Emerge: Student Spotlight

Take a seat next to the School of Dance faculty, and let the next generation run the show! The dancers take the lead as they craft an exciting evening of student-created works that are sure to lift your spirits as UA Dance presents Emerge. Where energy meets creativity, amazing things happen! Thursday, April 21, 7:30p Saturday, April […]

Spring Collection 2022

The UA Dance performance season culminates with Spring Collection, a lively mix of dance featuring works by its illustrious faculty, and a masterwork by Frank Chaves. In Habaneras, the Music of Cuba, Chaves presents a tribute to his native Cuba, inspired by and dedicated to his father. Habaneras is a vibrant full-company piece that celebrates Cuba’s most popular composers. Spring Collection […]

Dance is in the Air

This February love isn’t the only thing drifting by on the breeze as UA School of Dance presents Dance is in the Air. Take a trip on the Pacific Coast Highway in Tamara Dyke-Compton’s Pasadena. Celebrating friendship and togetherness, this lively dance features the music of The Beach Boys. Sam Watson will be presenting his crowd-favorite Punctuations.!?, a light- hearted […]

Comeback | Student Spotlight

From Eugéne Delecroix to Dorethea Lange, from the Sistine Chapel to Guernica, great art is born from trying times. From Eugéne Delecroix to Dorethea Lange, from the Sistine Chapel to Guernica, great art is born from trying times. The resiliency of the human spirit is on full display as UA Dance presents Comeback, an evening of student-crafted works that speak to the […]

Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0

We are inspired by ordinary objects that surround us. We are influenced by our context and our everyday activities which allow us to visit and share with different cultures and different individuals. We are inspired by history, art, music, architecture, books and the city itself. We firmly believe that these are the goals of design: […]

UA Dance’s Premium Blend, Nov. 10-11

UA Dance presents Premium Blend will honor veterans on campus, including ROTC students, their teachers and mentors. “Duty to country” is the inspiration for these special concerts. Veterans Day is Nov. 11. The concerts will be performed on Nov. 10-11 and Nov. 16-21. Fall package tickets go on sale Oct. 1; single ticket sales begin on Oct. 15. […]

UA Dance’s Premium Blend, Nov. 16-21

UA Dance presents Premium Blend will honor veterans on campus, including ROTC students, their teachers and mentors. “Duty to country” is the inspiration for these special concerts. Concerts begin at 7:30p on Nov. 16-20 with matinees on Nov. 20-21 at 1:30p. Fall ticket packages go on sale Oct. 1; single ticket sales begin Oct. 15. […]

Jon Batiste

NEW DATE ALERT! Arizona Arts Live & the Tucson Jazz Festival are pleased to announce our new date for Jon Batiste’s performance in Tucson. Join us on March 4, 2022 for the rescheduled performance LIVE in person. Born for showbusiness -NPR One of the best-known musicians of his generation, virtuoso pianist, singer, bandleader, educator, and […]

Let the Crows Come

The performance of Let Crows Come on January 13, 2022, has been canceled.While we hope to reschedule this performance next season, refunds have already begun to process. For any questions or concerns, please contact the Arizona Arts Box Office. Ashwini Ramaswamy’s dancing “weaves together the human and the divine.” -The New York Times Evoking mythography […]

The Porch Rockers

The Porch Rockers light up the Centennial Hall stage in this raucous set featuring some of Tucson’s most skillful musicians. And with so much talent in tow, this blues-rock powerhouse installment of The Tucson Studio is sure to get you groovin’. The Porch Rockers are a musical collaboration of blues, jump, and swing, featuring some […]