The virtual performance will feature guest artist, Alicia Graf Mack, the Dean and Director of Dance at the Juilliard School. Mack was a former principal dancer at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Dance Theatre of Harlem during her esteemed career. Alicia Graf Mack will perform a sentimental solo titled, Don’t Stop, from a New York City rooftop during the Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Spring Celebration.
During the virtual Spring Celebration, Claude Alexander III, a DBDT veteran dancer and rehearsal assistant will feature one of his pieces. He will take the audience on an emotional journey through the process of forgiveness and unconditional love. Claude Alexander III will illustrate this adventure in his full company work titled, A Tender Pardon.
Elmhurst Choral Union s virtual concert to debut May 15 The Elmhurst Choral Union rehearses for the spring concert in April 2019. This year s spring concert will feature music reflecting joy, peace, and the beauty and rebirth of spring. Courtesy of the Elmhurst Choral Union
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Elmhurst Choral Union and Elmhurst Choral Union Chamber Singers present a Mutual May Music: A Virtual Performance to Bring Us Together, an on-demand concert debuting at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 15.
Artistic Director Scott Uddenberg will lead both groups and professional soloists in this positive concert experience, featuring music that reflects joy, peace, and the beauty and rebirth of spring.
April 1, 2021
Miwa Matreyek, “Infinitely Yours”
In April, the “Transforming Crisis” series will host three public virtual events, featuring Fine Arts Center artist-in-residence, Miwa Matreyek. The series a semester-long series hosted in collaboration with UMass Fine Arts Center (FAC), the Master of Fine Arts for Poets and Writers (MFA) and the School of Earth and Sustainability (SES). It is devoted to illuminating ecological crises and addressing climate injustice. With support from the Chancellor s Sustainability Advisory Committee, the series includes performances, readings and discussions with prominent scholars, scientists and artists, along with students and community members about pressing environmental issues, promising solutions and the power of creative arts to inspire collective action.