University of Akron Dance Program presents Fall 2017 Dance Concert

The University of Akron Dance Company (UADC) presents the 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. 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. 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.