UNLV Dance opens its 50th Anniversary Season with Golden Glow - a celebration of creativity, collaboration, and possibility — Oct. 2-3 in the Judy Bayley Theatre. Tickets are available here.
Fifty years deserve more than reflection. They deserve creation. This landmark performance gathers an extraordinary community of choreographic voices whose works celebrate where UNLV Dance has been, honor who it is today, and imagine where it will go next.
Featured guest choreographers include:
Emily Schoen Branch, a Dance Magazine "Top 25 to Watch" artist and former member with KEIGWIN + COMPANY. She performed and worked with Kyle Abraham/AIM, the Metropolitan Opera in works by Doug Varone, Mark Morris and Carolyn Choa, and the Rolling Stones during their 50th Anniversary reunion tour.
Robert Kleinendorst, who performed for 21 years with the internationally renowned Paul Taylor Dance Company, dancing 98 roles in 77 of Taylor’s dances and originating 28 roles with Mr. Taylor. Kleinendorst has also danced with Larry Keigwin, Doug Varone, Lial York, Doug Elkins, Bryan Arias, Pam Tanawitz, Margie Gillis, and Kyle Abraham.
Kedric Bateman, an award-winning Las Vegas choreographer and former Contemporary West Dance Theatre artist who toured nationally in works by Donald Byrd, Vernard J. Gilmore, Don Bellamy, Ulysses Dove, and Alving Ailey.
David Mayorga, whose career spans concert dance, commercial performance, film, television, and interdisciplinary movement practices. David currently works as a dance educator at Millenium Dance complex Las Vegas; a movement artist for Dani Maloney Dance Collective; and dancer at On the Record, a hip hop speakeasy.
The concert also premieres a new collaborative work by UNLV Dance faculty choreographers Hayley Meier and Jason Hortin, whose inventive partnership continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary choreography through thoughtful design, dynamic movement, and shared artistic inquiry.
About the UNLV College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts educates, empowers, and engages creative people to become visionary change-makers in the arts through acts of imagination. At UNLV we believe the arts are an essential good for society. We make education relevant and accessible through our programs and outreach. We create new knowledge in the arts. We celebrate independent thought and the power of bringing people together to foster creativity.
