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UALR Springs into Dance and Dances into Spring

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Photo on poster by Benjamin Krain

UALR’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present “Body Works,” the Spring Dance Concert.  It started on Thursday and continues tonight at at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 22, at 3 p.m. in University Theatre in the UALR Center for Performing Arts.

Tickets are $7 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors. For more information, contact 501-569-3456.

“Body Works”’ is an eclectic dance concert that will present works based in the human experience and the human body. It features an array of different choreographic ideas and styles will be showcased including homage to modern dance icons, an experimental work based upon dancers being physically connected with fabric, as well as an Asian-influenced contemporary fan piece, a neoclassical ballet, and a rousing disco piece reminiscent of Studio 54.  The dance faculty includes Stephanie Thibeault, Rhythm McCarthy and Stephen K. Stone.

Also on Saturday, UALR is hosting the Spring Dance Festival for dance students aged 14 and older.

March of the Nutcracker

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Ballet Arkansas continues the tradition of presenting The Nutcracker this weekend at Robinson Center Music Hall.

The title role is being essayed by Ballet Arkansas company trainee Jake Catlett while Michael Bearden, Ballet Arkansas’ artistic adviser, is a guest artist and dances the role of the Cavalier.  Alternating in the role of Clara are Lauren Frances Wood and Kathryn Latham.  Other roles are being danced by Leslie Dodge (Sugar Plum Fairy), Lauren McCarty Horak (Snow Queen),Toby Lewellen (Snow King),  Anna Maris (Frau Von Stahlbuam and Dew Drop Fairy), Sean Porter (Rat King), Stephen Stone (Drosselmeyer), Allison Wilson (Rat Queen) and Perry Young (Herr Von Stahlbaum, Mother Ginger).

The choreography for this production was created by a Jana Beard, Sydney Ippolito, Marius Petipa, Traci Presley, and Allison Wilson.  Geoffrey Robson, associate conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, will conduct musicians from the ASO in performing Tchaikovsky’s ballet score.  Tickets are available from the Arkansas Symphony box office at 666-1761 or http://www.arkansassymphony.org.