Interactive “Interplay” course focuses on collaboration
Introduced at the start of the fall 2022 semester, “Interplay” is designed to bring all five departments together to focus on the themes of play, experimentation, and exploration.
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Dance alum named executive producer of “ABC News Live with Linsey Davis”
Eric Ortega keeps his foot in multiple worlds, whether working as an executive producer for ABC News or keeping his love of dance alive as an instructor with local studios. Ortega was recently hired by ABC to serve as executive producer of ABC News Live with Linsey...
Students Teach Social Justice Through Dance to Children in New Brunswick
Every Wednesday after school this spring, students at the Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts in New Brunswick have been moving, dancing, leaping, and twisting, all while learning about community, emotions, and identity. “Kinetic Connections,” a 10-week program...
Gerald Casel appointed chair of Dance Department
Photo credit: Katherine Helen Fisher Bessie Award-winning dance artist Gerald Casel has been named professor and chair of the Mason Gross School’s Dance Department. Casel comes to Rutgers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he currently serves...
Remembering dance faculty Kim Elliott
“I will never be the institution. It’s not in my DNA to. But it’s always in my DNA to contribute and to move the institution forward. Because that’s what hip-hop is. Hip-hop is a way of living.” Assistant Professor Kim Elliott died on March 23, 2022. In...
Alum dances alongside J.Lo and other music industry stars
Nicolette Alberti (center front) danced with Jennifer Lopez in the Super Bowl LIV halftime show in Miami, Florida, in 2020. As a kid, Nicolette Alberti loved watching awards shows and going to concerts with her mom, not just to see big-name stars but also the dancers...
Kyle Marshall emerges from the pandemic dancing toward the light
Dance alum Kyle Marshall returns to his alma mater to teach and to showcase his new uplifting works with his company, Kyle Marshall Choreography, at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. The three performances Oct. 15-16 are Mason Gross’s first since the pandemic.
Mason Gross faculty awarded grants in collaboration with the School of Public Health
In the spring, faculty from Mason Gross and the School of Public Health were brought together to share research ideas as part of a “speed networking” session. Through funding provided by both schools, $10,000 MGSA-SPH Collaborative Seed Grants were awarded...
Author Dana Caspersen to teach Spring intensive on conflict resolution
This six-week course guides students to explore how the artistic tools employed by choreographic thinkers can be used in conjunction with practices and principles from the field of conflict resolution toward the creation of participatory events spanning a wide range of human activities.
Dance faculty Barbara Angeline finds unexpected benefits of virtual teaching
Dance faculty member Barbara Angeline discovered there could be benefits to teaching her class virtually after the pandemic made it impossible to teach in person.