News: Performing Arts Center
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Start your St. Patrick’s Day celebration a little early with one of today’s leading traditional Irish ensembles.
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The concert, featuring several well-known guest artists, is 2 p.m. Sunday in the Judy Bayley Theatre.
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The New York Times recently lauded the ensemble for “revealing the familiar as unfamiliar, making the most traditional of works feel radical once more.”
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The concert features choreography and design by dance faculty Richard Havey, James Jeon, Dolly Kelepecz-Momot, and renowned modern dance guest artists Jeanine Tegano Collins, Andy Lott, and Ari Mayzick.
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This Carlyle Brown play, based on real-life events, runs through Feb. 24 in the Judy Bayley Theatre.
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Zhang is the 2017 first-prize winner at the Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition.
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Legendary Bolshoi principal dancer Elena Radchenko directs in this production of the Marius Petipa classic.
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College Magazine ranks UNLV Dance eighth in the top 10 of nationwide, four-year dance programs.
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Comedian, political satirist, and host of CNN's “United Shades of America” visits UNLV Feb. 5; tickets are free.
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UNLV faculty perform chamber works of love and romance from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
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The Essentially Ellington organization is focused on the perpetuation of jazz in schools, promoting jazz as a true American art form.
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Enjoy subterfuge, shenanigans, and sonnets through Dec. 9.