The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance will host its 86th Annual Spring Dance Concert March 12-13 at the Bonstelle Theatre. Titled Move Deeply, the concert will showcase eight engaging and exciting dances by renowned guest artists, faculty and students. 

Move Deeply features the captivating and relentlessly energetic master work Of the Earth Far Below, accompanied by live music and choreographed by 2014-15 Allesee Artist in Residence Doug Varone, director of Doug Varone and Dancers in New York City. 

Guest artist Amy Chavasse will present a new work capturing the idea of being shaken out of the dull rhythms of routine. Faculty member Meg Paul will incorporate scenic drops and contemporary ballet movement vocabulary to build striking stage images. Karen Prall will enliven the program with African dance and drumming with To Sangana. CompanyOne will perform a dance by alumnus Aaron Smith that was recently performed in Cleveland as part of the International Association of Blacks in Dance theatre events.

The concert also features student-choreographed dances selected by the faculty for performance at the 2015 Regional American College Dance Association conference. Seniors Samuel Horning and Dana Yordy will perform a duet inspired by ideas of consumer culture. Senior Adam McGaw and sophomore Ashlee Merritt will perform a touching and viscerally kinetic duet about different experiences of a relationship. Another highlight, also choreographed by senior Samuel Horning, is a group dance investigating family dynamics and connection.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15-$20 and available by calling 313-577-2960, at wsushows.com or by visiting the Wayne State University Theatre Box Office, located at 4743 Cass Avenue.