University of Hartford's Hartt School Dance Division Presents UNTEMPERED

The University of Hartford's Hartt School Dance Division presents "untempered", the Spring Senior Dance and Music Collaboration, Friday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Theater, at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Tickets are $20 for adults, and $18 for senior citizens, students, University of Hartford alumni, and educators. A $5 discount is available for groups of ten or more. University of Hartford students, faculty, and staff receive one free ticket with a valid University ID. To purchase tickets, contact the University of Hartford Box Office at (860) 768-4228 or (800) 274-8587, or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

"untempered" features a wide range of stimulating and inventive contemporary works. The senior choreographers have drawn from deeply personal experiences and will explore themes of overcoming life obstacles, realism vs. idealism, beauty vs. destruction, gender roles in relationships and pushing physical boundaries. Each work will also be paired with a collaborative musical score composed by five Hartt composition graduates-Weizhao Zhang, Douglas Taige McMahon, Kyle Grimm, Andrey Stolyarov and Dan Lis. In addition to their own works, the five Hartt seniors - Celina Lopez, Hannah Myers, Erica Nelson, Katie Schenker, and Arielle Solomon - will perform commissioned solos created by five internationally accredited choreographers: Nicholas Villeneuve, Belinda McGuire, Kathryn Alter, Erin Dillon and Adam Barruch. Additional theatrical elements will be incorporated into this performance including live musicians, video projections and integrated props.

Photo credit: Genevieve Nolan

The University of Hartford's Hartt School is a performing arts conservatory that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. Founded in 1920, Hartt has been an integral part of the University of Hartford since its charter merged the then Hartt School of Music, the Hartford Art School, and Hillyer College to create the University in 1957. Hartt marked its 90th year of providing world-class performing arts education to students in Greater Hartford and around the world in 2010. With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions each year, performance is central to Hartt's curriculum. For more information about The Hartt School, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

The University of Hartford, centrally located in Connecticut, provides a distinctive educational experience across seven schools and colleges for one of the most diverse student bodies in New England. Hartford's faculty are attracted by the opportunity to challenge and support students as they pursue degrees in more than 100 programs in the arts, humanities, science, business, engineering and technology, education, and health professions. Chartered in 1957, Hartford has more than 5,000 undergraduate and, 1,600 graduate students from 48 states and 63 countries, and 75,000 alumni worldwide. Visit www.hartford.edu for more information.