If you love dance, you don’t want to miss this full-sensory and thrilling exploration of the world's most innovative dance companies - EDGE on Stage on Friday, January 31 at 8 pm and Saturday, February 1 at 8 pm. You can see Wabi Sabi perform Jennifer Archibald's "Sweet Sorrow" on Friday, January 31 only!

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The Rialto is offering a student/dance professional discounted ticket of $15 for one night or $22 for both. Call the box office at 404.413.9849 to access this special discount.

Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Arts continues its 2013-14 season with Off the EDGE Biennial Contemporary Dance Festival, January 28 - February I. Off the EDGE is a revolutionary, contemporary dance festival that offers one-of-a-kind free dance experiences, including the preview event at KSU and EDGE in Unexpected Spaces performances at The Healey Building and flash mobs appearances all over metro Atlanta. Off the EDGE culminates with EDGE On Stage--two different nights of electrifying sight sound and movement on the Rialto stage Friday, January 31 and Saturday February 1.
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Montreal-based Ilter Ibrahimof, artist manager and artistic advisor to the Festival des Arts de St. Sauveur and New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival among others, curates the 2014 program. Click here to learn more.

Highlights include:

• Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi performing Jennifer Archibald’s Sweet Sorrow
  Wabi Sabi premiered this work at Atlanta Botanical Garden in the summer of 2013

Atlanta Ballet Company dancers Rachel Van Buskirk and Miguel Angel Montoya. Photo by Bonnie Moret.

• Wayne McGregor's Random Dance performing FAR
  Wayne McGregor previously brought his work EDEN|EDEN to Atlanta Ballet

Random Dance performs Wayne McGregor's FAR. Photo courtesy of Rialto Center for the Arts.

• Kennesaw State University Dance Department performing a new work by Ivan Pulinkala
  Kennesaw State University Dance Department is an official partner of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education. Wabi Sabi Ballet Master John Welker is currently finishing his Dance degree with KSU.

KSU Dance Department performs new work by Ivan Pulinkala. Photo courtesy of Rialto Center for the Arts.

The program also includes works by:

• Hubbard Street Dance
• Michelle Dorrance
• CORE
• Compagnie Käfig
• Dance Heginbotham

Rialto image courtesy of gsu.edu