Get out your dancing shoes, because all the right moves are headed your way. Bursting with modern, jazz, and tap, the fourth event in UNCW’s seven-part Arts in Action Performance Series promises to be a exultant and inspirational cabaret.

Ronald K. Brown, alongside his dance company EVIDENCE from New York City, head to Wilmington to lead a workshop at UNCW and then put on a show-stopping performance at Thalian Hall. The workshop, which will occur on Thursday, Nov. 18 in the Warwick Center Ballroom, will consist of styles and techniques from Brown’s own elegantly shaped movement of modern dance.

Shannon Hooker, Assistant Director for Programs and Marketing, offers her outlook on the event. “Mr. Brown’s work speaks to so many important social and personal issues, such as the African-American journey, individual responsibility and family, that audiences talk after seeing his company perform. We are thrilled to have him and his dancers visit our community and offer interactive programs in addition to the performance,” said Hooker.

A mission to disperse cultural perspectives through modern society is evident with Brown and his company. While their dancing contains a great deal of African-American influence, it also embraces the issues of race, gender, and class, in hopes of reaching different kinds of communities at once.

“I don’t know a lot about Ronald K. Brown, but thought ‘what a great opportunity to learn from a great dancer!’ I don’t dance professionally or anything nor do I take classes, but I like all types of dance and try not to pass up an opportunity where I can learn something new,” exclaimed Billie Fleming, a UNCW student. “By such a great artist coming to UNCW, it brings a lot of publicity to the University for such a great reason.”

Brown’s company EVIDENCE will also perform at Thalian Hall on Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. The show will feature “Come ye,” a dance enthused by jazz singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Other works in their performance will be danced to the music of Duke Ellington, Fela Kuti, Roy Davis Jr. and Oumou Sangare.

This culturally exuberant occasion is definitely one to look into. Even if you are not in the dancing mood, drag yourself down to Thalian Hall, where no matter how you feel about dance, music or life, you won’t be able to keep your head from bobbing, your fingers from drumming, or your feet from tapping.