UC Riverside Department of Dance

Spaces

	ARTS Building Newly built in 2001, the ARTS Building is home to UC Riverside's growing visual and performing arts programs. Serving as a physical and symbolic gateway between the community and UCR campus, the building is home to the departments of Dance, Music, Theatre, Art History, and Studio Art . It includes dance studios, music rehearsal and screening rooms, performance spaces, a photographic and film shooting studio, painting and sculpture studios, computer laboratories, and an arts library. The building's design of stucco, brick, glass and steel structure, with angular features, ramps, stairs and ziggurat-like appearance, won the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects' Unbuilt Project Merit Award in 1994.
	ARTS 100 ARTS 100, located in the ARTS Building, is the premier dance studio on campus. Primarily used for modern and ballet technique classes, composition, and rehearsal space, it may also be reconfigured for lectures and other movement classes. It is equipped with maple sprung floor, full-length mirrors, retractable curtains, barres, and audio and lighting capabilities. The studio receives plenty of natural light through its many windows, which fronts the promenade from Canyon Crest Avenue to the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Building.
	ARTS 300 ARTS 300, located in the ARTS Building, is also primarily used for modern and ballet technique classes, composition, and rehearsal space. Smaller than ARTS 100, the studio is also equipped with maple sprung floor, full-length mirrors, retractable curtains, barres, and audio and lighting capabilities. Located on the third level of the ARTS Building, it receives plenty of natural light through its windows and glass doors, which may open out to the Dance Patio, an outdoor space. The studio has magnificent views of Box Springs Mountain.
	ARTS Performance Lab The Performing Arts Lab, located in the Arts Building, is a multipurpose space and research venue. The space offers infinite configuration possibilities to suit different types of events and performances. The space also offers the luxury to open out to an outdoor area, increasing even more the possibilities for different types of programming. The Performance Lab is equipped with maple sprung floor, retractable bleachers, and technical capabilities for productions. It has a seating capacity for 140.
	ARTS Open Air Theatre The Open Air Theatre is the outdoor extension of the Performance Lab, which opens out to a grassy area of the promenade. Used mostly for performances by student-led ensembles, the Open Air Theatre is equipped with maple sprung floor and technical capabilities for informal productions. The Open Air Theatre has an unlimited audience capacity.
	ARTS Outdoors Stage The Departments of Dance, Music, Theatre, History of Art, and Studio Art share the Outdoors Stage, located on the first level of the ARTS Building. It is primarily used for lectures, installations, and arts outreach events for the community. Because it is made of concrete, dance students limit their use of the Outdoors Stage.
	ARTS Dance Patio The Dance Patio, located on the third level of the Arts Building, is the outdoor extension of Arts 300. It is primarily used for lectures, performances, and receptions, and has stunning views of the campus.
	Dance Studio Theatre (PE 102) The Dance Studio Theatre, also known as PE 102, located in the Physical Education building, was the first dance studio/performance space of the Department of Dance. Still used today, PE102 may be configured for movement classes, lectures, presentations, or performances. The space is equipped with maple sprung floor, retractable bleachers, full-length mirrors, retractable curtains, barres, a piano, and technical capabilities for dance productions. Spring Forward: New Dances by Emerging UCR Choreographers is usually produced here. It has a seating capacity for 130.
	Dance Faculty Studio(PE 159) The Dance Faculty Studio, located in the Physical Education building, is primarily used by the Dance faculty as a space for rehearsals, movement inquiries, and choreography.
	The Barn Theatre The Barn Theatre is a converted space that used to be a part of an actual barn. Generally referred to by dance students as the Barn, it houses movement classes in Tap and Dances of Mexico. The Barn is equipped with Mylar floor, full-length mirrors, and audio capabilities…and it is surrounded by orange groves!
	University Theatre Located on the south side of the campus, the 484-seat University Theatre is the largest formal performing arts venue on campus. It is a fully equipped theatre with a wide-range of performance and presentation capabilities, including the annual dance production UCR is Dancing. The staff consists of professional theatrical technicians, administrative support, and a large pool of UCR students. The staff is committed to the highest standards of performing arts excellence and to insure that audiences and artists have a gratifying experience when they come to the University Theatre.
	Dance Library The Dance Library, located in Arts 105, holds archival videos of student dance productions, lectures and performances by prominent dance historians and artists. Students may borrow videos and other materials from the library. The Dance Library is also equipped with a television and two VCRs for dubbing capabilities.
	Site-specific locations UC Riverside also has numerous locations in and around campus that are conducive to site specific work, such as other areas of the ARTS Building, the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Building, the Engineering Building, the Science Library, the Tomas Rivera Library, the Belltower, as well as spaces in downtown Riverside, to name just a few.