Contacts:   Box Office 704-687-2599   Michelle Hypki Box Office Manager 704-687-6733   Beverly Lueke Fine Arts Facilities Manager 704-687-6667   Sharon Harrington Director of Development College of Arts & Sciences 704-687-3443       Created in 1990, the Departments of Dance & Theatre and Music serve the educational needs of students and the cultural needs of Charlotte and the University Community.  It is the mission of the Department of Dance & Theatre and the Department of Music to prepare students for arts- related fields by integrating excellence in instruction and artistic creativity within a broad professional landscape. Thus, the Departments seeks to define themselves as a cultural laboratory which engages the university, the community of scholars, the performing arts industry, and the world.   Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts is the home to the Department of Dance & Theatre and the Department of Music at UNC Charlotte.  Opened in November, 2004 the facility serves as both the university’s premiere performing arts venue and a pre-professional training ground for students.  Throughout the academic year, student productions and guest artist performances offer a variety of theatre, dance, choral music, bands, and jazz concerts.   Within Robinson Hall is the Anne R. Belk Theater and the Lab Theater.  The main stage space, the Anne R. Belk Theater, is a proscenium-style house which seats 325.  Up to 45 different performance events can take place in the theater over the course of an academic year.  The theater’s orchestra, mezzanine and box seating offers patrons an environment that is both intimate and elegant.  The flexible Lab Theater space can accommodate 90 to 125 patrons for a unique theatrical experience.    The productions and concerts at Robinson Hall are student productions, with the exception of the guest artist series.  With their focus on educating future actors, directors, playwrights, musicians, dancers, and composers, the Departments are committed to allowing students as many performance, design, conducting, directing, and choreographing opportunities as possible.    For more information about joining our family of patrons, please contact our box office at 704-687-2599.   For more information on being a major, a minor, or a performer in any of our activities, please contact the Department of Music at 704-687-2472 or the Department of Dance & Theatre at 704-687-2482.