The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance presents Dance Deconstructed, November 21 through 23, at the UTA Fine Arts Building in the Studio Theatre. The program features new dance works choreographed by faculty and students. Student choreographed works include: MetamorphaCIS by Sam Morales\; Maelstrom by Axel Patino\; If Tomorrow Had No Border… by Natalie Gonzales\; Cold Winter’s Night by Peyton Wilkinson\; and DANCIMATION by Macy Thiebaud.
UTA dance student and Musical Theatre major Thiebaud was inspired by the idea of blurring the lines between reality and alternate universes through her work, DANCIMATION, by exploring gesture and play. UTA Dance Minor Gonzalez’s If Tomorrow Had No Border… is loosely based on Jason De Leon’s The Land of Open Graves, telling the story of lives lost on the Sonoran Desert, exploring themes of displacement and survival.
Under the artistic direction of UTA Assistant Professor of Dance Laurie M. Taylor, Dance Deconstructed brings new works to the stage through innovative choreographic ideas, diverse movement vocabularies, and artistic mentorship. The evening features Taylor’s Broken Yolks, Shattered Chains, along with Dance faculty Meredith Knight-Treminio and Claudia Orcasitas’s works, Let the Womxn Do the Wxrk and The Human Season, respectively.
Dance Deconstructed plays November 21 at 7:30 p.m, November 22, at 7:30 p.m., and November 23 at 2 p.m. in the Fine Arts building Studio Theatre at UTA. Tickets are $22 for the public, $15 for UTA faculty, students, and seniors, and $10 for theatre majors. You can purchase tickets at www.utatickets.com.