Thursday, April 7 2022 | 8pm Friday, April 8 2022 | 8pm Saturday, April 9 2022 | 8pm Sunday, April 10 2022 | 2:30pm New Dance Theatre, Dance Building UGA Dance MERGENCE, the 2022 UGA Dance Company Spring Faculty Concert, will be presented by the University of Georgia Department of Dance on April 7-9 at 8 p.m. and April 10 at 2:30 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre, located in the Dance Building between Soule and Green Streets (off Sanford Drive). The performance features original works created by dance faculty and guest artists for UGA dance students. MERGENCE offers its audience an array of dance styles and choreographic ideas. With eleven different works, this energetic live performance features Classical ballet, contemporary, and jazz dance, as well as live music. The diversity of the concert embraces a range of artistic voices celebrating the emerging student artist as a sophisticated performer who has range and depth. Faculty and guest choreography, and music will be performed by UGA Dance Department students, staff, dance faculty, and guests. We are delighted to present this year’s guest choreography by Virginia Carver, UGA Department of Dance professor emerita and Seyong Kim, international professional ballet artist and 2021-22 Franklin Visiting Scholar and Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Distinguished Artist. We hope you enjoy this captivating concert event as you’re taken on a journey that sparks your imagination and softens your heart! Tickets are available at the UGA Performing Arts Center box office, online at pac.uga.edu, by phone at 706-542-4400 or can be purchased at the Tate Student Center. Tickets will also be available at the door one hour before each performance, however, advance purchase is strongly recommended. Free parking is available in lots adjacent to the UGA Department of Dance after 5:00 p.m., or at the South Campus Parking Deck next to the Georgia Center for Continuing Education for a fee. $12 students/$16 general admission, $5 groups of 8 or more (promo code UGADC). A live stream will also be available Friday and Saturday night on the UGA Dance Livestream page at showtime. (Click here for concert program book)
