Riverdance
Since Riverdance first emerged onto the world stage, its fusion of Irish and international dance and music has captured the hearts of millions worldwide.
Nachte Raho 2024
The University of Iowa's Indian Student Alliance proudly presents its Bollywood Fusion dance competition, Nachte Raho. This is an elite competition challenging selected teams from across the nation to showcase a blend of Indian dance styles with western styles and music.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Reggie Wilson in conversation with Tara Bynum
Uncharted Myths: Reckonings, Reflections, and Riffs on American Stories
Presented at Space Place Theater
Writers from the annual International Writing Program (IWP) fall residency will provide written texts as inspiration for University of Iowa dance students to choreograph new work, resulting in a performance at Infinite Dream.
Writers from the annual International Writing Program (IWP) fall residency will provide written texts as inspiration for University of Iowa dance students to choreograph new work, resulting in a performance at Infinite Dream.
Ayodele Casel
With Rooted, Ayodel Casel, tap dancer and choreographer traces the roots of her artform, building on a rich history while forging the future. We'll sum up with the Times' assessment of Casel: "She's astonishing."
Martha Graham Dance Company
Martha Graham radically expanded the dance vocabulary, and her work has captivated audiences worldwide while influencing generations of artists. The program will open with Graham's Panorama, performed by more than 20 student dancers from the University of Iowa Dance Department.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo—the world's foremost all-male ballet comic ballet company—offers both homage and parody performed en travesti. The program will include works from across the company's 50 years.
Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group
The Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group's body of work draws from the spiritual and earth-bound traditions of Africa and its diaspora. Wilson's most recent work, POWER, considers how the Black Shaker communities in the early 1800s might have lived and worshipped.
Dance Gala
Dance Gala 2023 celebrates its return to the Hancher stage with new and restaged works by faculty members and creative collaborators as well as a work by distinguished guest choreographer Aaron Samuel Davis.
Pop-Up Performance by Pilobolus!
Join us at the University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art on Friday, February 3, at 3 pm for a brief and delightful Pop-Up performance by members of Pilobolus!