The event, to benefit the UB program in modern Greek language, is co-sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, the UB Center for the Arts and the Hellenic Cultural Committee of Buffalo. Funding also was provided by the Demakos Foundation.

The performance will take place at 7 p.m. on the Mainstage in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.

Tickets are available for $15 for adults and $8 for students and children through the Center for the Arts box office (645-ARTS) and through all Ticketmaster outlets.

The program will include traditional-and often rare-dances and songs by 35 dancers in authentic costumes accompanied by folk musicians on traditional instruments.

Each program segment will be introduced by a short history of the dance, its costumes, songs and music. One of the highlights of the production is a re-enactment of a traditional Greek wedding featuring the entire company. In connection with the performance, a historical and cultural exhibition on Hellenism from antiquity to the present will be presented in the UB Art Department Gallery in the Center for the Arts from March 15-23.

The Greek American Folklore Society is an organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of traditional Greek folklore from every region of Greece and Cyprus, including Greek communities of the Diaspora. The society attempts to present these "engraved" folk traditions in a manner that reflects the history, spirituality and world view of the Greek people.

As part of its work, the society supports a widely applauded, professional dance troupe that teaches traditional dance and performs at events sponsored by the society and other organizations. The troupe has performed at Lincoln Center, on FOX television, on the soap opera "All My Children" and in commercials for AT&T.