University of Akron Dance Program presents Fall 2017 Dance Concert

This evening of dance is a collection of individual works and styles by UA choreographers Tom Smith, Nick Carlisle and Jennifer Lehaney, as well as guest choreographer Alice Klock.

Guest Choreographer Alice Klock is a Chicago-based artist working with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as their Choreographic Fellow. She has choreographed for The Cambrian’s “Nexus Project,” Loyola University, Visceral Dance Chicago, Neos Dance Theatre, and NW Dance Project’s “LAUNCH.” She also has collaborated with the Art Institute of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the International Beethoven Project. Klock’s piece, Leviathan, centers around the forces of nature and the complexity of our human relationship with the natural world, inviting us to embrace our responsibilities as caretakers of this earth.

Inspired by The Sultan of Swoon- Frank Sinatra, Jennifer Lehaney will incorporate jazz and tap dance into Nostalgia, Quite Frankly to mesh with one of the greatest vocalists of all time. The Search for a Happy Place, choreographed by Nick Carlisle, will incorporate an electronic version of Maurice Ravel's Boléro into an illustration of an individual suffering from anxiety and depression. Tom Smith’s piece, Save the Planet, will feature text from George Carlin in an abstract dance that highlights environmental concerns and focuses on saving the Earth.