evidence of influence from ballet as well as from traditional West African styles.  fitchett engages her creative practice of filling in the blanks left by verbal communication.  She is inspired by Katherine Dunham, who stated “Verbalization is apt to end in sterility,” and in the words of Toni Morrison, “Everything is now. It is all now.”

Acclaimed International and national dance faculty choreographers Wendy Diamond, Arvejon Jones, and Ray Tadio present new works, joined by student choreographers.  Diamond’s piece, set to music by Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Mayfield is a moving tribute to Terry Sendgraff, creative visionary, choreographer, her mentor and friend.  Tadio’s inspiration is 1990s dance music icon Kristine W. that touches on the individual’s search for the living and organic.  Jones celebrates the movement traditions of African Diaspora through a contemporary lens, set to an eclectic mix including “The Four Seasons Recomposed: Winter III” by Max Richter and Antonio Vivaldi.

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Date:
March 15, 2020
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Series:
Cost:
$8.00 – $20.00
Website:
http://theatredance.sfsu.edu

Organizer

San Francsico State University School of Theatre & Dance
Phone
415-338-1341
Email
thtrdnc@sfsu.edu
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Venue

San Francsico State University Little Theatre
1600 Holloway Ave, Creative Arts bldg.
San Francisco, CA 94132 United States
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Phone
415-338-1341
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