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February 23-25 // 8:00 PM
Space Place Theater

UI Dance Company, the resident repertory and touring company of the Department of Dance, presents a concert of works by dance faculty and students. Under the direction of Melinda Jean Myers, featuring a company of 10 graduate and undergraduate dancers, this season delivers diverse and exciting performances that discuss systems of power, activism against oppressive systems and threats to our future, and the community & human connection found while navigating these spaces.

 

UI Dance Company

Photo by Alex Bush

Meet the Team

Melinda Jean Myers

Melinda Jean Myers

Director
Todd Rhoades Headshot

Todd Rhoades

Assistant Director
Kieron Sargeant

Kieron Sargeant

Guest Artist, Grant Wood Fellow
Lex Leto

Lex Leto

Multidisciplinary Musician and Artist
Arman Hodasefat

Arman Hodasefat

Video and Text Designer
Fodé Moussa Camara

Fodé Moussa Camara

Drumming / Musical Arrangement

Meet the Company

Amya Lopez

Amya Lopez

Amya Lopez

Title/Position
Junior, Dance with a minor in Business Administration

Lexi Timmerman

Lexi Timmerman

Lexi Timmerman

Title/Position
Senior, Elementary Education & Dance

Kendra McDaniel

Kendra McDaniel

Kendra McDaniel

Title/Position
Junior, Dance & Exercise Science

Jacqueline Fuentes

Jacqueline Fuentes

Jacqueline Fuentes

Title/Position
Sophomore, Dance & Environmental Policy

Cearra Crosser

Cearra Crosser

Cearra Crosser

Title/Position
Junior, Major in Dance, Minors in ASL & Communications

Katie Scuderi

Katie Scuderi

Katie Scuderi

Title/Position
Junior, BFA Dance

Maya Villanueva

Maya Villanueva

Maya Villanueva

Title/Position
Junior, Dance & Exercise Science on Pre-Chiropractic Track

Morgan Powers

Morgan Powers

Morgan Powers

Title/Position
Junior, Major in Dance & Marketing

Ellie Daley

Ellie Daley

Ellie Daley

Title/Position
Sophomore, BFA Dance

Maddison Bulman

Maddison Bulman

Maddison Bulman

Title/Position
Sophomore, Dance in the Physical Therapy Track & Dance Pedagogy and Instruction Track

Headshots by Alex Bush

Performances

UI Dance Company

Right Here

Choreographed by Melinda Jean Myers / Assisted by Todd Rhoades / with UIDC
UI Dance Company

The Legend of the Pitch Lake Myth

Choreographed by Kieron Dwayne Sargeant

Upcoming Tour

Iowa City, IA - Saturday, April 8 at 10:30 am

Iowa City Public Library (Downtown)
The Legend of the Pitch Lake Myth only

Des Moines, IA - Tuesday, April 11 at 12:00 pm

Des Moines Central Academy
Performance

Maquoketa, IA - Saturday, April 15 at 2:00 pm

Maquoketa Arts Experience
Performance and Q&A

Chicago, IL - Saturday, April 22 at 7:30 pm

Athanaeum Black Box Theater
Performance along with other collegiate dancers and Trifecta Dance Collective 2

Davenport, IA - Thursday, April 27 at 6:00 pm

Figge Art Museum
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