Ormao brings the beauty of live dance performances to our community, offering performances in the intimate Ormao Black Box Theater. Audiences seated in the round choose their vantage point, offering an intricate dance between viewers and performers.
The shows, performed this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, will have a significant amount of UCCS Theater and Dance representation. UCCS professors dancing/choreographing include Rosely Conz, Tiffany Tinsely-Weeks, Mary Ripper-Baker, and Cheri Orr. UCCS alumni include Caleb Hall, Hollyn Pinar, and David Foster.
In-the-Round features five choreographers with lives and narratives uniquely their own. Brazil-born and current UCCS Dance Professor Rosely Conz brings themes of motherhood, immigration, and identity to the evening. Larry Keigwin, Artistic Director of Keigwin+Company (New York City) and Co-Director of Green Box Arts brings the jazz club atmosphere in a revival work for the company. Maddie Douglas features her first choreographed piece for Ormao influenced by the styles of Victor Quijada (Rubberband Dance), Ohad Nahrin, and many others. Colorado Springs-born choreographer Jordan McHenry offers a piece of tenderness about rejuvenation and re-entry. NYC-based choreographer Tiffany Mills whisks audiences away into a dreamscape reinvented with Ormao Dance Company.
Rosely Conz: Brazil-born and current UCCS Dance Professor
Larry Keigwin: Keigwin+Company (New York City) & Co-Director of Green Box Arts
Maddie Douglas: Colorado Springs freelance artist and LINES training program graduate
Jordan McHenry: BFA, MFA- CC Dance Professor & Arts Advocate
Tiffany Mills: Tiffany Mills Company (New York City)
Choreographers: Rosely Conz, Maddie Douglas, Larry Keigwin, Jordan McHenry, Tiffany Mills
Dancers: Mary Ripper Baker, Maddie Douglas, Britt Ford, David Foster, Caleb Hall, Diamond Israel Annē Heller, Cheri Orr, Ashley Oswald, Hollyn Pinar, Hunter Sanders, Juan Sulub, Laura Hymers Treglia, Tiffany Tinsley Weeks, Jesse Whitaker, AJ Winkler, Heather Woolley.
Event Details: In-the-Round by Ormao Dance Company
Dates:
Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m.
Friday, April 21 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 22 at 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 22 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 23 at 4:30 p.m.
Location:
Ormao Black Box Theater, 10 S Spruce St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Tickets:
$32 Adults
$22 Senior, Students, Children
Ticket fees included
Tickets may be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-the-round-tickets-596225054187
UCCS Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA)
About UCCS Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA): The Department of Visual and Performing Arts houses programs in Art History, Film Studies, Museum and Gallery Practice, Music, Theatre & Dance, and Visual Arts. These programs share a mission to explore interdisciplinarity and artistic innovation. Cultivating a thriving student experience is the reason we are here; Our classes remain small and individual mentorship is our mantra.