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Featuring dance faculty and guest artist choreography, often including guest alumni artists, this department-wide annual concert, and all that goes into its preparation, provides high-level performance training for dance students, where their learned technical and artistic skills are applied in an authentic setting, reflecting true experiential learning. The spring concert provides a diverse array of dance genres that are representative of the…

The UGA Department of Dance celebrates inclusive excellence through performance. With choreographic works that explore African and diaspora experiences through performance, emphasizing bringing all communities together in celebration, this high energy show includes performances by UGA dance students, as well as dancers from across campus, the local community and region, and features powerful, highly-integrated live West African drummers and…

The Ballroom Performance Group (BPG) is a student dance company at the University of Georgia. The group promotes an appreciation of ballroom dance through performances on campus and around the community. The company was founded in 1991 by Dr. Mark Wheeler. BPG hosts its annual showcase, “Ballroom Magic,” the second semester of each school year. The show consists of between 20 to 25 choreographed pieces in Smooth and Latin dancing, along with…

The UGA Department of Dance Student Choreography Concert is both a Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Showcase, choreographed and produced by the students with faculty and staff guidance and mentorship. Encompassing various music genres and styles of dance, the show has a vast spectrum of creativity and something for every audience member to enjoy! Our students not only build choreographic and leadership skills, but they also get to learn…

Please see the August Placement Audition page for information on obtaining clearance for Permission of Department (POD) major/minor level dance technique classes.

Celebrating Fall 2024 and Spring/Summer 2025 dance major and minor graduates. Also recognizing scholarship recipients and minor completions. A livestream will be available on the UGA Dance Livestream page. >> Click here for program

The UGA Department of Dance and Minneapolis-based dance company Threads Dance Project is thrilled to present Impressions of Black History on Saturday, February 22nd at 7:30 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre at the Dance Building on UGA's South Campus. The evening will include excerpts from Karen L. Charles' work Let America Be America inspired by chants of “Make America Great Again.” Through spoken word and dance vignettes, it examines the…

Dance major audition for senior high school students and transfers pursuing a degree in Dance.  Please see our Dance Major Audition page for more information. Note: February 21 audition is virtual only.

The UGA Ballroom Performance Group presents their annual Ballroom Magic showcase in the New Dance Theatre at the Dance Building on Green Street off of Sanford Drive. With numerous performances split between two acts, they'll be bringing the Magic. Get ready for sequins, disco lights, and crowd favorites from their repertoire! Tickets are on sale now at the Performing Arts Center and Tate Center box offices, by phone at 706-542-4400 and online…

The UGA Department of Dance presents GRACE, celebrating Black History through Performance. The concert will be held on Thursday and Friday, February 20th and 21st at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 22nd at 2:30 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre at the Dance Building on Green Street off of Sanford Drive. With choreographic works that explores the African and the diaspora experience through performance, this high energy show will include performances…