Founded in 2017, Ballet & Books is a national non-profit organization that pairs mentors with young girls, using social interaction and movement-based activities to enact and embody the material they read.
At the beginning of each academic year, the University community has the opportunity to participate in an emergent part of the on-Grounds arts scene — the U.Va. Arts Welcome Picnic.
Arts on the Hill with Ailey II will be held at Carr's Hill, home of President and Mrs. Ryan, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 from 5:30 - 6:30pm. All UVA faculty, staff, and students are eligible to register to attend. The deadline to register is 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 4.
Gunn, an academic who specializes in breaking and hip-hop culture, earned a score of 0, but she is probably more famous now than the gold medalist, Ami Yuasa of Japan.
A world of gymnastics, intense movements and flowing silks exists here in Charlottesville, thanks to the University’s Aerial Dance Club.
The concert’s ensemble consisted of 22 dancers and six choreographers, each with varying levels of involvement in the University and its dance program.
The Virginia Theatre Festival Season to Kick Off With 50 Years and Counting: a Musical Revue, Directed by Longtime Artistic Director Robert Chapel Followed by All-time Classic Musical Little Shop of Horrors and Frenetic, Farcical Take on Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps.
With nearly 20 dance teams on Grounds, it is safe to say that the students of U.Va. know how to bust a move.
While winter has brought a chill to Grounds, not even the cold can cool down the University Salsa Club.
A future performing arts center at the University of Virginia will be named for Tessa and Richard Ader, a pair of philanthropists who previously donated $50 million to the University as part of a commitment to bolster music, dance and theater in Charlottesville and Central Virginia.
Dating back to the mid-1900s, step dancing — or stepping — and strolling have become an integral part of Black fraternities and sororities across the United States. This is no exception in the Iota Beta chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the members of which see the unique art form as a way to bond and assert their identity within their community.
Nationally, the Tidewater region of Virginia is a focal point of Black culture: From contemporary artists like Pharrell Williams and Missy Elliott, to the beach music of the 1950s and 60s, to the Afro-Caribbean and gospel traditions, these roots run deep. Learn about artists Joshua Purnell and Tom Norris.
