Hartt Dance Division Presents 2011 Spring Festival June 18-19

The Hartt School Community Division Dance Department presents the 2011 Spring Festival on Saturday, June 18, at 7:00 PM, and Sunday, June 19, at 2:00 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Admission is $30 for limited premium seating; regular seating is $20 for adults, and $15 for seniors and children 14 and under. To purchase tickets, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt or call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228. Contact the Community Division Dance Department at 860.768.6000 with questions or for more information.

Come see how Hartt celebrates Ballet, Modern, and Jazz with this end of the year dance performance, featuring the talented members of the Community Division's Pre-Professional/Intensive Program and "rising stars" of the Children's Ballet Program. This performance honors The Hartt School's 90 year history (Hartt was founded in 1920) with a 1920's themed program.

Music for the Spring Dance Festival includes "Gavotte Pavlova" composed by Paul Lincke (also known as "Glow Little Glow-Worm"); "Christmas" by Tchaikovsky; "Autumn Baccanale" by Alexander Glazunov; and "Golden Jazz" by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.

The Hartt School Community Division of the University of Hartford is a comprehensive community arts school providing instruction in music and dance for individuals of all ages and experience levels. It is a Division of The Hartt School, one of the seven colleges of the University of Hartford. The Community Division is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Community and Pre-College Art Schools, is an active member of National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, and is viewed as a national model for community schools based on university campuses. It is one of the largest and most evolved programs of its kind in the country. For more information on The Hartt School Community Division, visit http://www.hcd.hartford.edu/

The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt's curriculum. For more information on The Hartt School, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

To post a comment, you must register and login.