Dance Department students have access, by audition, to a variety of performance opportunities throughout their careers at Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Spring 2026 Dance Department Events
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Student Works Festival
March 11–12, 6 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Loree Dance Theater
Featuring student choreography and performance in four distinct programs.
Free event, no ticket necessary
DancePlus
April 9*–10, 7:30 p.m. & April 11, 2 p.m.
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
Featuring new choreography by guest artists Phil Chan and Kimani Fowlin, faculty John Evans and Pam Tanowitz, and a restaging of Martha Graham’s Steps in the Streets (1936).
The concert also features live music from Music Department students and Okai Musik.
*On April 9, we welcome alumni from the Dance and Music Departments for a post-show reception to celebrate Mason Gross School of the Arts’ 50th Anniversary!
Capstone Festival
April 18–25
Various locations around campus and New Brunswick
50 Tiny Dances
May 2, 4 p.m.
Bettenbender Plaza
Featuring collaborations between the Dance Dept and Engineering Dept with dance performance and drones, as well as a “Sound in Sculpture” performance with collaborations between Dance and Music!
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.