The UGA Department of Dance and the Office of Multicultural Services and Programs presents UBUNTU (I Am What I Am Because of Who We All Are) celebrating Black History through Performance. The concert will be held on Friday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 26 at 2:30 p.m.

The Department of Philosophy and the Department of Dance co-sponsor a talk by Christian Kronsted of the University of Memphis on Wednesday, February 16 at 2pm in the New Dance Theatre.  See more....

UGA dance students will perform a short presentation of faculty choreographed works in progress. This will showcase Dance Department students in short excerpts that are currently being created or have already been performed for the UGA Dance Company’s Spring Concert production. Part of the Spotlight on the Arts 2021 Festival, free admission.

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 18 audition is virtual only.

MERGENCE, the 2022 UGA Dance Company Spring Faculty Concert, will be presented by the University of Georgia Department of Dance on April 7-9 at 8 p.m. and April 10 at 2:30 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.

The UGA Ballroom Performance Group presents their 30th anniversary showcase, Ballroom Magic, on January 17-18 at 8:00 p.m. and January 19 at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.  The concert will be held in the New Dance Theatre at the Dance Building on Green Street off of Sanford Drive. In addition to the Ballroom Performance Group, there will be guest performances by BPG Alumni as well as dancers based out of Athens and Atlanta. 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!

Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Showcase

Spotlight on the Arts 2021

Excerpts from “Stairs, Chairs & Squares” a new work created virtually entirely on Zoom and performed by a selected group of dance majors in fall 2020 at the Performing and Visual Arts Complex quad outside the Georgia Museum of Art. Created by NYC choreographer Ellen Cornfield, this project was a collaboration between the Georgia Museum of Art, UGA’s Department of Dance and Cornfield Dance Company, and was performed in conjunction with the GMOA exhibition, “The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design.”

The senior dance majors at UGA were very busy this year choreographing their 2020-21 Senior Exit works as dance films, using creative means and collaborating with talented students from Entertainment and Media Studies. This video contains highlights of their works: