(L-R) Student led step team, D-Squad, members Akira Johnson, Jordyn Earl, Saniah Pharms, Destinee Pruden, and Tamara English perform at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
(L-R) Student led step team, D-Squad, members Akira Johnson, Jordyn Earl, Saniah Pharms, Destinee Pruden, and Tamara English perform at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
(L-R) Students Austin Kelley and Marianne Lamarche are silhouetted as they dance as part of the UGA Ballroom Performance dance group at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
(L-R) Students Isabella Luu, Skyla Montgomery, Garrett McCord, and Alex Lee-Boulton dance as part of the UGA Ballroom Performance dance group at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
(L-R) Detail of the feet of students Austin Kelley and Marianne Lamarche as they dance as part of the UGA Ballroom Performance dance group at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
Dancer Grace Anderson performs a contemporary solo dance at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
Dancer Grace Anderson performs a contemporary solo dance at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
(L-R) Students Hailey Carter and Sean Turner of the UGA student frame club act out a scene of The Fearless Family at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
(L-R) Students Hailey Carter and Sean Turner of the UGA student frame club act out a scene of The Fearless Family at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
(L-R) Student led step team, D-Squad, members Destinee Pruden, Jordyn Earl, Saniah Pharms, Akira Johnson and Tamara English perform at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
Department of Theatre cast members of the musical “Rent” perform at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
Department of Theatre cast members of the musical “Rent” perform at the Tate Center Plaza at the Student Spotlight on the Arts.
The University of Georgia Arts Council is celebrating its 10th annual Spotlight on the Arts festival this month with more than 60 events and exhibitions in the literary, performing and visual arts (schedule).
On Tuesday, the Student Spotlight was the centerpiece at Tate Plaza with student performers including an a cappella ensemble, theatre company, ballroom dance and a step team. UGA photographer Andrew Davis Tucker captured the scene in this gallery.
Highlights of the monthlong festival include Grammy-winning acts at the Performing Arts Center, a Signature Lecture by New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik, a University Theatre production of “Rent,” Georgia Writers Hall of Fame events and a Signature Lecture panel discussion with Jennifer Crandall, creator the Emmy-nominated documentary project “Whitman, Alabama.”
