Praised as “unfailingly original” by The New York Times, Tony Award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan (The Lion King) will bring his internationally acclaimed dance troupe Garth Fagan Dance onto the main stage at UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday evening, November 12, for a night of vibrant, masterfully choreographed American contemporary dance with a delightful blend of classic and new pieces.
Now celebrating its 52nd season, Fagan’s renowned high-energy ensemble continues to garner accolades for its excellence and originality with its recent receipt of a New York Governor’s Arts Award, five “Bessie” Awards (New York Performance Awards), and Fagan’s own receipt of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the prestigious American Dance Guild. Fagan’s ever-evolving dance language draws on many sources: sense of weight in modern dance, torso-centered movement and energy of Afro-Caribbean, speed and precision of ballet, and the rule breaking experimentation of the post-moderns.
Doors to the performance open at 7:30 pm. Performance begins at 8:00 pm.
A Q&A session will follow the performance.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about the artists please visit:
https://www.garthfagandance.org/
https://www.cadencearts.com/GarthFaganDance.html
Media sponsors of the event are Connecticut Magazine, Connecticut Public and WILI 1400 AM and 95.3 FM
Co-Sponsored by UConn H. Fred Simons African American Cultural Center
TICKET AND BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:
Tickets for Fall 2022 events are now on sale. Spring 2023 events will be announced on December 1st. Please check the website, jorgensen.uconn.edu, for event updates and discount information. (Note: all artists, events, dates, programs and COVID-19 policies are subject to change.) All COVID-related policy and protocol information for Jorgensen events can be found here. Fall 2022 tickets will be sold in the main hall or cabaret configuration, with assigned seating.
Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is located at 2132 Hillside Road on the UConn campus in Storrs. To help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, there are currently no in-person Box Office hours. For questions and assistance, please contact the Box Office Manager via email at jorgensen.tickets@uconn.edu or call 860-486-4226.
ABOUT JORGENSEN
Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts presents 30 to 35 diverse performances each season, from nationally and internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles ranging from classical music to world music and dance, classical ballet and contemporary dance, comedy, family programming and contemporary entertainment
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