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Home › News & Events › News › UA Dance Announces 2018/2019 Season

UA Dance Announces 2018/2019 Season

July 31, 2018

The Ventana Series, the UA Dance 2018/2019 season, is your window to remarkable dance created by renowned choreographers from around the globe, as well as right here in Tucson. The season opener, Premium Blend, brings together the work of two of the “greats” of our time; Panorama by Martha Graham and Concerto Barocco by George Balanchine.

And it doesn’t stop there. Dances From the Heart in February captures the essence of the love-filled month, and the idiosyncratic Megalopolis, by New York based choreographer Larry Keigwin, is on the bill for Spring Collection alongside new faculty creations. Throughout the season UA Dance offers cutting-edge performances curated in their signature blend of ballet, modern, and jazz dance.

Propelled by the work of internationally known faculty and guest artists, the UA Dance Ensemble has made fourteen trips to Europe, Asia and South America. Other important engagements in the U.S. have included two dance festivals at the Joyce Theatre in NYC, an invitation to perform for the Capezio Awards, also in NYC, and performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

The Ensemble, with some 150 dancers, performs more than 40 times a year and has as its home the award-winning Stevie Eller Dance Theatre on the UA campus.  UA Dance has presented, as part of its repertoire, the works of George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Martha Graham, José Limón, Ben Stevenson, Donald McKayle, Anne Reinking, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Alexei Ratmansky and others.

As the 2018/2019 season approaches, here is your opportunity to become immersed in world-class repertoire created by both UA Dance faculty and brilliant guest artists.

Become A Season Subscriber

• Discounted ticket prices
• Preferred seat selection
• Option for premier parking

To become a season subscriber, sign up for our mailing list. You will receive
our full season brochure and subscription form by September 15.

For questions and to sign up for our mailing list: click here or
call (520) 621-4698

Season Preview
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Get a sneak peek at our exciting new season, and hear the inside scoop on
UA Dance’s roster of guest artists for the year. Free and open to the public.

Jazz in AZ*
October 16 – 18, 2018
Known for dynamic and exciting choreography in a “one-act, one-hour” show.
*JAZZ in AZ is not on the season subscription but deserves a spot on your calendar!

Premium Blend
November 14 – 18, 2018
As always, a blend of masterworks by legendary choreographers along with
brilliant faculty creations.

Interiors – Student Spotlight
November 29 – December 2, 2018
Choreography and performance by the best and brightest of our 150
undergraduate and graduates.

Dances From The Heart
February, 13 – 17, 2019

Horizons – Student Spotlight
April 18 – 27, 2019
Cheer on those whose next step takes them into uncharted territory…

Spring Collection
April 19 – 28, 2019
The last bouquet of the 2018-19 season!

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UA Dance Alumni always stand out in a crowd! Check out what the “New York Post” had to say about freshman Rockette and 2019 BFA graduate Megan Garcia:

“Megan Garcia, a 22-year-old Latina from Naperville, Ill., received a huge surprise at the finale of the Rockettes’ “summer intensive” training program. A manager announced to the 60 women on stage, along with friends and families, that Garcia was hired on the spot. The other women crowded around to give her a group hug.
‘I’ve wanted to become a professional dancer nearly all my life,” she said. “It was a dream come true.’”
Annie Wermiel/NY Post

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UA Dance Alumni always stand out in a crowd! Check out what the “New York Post” had to say about freshman Rockette and 2019 BFA graduate Megan Garcia:  
 
“Megan Garcia, a  22-year-old Latina from Naperville, Ill., received a huge surprise at the finale of the Rockettes’ “summer intensive” training program.  A manager announced to the 60 women on stage, along with friends and families, that Garcia was hired on the spot. The other women crowded around to give her a group hug.
‘I’ve wanted to become a professional dancer nearly all my life,” she said. “It was a dream come true.’”
Annie Wermiel/NY Post

https://nypost.com/2019/10/19/meet-the-new-diverse-faces-of-the-rockettes/?utm_source=The+Dance+Edit+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1e82f9bf66-TheDanceEdit20191022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d041e7406a-1e82f9bf66-64587941
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Congrats and we love you!! 🐻⬇️

Congratulations How wonderful!!!

How fabulous, congratulations 🎉 Bear Down Arizona ❤🐾💙

Congratulations 🎊

Go NAPERVILLE!

I love everything about this story except listing her ethnic background. I doubt the author would have said, “a 22-year-old Caucasian”. Anyway, don’t want to focus on the negative, Congrats!

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Una conversación sobre la historia de la danza española con el célebre bailarín y coreógrafo Pablo Rodarte.

A conversation about the history of Spanish dance with celebrated dancer and choreographer Pablo Rodarte.
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Asturias de Pablo Rodarte - Una Conversación
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Elegant performance bravo 👏🏼

Absolutely stunning!!

Wonderful performance! Well done, UAdance!

This is so cool! What an amazing opportunity.

My niece U of A dance

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Merde to MFA Candidate Jared Baker, undergraduate dance major Hannah Weinmaster, and their casts, who will be competing tomorrow at the Palm Desert Choreography Festival in California! ... See MoreSee Less

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Merde to MFA Candidate Jared Baker, undergraduate  dance major Hannah Weinmaster, and their casts, who will be competing tomorrow at the Palm Desert Choreography Festival in California!
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Best of luck to all of you

Good luck everyone!!

We love this highlight from Arizona Daily Star's Gerald Gay

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UA Dance's 'Premium Blend' offers Lang US debut, Balanchine work

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A dance created by choreographer Jessica Lang for the National Ballet of Japan in 2014 will make its stateside debut at the University of Arizona’s Stevie Eller Dance Theatre next

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Can’t wait to come to the performance!

Spectacular work!

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Autumn Eckmans: Gold Jackets
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I love this so much!!! Wish I could see it!

Autumn you have so much passion for what you do and it always shines through your choreography. I’m grateful I had the opportunity to work with you in college. Thank you and the professors at UofA for boosting male dancers up to be all they can be. And thank you for all you do for the dance community in general, as well.

Awesome

Wow Autumn Eckman you are amazing!

I want to see this!!

This is where diego del toledo is..couldnt see him..

Katrina Marie Brooks - I think I saw Nate

Victor - minha faculdade. Olha que show!

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UA Dance Ensemble members Brandt Czerniski and Kyle Halford captured by @edfloresphotography.
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