Students from Grand Valley’s New Music Ensemble and the Dance Company greeted visitors to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park on February 25 with performances inspired by the sculpture “Utopia” by artist Jaume Plensa. The sculpture is in the Garden Pavilion in the Welcome Center.
![Dancers are silhouetted near a large sculpture of faces.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC0C19A7-9684-C055-A1C42FBEB4CC29A8/400.jpg)
GVSU in photos: Student performers immerse themselves in 'Utopia'
![Dancers wearing while perform in front of a light blue and white wall.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FD189CE4-A885-F6E8-0B7E954E8740EE09/600.jpg)
Jenna Altman is carried by other GVSU Dance Company students during the "Utopia: A Music and Dance Ambient Experience" performance with the New Music Ensemble.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![Dancers wearing all white perform.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC3C9B0E-E463-3C07-5E9B0E442D1FEE7C/600.jpg)
Emma Armijo, left, dances with the GVSU Dance Company along with the music from the New Music Ensemble performed at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park February 25.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![Dancers embrace while performing in front of musicians.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC3C9B7D-B2C3-8F61-508F20CA23DDD6E1/600.jpg)
Hannah Angell, center, rests on another dancer while performing with
fellow GVSU Dance Company students with the New Music Ensemble,
background, at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![A detail of hands on a keyboard.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FD124BB2-BA6D-A9A5-A1234A757FA36335/600.jpg)
New Music Ensemble member Lydia Seaver plays the keyboard while the GVSU Dance Company performs "Utopia: A Music and Dance Ambient Experience."
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![Dancers are silhouetted against a large window.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FD28BA66-DD10-465E-EC65EFDB092655BA/600.jpg)
The GVSU Dance Company enters the Garden Pavilion as music from the New Music Ensemble is performed.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![Two dancers wearing while perform in front of a white face sculpture.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC509727-D592-B347-F238F90D1F254162/600.jpg)
Two students from the GVSU Dance Company, Kaylynn Betts, left, and
Hannah Angell, right, perform in front of the sculpture
"Utopia" by artist Jaume Plensa.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![Two dancers embrace.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC5D9AA5-D62F-5697-873815BE1A61FB05/600.jpg)
Two dancers embrace during the "Utopia: A Music and Dance Ambient Experience" at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![A dancer puts her hands around her head while doing a modern dance performance.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC5D9B06-924E-5434-F19710B617115DCD/600.jpg)
Jenna Altman, with the GVSU Dance Company, dances during the performance with the New Music Ensemble.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![A cello player is silhouetted in front of a greenhouse.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC640E43-AE37-6532-2EE53E016F3F4943/600.jpg)
New Music Ensemble member Levi Smith is silhouetted in front of the
greenhouses of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park during
"Utopia: A Music and Dance Ambient Experience" February 25.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![A dancer holds their hands to their heart while surrounded by other dancers wearing white.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC719028-E1AB-28F1-6F93796901F0E47F/600.jpg)
Laina Stanton, center, and fellow dance students perform "Utopia: A Music and Dance Ambient Experience" at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. The GVSU Dance Company was performing to music by the New Music Ensemble.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![Musicians play in front of a large face sculpture.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC7190B1-DEAC-E926-5E7605A3D2A11394/600.jpg)
Members of the New Music Ensemble play next to the sculpture "Utopia" by artist Jaume Plensa.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
![Dancers wearing white perform a modern dance routine.](/gvnext/files/img/article/FBCE3520-DEF5-2DA7-40D266D7E38D5935/FC7D0B73-999D-BF8F-0095DF8C3AD81628/600.jpg)
GVSU Dance Company's Emily Shay, left, and Julian McKenzie, right, help
lower dancer Laina Stanton, center, to the ground during the
performance.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
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