Students in the Department of Dance will perform the 2018 Fall Dance Concert November 15-18, in the Belk Theater in Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. The four works on the program were choreographed by UNC Charlotte dance faculty and guest artists, including choreographer Claudia Lavista of Delfos Danza Contempor\u00e1nea. <\/p>\n
The program will open with Compel and Carry<\/em>, a contemporary ballet solo created by Associate Professor Gretchen Alterowitz and performed by Emma Montecalvo. Assistant Professor Tamara Williams\u2019s work, Atoto!, <\/em>follows. Created for eight dancers and performed to live drumming, it reflects her expertise in Brazilian Silvestre technique and traditional African Brazilian dance forms. The title, \u201cAtoto!,\u201d is from the Nigerian language, Yoruba, which is spoken by some Afro-Brazilians. The word translates roughly as a call for \u201cSilence!\u201d and is used throughout Brazil to recognize the power and resistance of the element earth.<\/p>\n Guest artist and adjunct professor Megan Payne created more &<\/em>, a contemporary duet to be performed by Klaire Morgenstern and Erica Swinson. Payne is a Charlotte-based choreographer, instructor, and curator and is a contributing member and artist-in-residence at the Goodyear Arts Collective; the co-director of repCLT, a North Carolina non-profit advocating research and exchange in performance; and co-producer of ladyfestCLT, promoting dance and female makers in the southeast region. <\/p>\n Guest artist Claudia Lavista worked with UNC Charlotte dancers for ten days in late August and early September to set her piece, Prow<\/em> (A Journey<\/em>), which concludes the concert. Lavista is co-director of Delfos Danza Contempor\u00e1nea, Mexico\u2019s premiere contemporary dance company. She has more than 25 years of international dance experience and is the winner of national and international awards.<\/p>\n