Theatre and Dance
At Ana Pradaâs home on Costa Ricaâs lush, sunny Nicoya Peninsula, the doors and windows are flung open to let in the ocean breeze and the sounds of chirping tropical birds. She spends hours each day suspended from fabric above the ground, practicing the craft of aerial dance.
âStand Up for Climate Changeâ event on March 17 to fuse the sober topic of climate change with the unifying power of humor.
Ana Pradaâs career has been up in the air for nearly two decades, and thatâs just the way she wants it. She will be in residence at CU Boulder April 3-14.
Arneshia Williams, an MFA candidate in dance at CU Boulder, didnât get any formal training in her craft until adulthood. Before that, she learned everything she knew about dance from services on Sunday mornings.
Dance pieces tackling both timeless and timely themes will be on display in "Catapult," a showcase of brand new works choreographed by graduating CU Boulder students. The show runs Feb. 10-12 in CUâs Charlotte York Irey Theatre.
CU Boulderâs 2016-17 theatre season continues with âUnspoken,â a 2016 work by New Play Festival winner and PhD candidate Kevin Crowe. The intimate portrait of six friends living in New York City runs Feb. 15-19 in CUâs Loft Theatre.
More than two decades after she had almost single-handedly established the first degree program in dance at the University of Colorado Boulder, Charlotte York Irey attended the dedication of the new theater named in her honor.
CU Boulderâs 2016-17 theatre season continues with a highly anticipated all-female production of Shakespeareâs âTwelfth Night.â Directed by renowned Los Angeles actor, director, teacher and producer Lisa Wolpe, the production runs Nov. 4-13 in the University Theatre.
Continuing the exciting 2016-17 dance season at CU Boulder is âBoneless,â a showcase of two works by MFA students intent on uncovering who we really are underneath our societyâs thick layers of commercialism and social standards.
CU Boulderâs 2016-17 theatre season continues with a heartwarming, hilarious production of âThe Servant of Two Masters,â a classic Italian commedia dellâarte by 18th-century playwright Carlo Goldoni. Performances of the play, directed by CU Associate Professor Tamara Meneghini, take place Oct. 19-23 in CUâs Loft Theatre.