Refractions: voices of light & dark

The UCSB Dance Company, a 9 member dance company from the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present a richly varied concert of contemporary dance, enhanced by lighting projections, video, and visual narratives. The company will expand its horizons to new territory in April when it takes this program to Eastern Europe, touring to Macedonia, and the surrounding Balkan Peninsula, as well as returning to Barcelona, Spain, and new cities in Poland.

This diverse program, Refractions: voices of light & dark, reflects the artistic vision of our contemporary choreographers through the prisms of light, dark, and above all, abounding movement. The UCSB Dance Company, a pre-professional dance company offers a broad spectrum of contemporary dance in this concert.

Seven choreographers, faculty and guests, will present enticing, insightful, provoking, and deeply honest works of dance. Premieres by Christina McCarthy, Delila Moseley, and Meredith Ventura take the stage alongside re-staging of choreography by Sky Pasqual, Megha Ramachandran, Jenna Turner, and Brandon Whited. Many of the pieces incorporate projected images, video, or special effects. Lighting design for the concert is by Michael Klaers. Many of the pieces incorporate projected images, video or special effects by Siddharth Chattorje.