University of South Florida

School of Theatre & Dance

College of Design, Art & Performance

2019 Fall Dance Concert

DanceUSF Presents the Fall Dance Concert

Find yourself gliding across the stage, being lifted through the air and landing with perfect grace. This will be an evening of fast paced movement and agile choreography by our talented DanceUSF Faculty and guest artist Erik Wagner.

A female dancer, her face in shadow, holds out her arms and raises her face upwards.
Two women dancers on stage, one supports herself on the ground with her arms and extends her leg straight upward.
Five female dancers. Four in the back all face backwards, the one in the front is bent forward at her waist.
A female dancer supports another female dancer with her arm around her waist as she takes a turn around the floor.
Two female dancers dressed all in black extend their arms outwards.
Two female dancers dressed in all black extend their arms outwards and bend their knees slightly, leaning to their sides.
An Asian female dancer dances ballet.
A Black male dancer holds a female dancer in his arms. He leans forward, holding her as she extends her arms gracefully backwards toward the floor and extends one leg straight upwards.
Two female dancers, one Black and one Latina, lunge forward on the ground facing each other. They meet their palms and hold each other's gaze.

2019 Fall Dance Concert
Theatre 1
Thurs, Oct 3 - Sat, Oct 5 at 7:30
Sun, Oct 6 at 3:00

Tickets:
Student/Senior/Active Military $10
General Admission: $15

For tickets and further information: usf.edu/arts or 813-974-2323

DanceUSF Professors Jeanne Travers and Bliss Kohlmyer will be taking their pieces from this concert and traveling with DanceUSF students to Beijing, China to participate in the International Creative Dance Seminar at Beijing Normal University.

The USF / China Exchange Program is a unique opportunity for dancers to have an artistic, cultural and educational experience in China. The International Creative Dance Seminar offers students the chance to interact with faculty and students from many different countries that come together to share the common language of dance. Through diverse classes such as Chinese Traditional Folk Dance, Tibetan Dance, Contemporary Modern Dance, Dance Improvisation and World Dance students will gain a rich knowledge about the artistry of different world cultures.

GUEST ARTIST

Erik Wagner is a native of Clearwater Beach, and is thrilled to be home, and making work at the University of South Florida. His history performing with the San Francisco Ballet, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Ballet X, and the Stadttheater Bern Ballet lay an eclectic foundation upon which his practice in teaching and choreography is built. In June 2019, Dance Teacher Magazine published his views on teaching adagio, and in 2018 Dance Magazine live-streamed his ballet class via Facebook. He recently assisted staging and choreography for the Fischerspooner concert in San Francisco, where his dances have been featured in the West Wave Dance Festival, Kunst-Stoff Festival, Joe Goode Feedback, The Garage, The News: Fresh Queer Performance, and the Lines Ballet Training Program. From 2013-2015, Erik served as a Guest Lecturer of Dance at Stanford University.