Tickets are available online through the Mason Gross website, in person during MGPAC daytime ticket office hours, and at the performance at the NBPAC box office at 11 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, NJ.
ALUMNI DANCE CONCERT
Friday, September 29, 2023 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 30, 2023 7:30 p.m.
In the spirit of celebrating excellence in dance, the Dance Department presents a special Alumni Dance Concert featuring choreography and performances by:
- Chantal Taluba BFA ’22 and Rebecca Pavelko BFA ‘20
- Company of Collaborative Artists – Camille Rennie MFA ’19
- Friends Who Dance – Elena Yasin BFA ’22, Anne Tantuico BFA ’22, Michayla Pannullo BFA ’22, Marianna Allen BFA ’22
- Juila Ramirez EdM ’23, featuring Marianna Allen BFA ’22, Juliana Martino EdM ’23, Madison Meredith EdM ’23, Elena Yasin, BFA ’22
- Leah Hansen BFA ’20 and Nayaa Opong BFA ‘19
- NewBrese Dance – Rachel Calabrese BFA’ 20 and Sawyer Newsome BFA ’20
- VOLTA Collective – Mamie Green BFA ’20
VISITING FILMMAKER SERIES SCREENING
Tuesday, October 17, 7 p.m.
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
The Rutgers Filmmaking Center, in collaboration with the Dance Department (Professor Jeff Friedman) and the Department of Kinesiology (Professor Javier Robles), presents a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. A remote Q&A session with directors James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham will immediately follow the screening.
Free; tickets required.
RUTGERS JAZZ LAB BAND: JAZZ & THE MUSIC OF BRAZIL
Wednesday, October 25. 7:30 p.m.
The development of musical style in Brazil can be described as an example of cultural creolization in the New World. The country’s rich history of music and dance is the result of a complex intertwining of several ethnic traditions. The “blending” of these various influences from groups representing the Western and non-Western Worlds has manifested itself in the creation of not only a unique cultural sensibility, but original idioms of musical expression. This concert by the Rutgers University Jazz Lab Big Band, directed by Anthony Branker, will feature the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, Pat Metheny, Bill Cunliffe, and music from Duke Ellington’s “Latin American Suite.”
RUTGERS JAZZ ENSEMBLE: “PROF” FIELDER MEMORIAL CONCERT
Friday, October 27, 7:30 p.m.
The Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, will honor the legacy of Professor William Fielder in their annual “Prof” Fielder Memorial Concert featuring guest artist, Terell Stafford. The premier twenty-two-piece student jazz orchestra opens each season in paying tribute to the late, great, trumpet master and legendary educator.
VISITING FILMMAKER SERIES SCREENING
Thursday, November 9, 7 p.m.
Aftersun
A screening of Aftersun (2022) and a post-screening Q&A with writer/director Charlotte Wells. At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). But Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Sophie later tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t in this multi-award-winning debut film.
Free; tickets required.
RUTGERS JAZZ LAB BAND: JAZZ & THE AFRICAN/LATIN AMERICAN TINGE
Wednesday, November 15, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz is emblematic of our cultural heritage. It is an art form that emerged out of the encounter of African, Caribbean, and European sensibilities and approaches to music-making. It is because of the coming together of musical elements from diverse ethnic groups representing the Western and non-Western Worlds that a uniquely American form of artistic expression came into being. However, the emergence and evolution of jazz in this country has its musical parallels in other parts of the New World. This concert by the Rutgers University Jazz Lab Big Band, directed by Anthony Branker, will spotlight the strength of the African and Latin American influence on the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Chico O’Farrill, Michael Mossman, Anthony Branker, and Duke Ellington with music featured from his “Latin American Suite.”
RUTGERS JAZZ ENSEMBLE: BEATLES BRAZIL
Friday, November 17, 7:30 p.m.
The Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, will feature “Beatles Brazil.” The premier twenty-two-piece student jazz orchestra will showcase best-known hits from the legendary Beatles band performed in this unique setting featuring custom arrangements from the jazz studies faculty.
FALL DANCE PLUS
Thursday, November 30, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 1, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 2, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
RUTGERS FILM BFA SOPHOMORE SHOWCASE
Tuesday, December 12, 7 p.m.