Tags: Performance


Tuesday Tunes

This student music series features new groups each month.  All musicians are current Hugh Hodgson School of Music undergraduate and/or graduate students. The Bulldog Bistro and the hotel Market are open during the performances for appetizers, snacks, dinner, and beverages.


Hypnotist Show featuring: Mat LaVore

The Center for Student Activities and Involvement kicks off the Spring semester with a hilarious and mind-blowing evening of hypnotism. There will be two shows—one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. Welcome UGA is a campus-wide collaboration to provide students numerous opportunities in the first six weeks of the fall semester to meet new people, engage with departments and organizations, and learn more about UGA. Please visit welcome.uga.edu…


Department of Dance Performance Sampler

UGA dance students will perform a variety of dance styles in classical and contemporary ballet, contemporary modern, and aerial dance with mixed media featuring faculty created choreographic works by CORE Contemporary and Aerial Dance and Spring Dance Concert. This will showcase a sample of works to be presented in the Spring 2020 Department of Dance concert productions. Part of the Spotlight on the Arts 2019 Festival.


2019 Young Choreographers Series

Athens, GA- The UGA Department of Dance will present its 2019 Young Choreographers Series November 13-15 at 8pm in the New Dance Theatre, located in the Dance Building on Sanford Drive. The YCS Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Dance Concert is a compilation of knowledge and artistic decisions that each dance major has discovered for themselves in the last four years. A part of the UGA Spotlight on the Arts Festival*, this show celebrates…


The GA Incarceration Performance Project presents: By Our Hands

A first-of-its-kind endeavor, "By Our Hands" is a cross-institutional theatrical experience between Spelman College, the University of Georgia, librarians, archivists, students, professionals, incarcerated individuals, and community partners. The Georgia Incarceration Performance Project incorporates scenes directly from Georgia history to negotiate the relationship between incarceration, race, and the impact of forced labor through dance, media…


Performance: Saturday in Athens + Jitters

Come to MUSI 2812 Intro to Composition's class project, exploring rhythm, found sound and space! These presentations will only take 30 minutes! "Saturday in Athens" will be presented outdoors at the drop-off point for the Performing Arts Center (between the PAC and HHSOM) and explores the sounds of gameday in Athens in three movements (by Julien Berger, Paul DiCicco, and Ryan Ward). "Jitters" will reimagine Dancz as a local Jittery Joe's…


University Union: Rocky Horror Picture Show Live Performance

Do the time warp again with University Union during a live performance series of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. More dates through October 27, 2019  


She Kills Monsters

Qui Nguyen’s bittersweet comedy follows Agnes Evans as she deals with the untimely death of her teenage sister, Tilly. Upon finding Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons campaign book, Agnes gets to know her sister more intimately than ever before with the help of her unrepentantly nerdy friends.     


Tuesday Tunes

This student music series features new groups each month.  All musicians are current Hugh Hodgson School of Music undergraduate and/or graduate students. The Bulldog Bistro and the hotel Market are open during the performances for appetizers, snacks, dinner, and beverages.  


2019 Spring Dance Concert

The University of Georgia department of dance presents REPERTORY Movement Refracted, the 2019 Spring Dance Concert, on April 4-6 at 8 p.m. and April 6 at 2 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre, located in the Dance Building, which is nestled between Soule and Green Streets (off Sanford Drive) on UGA’s south campus in Athens. REPERTORY Movement Refracted offers an array of movement and choreographic styles. Based in the essential…


Classic City Band Holiday Concert

The Classic City Band will perform holiday music during an evening concert in the festively-decorated Conservatory. This group sometimes even brings a surprise guest.


UGA Holiday Concerts

'Tis the season for music!! Join the Hugh Hodgson School of Music for our annual Holiday Concert presented two nights! Performances will take place on Thursday, November 29th and Friday, November 30th at 7:30 each night on the Hodgson Hall stage. Audiences will be able to enjoy the talents of hundreds of singers and instrumentalists from the choral and large ensembles of the School of Music. Performing will be the Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs,…

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Atlanta theatre production features UGA professor, alumni

Beginning with preview performances on August 15, Atlanta's Theatrical Outfit will present THE BOOK OF WILL by Lauren Gunderson, Winner of the 2018 Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. Gunderson is currently the most produced playwright in regional theatres in America (not counting Shakespeare, of course) and an Atlanta native. 1619-1623. London and Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Will Shakespeare…

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Scholarship Series subscriptions through July 27

Hugh Hodgson School of Music Thursday Scholarship Series and Create Your Own Season subscriptions are available for purchase and renewal now through Friday, July 27th: Whether you are a long-time patron, or a newcomer to our concert halls, we hope you will join us for what promises to be an outstanding year of classical favorites and exciting contemporary works. From Beethoven to Big Band, our talented students and faculty will inspire…


Sunflower Music Series: Klezmer Local 42

Klezmer Local 42 performs a danceable mix of Jewish folk music. They can’t refrain from incorporating other influences into their music including Classic Rock, swing, hip-hop, pop radio hits, tangos, and sea shanties. Chairs allowed on concession level only; picnic blankets encouraged on other levels. Presented by Friends of the Garden, Flagpole, Athens Coca-Cola and Northeast Sales & Distributing.


Tuesday Tunes

This free student music series that features new groups each month:  July 3: Cello Duo from 5:30-6:30, featuring Valentina Ignjic and Adriana Ceia, first-year doctoral students. Jazz Quintet from 6:30-7:30, led by Michael Jarrell. August 7: Jazz Quintet  All musiicans are current Hugh Hodgson School of Music undergrad and/or graduate students. The Savannah Room Restaurant & Bar are open during the…


2018 Spring Dance Concert

Spring Dance Concert: Change in Motion REPERTORY Change in Motion, the 2018 Spring Dance Concert, will be presented by the University of Georgia Department of Dance on April 5-7 at 8 p.m. and April 7 at 2 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre, located in the Dance Building between Soule and Green Streets (off Sanford Drive). The performance features original works created by dance faculty and guest artists for UGA dance students.  For tickets, call…


Othello

Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy pits the conniving Iago against his trusting friend Othello, weaving a potent commentary on jealousy, betrayal and racism. For more information, visit: https://www.ugatheatre.com/othello


TAO: Drum Heart

TAO’s modern, high-energy performances showcasing the ancient art of Japanese drumming have transfixed audiences worldwide. Combining highly physical, large-scale drumming with contemporary costumes, precise choreography and innovative visuals, the performers of TAO: Drum Heart create an energetic and unforgettable production. The group performed at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and they have toured the world, performing to a global audience of…


CORE Dance Concert

The UGA dance department’s CORE Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company will present its annual season performance Feb. 22-24 at 8 p.m. at the New Dance Theatre in the dance building. The company will premiere “WITHOUT (within) BORDERS,” an aerial, contemporary dance and multimedia performance. The evening’s nonstop 65-minute show explores themes about internal and external boundaries—personal, cultural, political and spatial—and perceptions…


Le nozze di Figaro

UGA Opera Theatre will complete its trifecta of Mozart's three most famous operas created with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte in their production of Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) happening February 23, 24, and 25. This energetic period production juxtaposes side-splitting comedy with biting social commentary, all illuminated through Mozart's ingenious score. It’s no surprise why Le nozze di Figaro is one of…


State Ballet Theatre of Russia: Sleeping Beauty

A favorite of Athens audiences, the State Ballet Theatre of Russia returns with its delightful, fully staged production of one of the most beloved of all classical ballets. The treasured story comes to life in this enchanting performance filled with stunning dancers, lavish sets, beautiful costumes and Tchaikovsky’s immortal music. Spend an evening in Sleeping Beauty’s enchanted kingdom and relish this beloved fairy tale once again.…


State Ballet Theatre of Russia: The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker is a perennial favorite of generations of children and children at heart. Thrill to the same authentic Russian choreography that is performed in Moscow by the famous Bolshoi Ballet. The treasured holiday adventure follows a little girl’s journey through a fantasy world of fairies, princes, toy soldiers, and an army of mice. Set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved music, including “Waltz of the Flowers, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,”…


Senior Exit & Emerging Choreographers Concert

Young Choreographer''s Series: Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Concert includes choreography and production by graduating senior dance majors completing their senior projects for the BFA degree and by second- and third-year dance majors. These student choreographic works display a variety of different dance techniques and styles, expressing their own uniqueness and flair, and are performed by dance majors and minors selected by audition…


Hodgson Wind Ensemble

Please join us for The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s first major concert of the 2017-2018 season where the Hodgson Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Cynthia Johnston Turner, evokes fire and ice on Friday, Sept. 1, at 8 p.m. The concert is a narrative from heat to ice, and more subtly, it is a commentary on climate change. The program features music 'globally' by composers from Japan, Europe, and the USA: a fact that emphasizes that we only…
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