A university dance concert where faculty choreographers create new work performed by USF dance students, exploring the question of technology's impact on humanity.
Encoding, the fall dance concert from DanceUSF, opens at USF Theatre 1 on Thursday, October 22, and runs through Sunday, October 25. It's a production that follows the university's dance-concert format: faculty choreographers create new work performed by USF dance students, and the bill is rounded out by a piece from a nationally recognized choreographer. This year, the faculty lineup includes Jennifer Archibald, Andrew Carroll, Michael Foley, Kelly King, and Sadie Lehmker, with guest artist Christian Denice adding to the mix.
The whole thing starts from a single question: "How do we determine if technology gives us more than it costs us?" That's the thread that ties the different pieces together, and since the work is new, you're seeing these choreographers tackle that idea from a few different angles in one night. It's a good way to see how a few different voices respond to the same prompt, and since the students are the ones on stage, you get to see them bring those ideas to life.
It's staged in the formal 552-seat proscenium of Theatre 1 on the Tampa campus, so it's a proper theater setting rather than a black box or a studio. The show is part of a wider October performing arts slate at USF, and it falls under the College of Design, Art & Performance's Arts Unbound program—a philanthropically funded initiative that helps provide free access to performances, concerts, exhibitions, and lectures across the USF Arts District.
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There are four chances to catch it: Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 PM, and a Sunday matinee at 2 PM. If you're around Tampa that week, it's a solid way to spend an evening seeing new work from the university's dance faculty and students.
