Uptown Dance Company Spring Fusion Dance Festival 2016

 

 

“Gulledge-Brown has chosen quality and sophisticated material for her company to perform. Good dancing is the core and strength of this fusion (or infusion) of artists.” -Nichelle Suzanne Strzepek, Dance Source Houston, 2009

Uptown Dance Company invites you to a celebration of the female choreographic voice in honor of Women’s History Month. Presenting three world premieres by three Houston-based female choreographers, UDC’s third annual Spring Fusion Dance Festival is a night of romance, humor and passion.

The festival begins with performances by Uptown Dance Company’s pre-professional division (Uptown Dance Company II, Senior Company and Junior Company). UDC II performs a brand new contemporary work, “Cosmos”, by Andre Silva of Texas Ballet Theater. They also debut a new work by UDC artistic director Beth Gulledge Brown. Titled “La apasionadas”, the piece is about connecting the Latin American expression of passion to the classical form of dance. Senior Company and Junior Company will reprise their works from Dance Infusion 2015, choreographed by UDC dancers Lindsay Cortner and Eric Glenn.

UDC main company takes the stage with three premiere works of distinct styles. Tina Kay Bohnstedt’s “What happens backstage…” takes a humorous, behind-the-scene look at the battle between dancers and stage workers. It’s a piece inspired by and reflects the different characters and personalities of the company. Priscilla Nathan Murphy’s “Fuga/The Chase” is about the fickleness in relationships. The 12-cello arrangement of Astor Piazolla’s Fuga Misterio provides the inspiration behind the piece. Gulledge-Brown’s “Serenity” rounds out the show with her signature classical style. Moved by Franz Waxman’s music and celebrating the birth of her own daughter, Gulledge-Brown’s work deals with finding peace, happiness and balance throughout life’s many changes.

Join us this March for a look into the art of dance through the fairer sex perspective.

Uptown Dance Company presents Spring Fusion Dance Festival 2016 on Friday, March 4, 2016 at 7:30pm and Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 2:30pm., at Uptown Dance Centre, 7417 Shadyvilla Lane, Houston, TX 77055. Tickets are $30 General Admission / $25 Senior/ $15 Student with College I.D. For tickets and information, call 713-686-0334 or visit the website at www.uptowndance.org.

Uptown Dance Company was originally founded in 1999 by Gulledge-Brown. Gulledge-Brown understood the need to supplement her students’ training with performance skills and founded the company to provide a per forming outlet for her advanced students. Gulledge-Brown’s studio has grown and her vision has grown right along with it, Uptown Dance Centre now houses two companies: one for advanced students and one for professionals. Her students continue to perform in the pre-professional company, now Uptown Dance Company II, as Uptown Dance Company continues forward as a professional company. Uptown Dance Company members include Erica Blumenthal, Adrian Ciobanu (formerly of Sarasota Ballet), Lindsay Cortner, Eric Glenn, Marlon Grigsby, Amy Phillips, Emily Roy, Donald Sayre, Ruben Trevino, and Katie Trevino.

Fact Sheet

CONTACT:
Beth Gulledge-Brown
713-686-0334
info@uptowndance.org

WHAT: Uptown Dance Company presents Spring Fusion Dance Festival 2016

WHEN: Friday, March 4, 2016 7:30pm and Saturday, March 5, 2016 2:30pm

WHERE:
Uptown Dance Centre
7417 Shadyvilla Lane,
Houston, TX 77055

TICKETS: Ticket Prices: $30 General admission / $25 Senior/ $15 Student with College I.D.

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: 713-686-0334 or www.uptowndance.org