The University of Michigan Department of Dance presents Tales from our Roots, a concert featuring group and solo choreography and performance by senior BFA dance majors Rae Beck, Ruby Clay, and Claire Schick.

Rae Beck’s, Mina, The One Who Sees All, utilizes storytelling and dance to explore the concept of traveling into a fantasy realm. The Typist investigates the relationship between the artist and the machine.

Ruby Clay’s dance, B4 L8R, addresses the dichotomy between sisterhood and loneliness. Clay drew inspiration from their personal “unfinished business” and literature from the 1960s counterculture in making the work.

Inspired by the photography of Justine Kurland titled “Girl Pictures”, Claire Schick’s, Sisters I Never Had, depicts a cast rebelling, playing, and lavishing in each other's company within nature. Schick’s solo, The Ballad of Big Trees, is in honor of Henry Cowell State Redwood Park in Santa Cruz, California, which holds a special place in Claire’s family and life.

This concert will be performed Thursday, November 30 through Saturday, December 2, 2023. Shows begin at 8:00pm. (Livestreaming on December 1.) Tickets are free, available at the door an hour before the start time.