Dance Department students have access, by audition, to a variety of performance opportunities throughout their careers at Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Mason Gross Dance Presents

Mason Gross Dance Presents produces performances of internationally renowned guest artists including Baye and Asa, Urban Bush Women, Kinetic Light, and Ananya Dance Theatre.

DancePlus

DancePlus is the department’s biannual faculty and guest-artist production that is produced at either the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center or the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater. Dance majors perform the works of internationally renowned faculty and guest artists such as Bill T. Jones, José Limón, Martha Graham, Nicolette Alberti, Netta Yerushalmy, Mabingo Alfdaniels, Shakia “The Key” Barron, and Omar Román de Jesus/Boca Tuya.

Capstone Projects

These projects showcase each BFA senior’s original research in choreography, performance, somatic studies, dance education, or another area of interest. Each spring, the department supports students’ presentations of their work at venues on and off campus such as the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater, the Little Theater, the Yard, and more.

University DanceWorks

University DanceWorks is the touring student dance company of Rutgers. Dance students learn the repertory of internationally renowned artists each fall and then perform these works and lead workshops while on tour in the spring, visiting middle and high schools in the metropolitan region.

Student Works Festival

Every year, dance students have the opportunity to choreograph original works for the Student Works Festival, a production held in Loree Dance Theater. Student choreographers audition student performers, and the works are adjudicated by dance faculty.