Dancing in the Pudding

UT's student resident dance company, Dance Repertory Theatre is premiering new work by David Justin, Yacov Sharir, and MFA candidate Ray Eliot Schwartz this weekend in an evening entitled PROOF. Sharir is one of the co-founders of popular Austin dance company Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks, and Justin, now the Artistic Director of DRT, has danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Boston Ballet.

Out of the "four short stories with lasting impact and truth" (read: short dance pieces) on display in PROOF , we've got our eye on Justin's Solemn Opus: The Journey of Lost and Found. This piece caused quite a stir at the American College Dance Festival last month, and, as a result, will be performed at the Kennedy Center in May. Given the buzz we've heard around town, this success is no accident -- Justin's got the goods. Lucky you, as instead of craning your neck to see over the heads of 2,000 other people like those suckas in DC, you'll be able to see this work in the cozy, intimate comfort of UT's Oscar Brockett Theatre -- seriously, there's not a bad seat in that place.

PROOF
April 27 thru 29 at 8pm
April 29 and 30 at 2pm
Oscar Brockett Theatre
$10-$16
Check out the UT PAC website for more info

Photo (c) UT Dept of Theatre and Dance