Uri Sands co-founded TU Dance with creative partner, wife, and muse Toni Pierce-Sands in 2004, and since then the troupe has garnered Sage Awards as well as critical accolades for work that effortlessly combines elements of modern dance, African-based movement, hip hop, and ballet into a satisfying creative blend. The Amusement of the Gods, which premiered last fall at the O'Shaughnessy, offers a particularly fine example of Sands's choreographic viewpoint. Alternating between serious and... More »
