An award-winning choreographer whose use of history, tradition and dance forms from Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa, Ronald K. Brown is a one-of-a-kind choreographer who values the human experience and expresses the emotions and passions therein through his other passion, modern dance. He blends African, modern, ballet and hip-hop dance styles to tell stories about what he finds most important about life’s experiences, and this fusion of traditional African dance with contemporary choreography and spoken word says through movement what cannot be communicated with mere words. Brown’s perspective on human struggles, tragedies and triumphs are embodied in the movements he designs for his award-winning company Evidence, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The UB Center for the Arts has placed so much confidence and enthusiasm in Brown that it decided to host him for the month as artist-in-residence, and have him direct UB student dance classes. Evidence: A Dance Company’s performance at 8pm will be preceded by a pre-performance talk with the director at 7pm, so get there a little early to pick his brain.

Friday, March 23 at 8pm, pre-performance talk @ 7pm. UB Center for the Arts, North Campus, Amherst (645-ARTS) www.ubcfa.org. $18/general, $10/students