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Courtesy of Alex TijerinaAlex Tijerina dances outside of the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. Tijerina will be going to Miami after graduation to dance with the Mosaic Dance Project.

Dancing on

Madison Scavarda
May 13, 2015
Members of the Dmitri Matheny jazz ensemble play a set titled "Jazz Noir" at Hotel Congress during the Tucson Jazz Festival on Jan. 18.

For art’s sake

Madison Scavarda
May 13, 2015
Courtesy of Ed FloresDeQuan Lewis and Lauren Powell perform a piece called "Along the Lines," choreographed by Tanner Boyer, in the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre during a rehearsal of "Boundless" on Wednesday. The show will run through May 2.

‘Boundless’ creativity through dance

Madison Scavarda
April 27, 2015
Dance students rehearse a number in the Boundless dance show in the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre on Monday night. The School of Dance's Spring Collection features multiple dance styles.

School of Dance rings in spring with new show

Madison Scavarda
April 22, 2015
Courtesy of Ed Flores The characters from "A Little Night Music" out for a day in the country. From left to right: Henrik (Josh Dunn), Petra (Sarah Bartley), Anne (Taylor Pearlstein), Fredrik (Charlie Hall), Countess Charlotte (Sarah Ambrose), Count Carl-Magnus (Micah Bond) and Osa (Chandler Corley-Essex) in Arizona Repertory Theatre’s production, running until May 3 in the UA Marroney Theatre.

Review: Playing beautiful ‘night music’

Madison Scavarda
April 17, 2015
Musical theatre sophomore Josh Dunn poses for a photo in the Marroney Theatre on Tuesday evening. Dunn will play the lead role of Henrik Egerman in "A Little Night Music."

Student actor ‘catalyst for change’

Madison Scavarda
April 15, 2015
Rebecca Noble/The Daily Wildcat The American Authors perform at UA's Spring Fling on Friday, April 11th.

The sounds of Spring Fling

Madison Scavarda
April 10, 2015
Courtesy of Melissa ConradMelissa Conrad, a public health junior, on the Villarrica Volcano, in Pucón, Chile, on Nov. 14. Conrad has been on two study abroad trips to South America and will take her third trip this summer.

One Wildcat abroad

Madison Scavarda
April 6, 2015
A master class led by Black N' Blue Hip Hop Crew choreographer and marketing junior Garrett Biselli practices in the Ina E. Gittings building on Tuesday. The team will be performing at the 1 Block 1 Day 24-hour block party on Saturday.

WHITE AND GOLD

Madison Scavarda
April 3, 2015
Courtesy of Jana ZillsTaylor Swift performs during The Red Tour in St. Louis in March 2013.

Taylor Swift’s desert double

Madison Scavarda
March 31, 2015
Rebecca Marie Sasnett/The Daily Wildcat Muralist Gina Ribaudo blends brown and tan color chalk as she finishes her Frida Khalo chalk drawing in front of Park Place Mall on Sunday. Ribaudo has been creating murals for 20 years.

Chalk it up

Madison Scavarda
March 27, 2015
Spring in the desert: fresh air, sunshine

Spring in the desert: fresh air, sunshine

Madison Scavarda
March 24, 2015
Phil Caputo is seen Tuesday, June 25, 2013, in Key West, Florida. (Rob O'Neal for the Chicago Tribune) B583019457Z.1

Reporter pens past adventures into novels

Madison Scavarda
March 13, 2015
Courtesy of Ed Flores / Arizona Repertory TheatreChris Okawa as Othello confronts the love of his life, Desdemona, played by Kierna Conner, in the UA Arizona Repertory Theatre’s chilling production of "Othello." The play runs until April 5.

Fall under Iago’s spell at ‘Othello’ production

Madison Scavarda
March 11, 2015
Coffee beans pour out of the roaster at Exo Roast Company on Thursday. The coffee shop takes care in selecting and roasting beans to make the perfect cup of cof

But first, coffee

Madison Scavarda
March 6, 2015
Students in the School of Dance perform six dance numbers in a dress rehearsal of "Color Wheel" on Monday in the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. The performances showcase several distinct styles of dance and will run through Sunday

Spectrum of dance

Madison Scavarda
February 27, 2015
Instructor Ashley Bowman (center) teaches dancers Julian Johnson (back left) and Jeff Bacigalupo (back right) the routine that will be showcased at Southern Arizona Aids Foundation's event Möda Provŏcateūr at the Artifact Dance Project Studio on Friday. Artifact Dance Project combines contemporary dance and ballet with jazz.

Artifact keeps live music performance kickin’

Madison Scavarda
February 24, 2015
A burlesque class, led by Fanny Galore, practices in front of the mirror at Animas dance studio on Feb. 10. Galore has been performing burlesque since 2008 and teaching since 2009. The studio describes burlesque as an opportunity to "get in shape and have fun while expressing your inner thoughts and feelings."

Learning to shimmy, shake

Madison Scavarda
February 16, 2015
Courtesy of Tucson Jazz Institute

Taking your fling for a swing

Madison Scavarda
February 13, 2015

‘The Bachelor’: UA, will you accept this rose?

Madison Scavarda
February 12, 2015
Lauren Thompson, a biology freshman at the UA and a vegan, outside of the Food Conspiracy Co-Op on Fourth Avenue on Thursday. Thompson used to be a long-distance runner and became a vegan over one year ago for health and ethical reasons.

Going vegan doable at the UA

Madison Scavarda
February 10, 2015
Brittan Bates// Daily Wildcat Caroline Crawford, junior poses in Holsclaw Auditorium at the School on Music on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Caroline is involved in lots of UA singing events including UA opera scenes.

Senior singer worships the music

Madison Scavarda
January 30, 2015
Cecilia Alvarez / The Daily Wildcat Glad Mamo, a husband and wife band, perform at the Marker House, Tucson Blues Dance events on Jan. 20, 2014. Glad Mamo originally write and sing children's songs but just recently released a regular album.

Move, groove with Tucson Blues Dance

Madison Scavarda
January 27, 2015
Courtesy of Ed FloresTanya Haglund, a dance senior, dances outside of the Optical Sciences Center on Sept. 6, 2014. Haglund will be performing in "Color Wheel," debuting in February.

Haglund dances with Wildcats

Madison Scavarda
January 16, 2015
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