The Tufts University Department of Drama and Dance and the CONcepts Artists invite you to the second of two Dances at Noon events in March. You may have heard different forms of dance, like popping or locking, labeled as "hip hop." Though many styles are accepted as falling under the "Hip Hop umbrella," every street dance has its own separate history, and in the case of dances like popping, locking, and krump, originated in the West Coast, far away from…

The Tufts University Department of Drama and Dance presents its first Dances at Noon program of the school year. The event features showings of new works and works-in-progress by Boston-area artists in an informal setting, including post-performance discussions with the choreographers and dancers. Free and open to the public. Future Dances at Noon dates are March 1 and 29, 2019.

This year's two-day Fall Dance Weekend at Tufts University highlights new choreography created by students, and by faculty artists Jaclyn Waguespack and Daniel McCusker, in collaboration with students from Dance Repertory & Performance and the First Year Dance Ensemble. A second performance will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, November 17, at Jackson Dance Lab. Tickets are $8, available at tuftsdramadancetickets.com or at the Tufts Box Office: 617-627-3493.

This year's two-day Fall Dance Weekend at Tufts University highlights new choreography created by students, and by faculty artists Jaclyn Waguespack and Daniel McCusker, in collaboration with students from Dance Repertory & Performance and the First Year Dance Ensemble. Tickets are $8, available at tuftsdramadancetickets.com or at the Tufts Box Office: 617-627-3493.

Death solo? Dorm room dance? Prop studies? Chair dances? HAIR dances? Bus stops? The BEST DANCE imaginable? Clementines? All of this (and more!) will be on display as the Tufts University Dance Department showcases works in progress from the fall Dance Composition led by Daniel McCusker. The program will includes works composed by and featuring Max Cooper, Alice Dempsey, Charlotte Eccles, Al Ellison and Sasha Hukower. Free and open to the public.

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies begins its 2019-20 Dances at Noon Series with an afternoon of hip hop curated by local artist Sean Bjerke. A post-performance discussion with Sean and guests will follow. Bjerke is a dance teacher and martial artist based in Boston who was introduced to dance at Tufts, from which he earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 2004. He teaches at The Dance Complex in Cambridge and at Connecticut College. Free and…

This year's two-day Fall Dance Weekend at Tufts University highlights new choreography created by faculty artist Jaclyn Waguespack, in collaboration with students from Dance Repertory & Performance and includes a work by visiting artist Taylor Travassos-Lomba, and students from his hip-hop breakin' course. A second performance will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, November 23, at Jackson Dance Lab. Tickets are available through the Tufts Online Ticket Office or at the Tufts Box Office: 617-627-3493.

This year's two-day Fall Dance Weekend at Tufts University highlights new choreography created by faculty artist Jaclyn Waguespack, in collaboration with students from Dance Repertory & Performance and includes a work by visiting artist Taylor Travassos-Lomba, and students from his hip-hop breakin' course. Tickets are available through the Tufts Online Ticket Office or at the Tufts Box Office: 617-627-3493.

The Tufts University Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies presents its first Dances at Noon program of 2020. The event will feature an engaging improvisational program by Boston-area artists, curated by Olivier Besson, Associate Professor of Dance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Free and open to the public. The final Dances at Noon performance of the academic year will be on Friday, March 27.

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the first of three Fall Dance Concerts this weekend, featuring a combination of new compositions, reconstructions, faculty, guest artists and students. Graduating dance minors Erika Chen, Tharina Messeroux and Elsa Rohm share choreographic capstone projects that examine family heritage and the ties that bind us together. Faculty artist Jenny Oliver presents her Boston-based company; faculty member Renata Celichowska is reconstructing a 2001 work entitled Kol Nidre; and guest artists…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the second of three Fall Dance Concerts this weekend, featuring a combination of new compositions, reconstructions, faculty, guest artists and students. Graduating dance minors Erika Chen, Tharina Messeroux and Elsa Rohm share choreographic capstone projects that examine family heritage and the ties that bind us together. Faculty artist Jenny Oliver presents her Boston-based company; faculty member Renata Celichowska is reconstructing a 2001 work entitled Kol Nidre; and guest artists…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the third and Fall Dance Concert this weekend, featuring a combination of new compositions, reconstructions, faculty, guest artists and students. Graduating dance minors Erika Chen, Tharina Messeroux and Elsa Rohm share choreographic capstone projects that examine family heritage and the ties that bind us together. Faculty artist Jenny Oliver presents her Boston-based company; faculty member Renata Celichowska is reconstructing a 2001 work entitled Kol Nidre; and guest artists Ian…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents its Spring Dance Concert, featuring performances choreographed by graduating senior dance minors and by students from the Afro Haitian: From Roots to Stage course. A combination of both live and video dance, this year’s concert is split into two programs. Today's 3 p.m. and Sunday’s 7 p.m. performances will feature work by Thomas Felt, Anna Cherian, Laporsha Dees, Alyssa Eakman, Ira Craig, Hannah Fruitman, Abby Lee, and Afro Haitian:…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents its Spring Dance Concert, featuring performances choreographed by graduating senior dance minors and by students from the Afro Haitian: From Roots to Stage course. A combination of both live and video dance, this year’s concert is split into two programs. Today's 7 p.m. and Sunday’s 3 p.m. performances will feature work by Thomas Felt, Emily Aronson, Ira Craig, Joslin Regalado, Hannah Fruitman, Shruti Krishnamachari, and Afro Haitian: From Roots…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents its Spring Dance Concert, featuring performances choreographed by graduating senior dance minors and by students from the Afro Haitian: From Roots to Stage course. A combination of both live and video dance, this year’s concert is split into two programs. Today's 3 p.m. performance will feature work by Thomas Felt, Emily Aronson, Ira Craig, Joslin Regalado, Hannah Fruitman, Shruti Krishnamachari, and Afro Haitian: From Roots to Stage. Tonight's 7…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents its fourth and final Spring Dance Concert, featuring performances choreographed by graduating senior dance minors and by students from the Afro Haitian: From Roots to Stage course. Tonight's performance will feature work by Thomas Felt, Anna Cherian, Laporsha Dees, Alyssa Eakman, Ira Craig, Hannah Fruitman, Abby Lee, and Afro Haitian: From Roots to Stage. This event is open to the public. Tickets will be available at the box office (617-627-3493) and…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies invites you to an afternoon of Kathak dance, one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance and the classical dance form of Uttar Pradesh. Facilitated by faculty artist Gretchen Hayden, the event will feature performances by Kathak dancer Shefali Jain, and Hindustani musicians Jayanta Banerjee and Satyaprakash Mishra. Free and open to the public; no tickets required. Note: Visitors attending events on campus are required to be vaccinated…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies'  Fall Dance Concert will feature senior dance minors Andres Antonio and Hanna Bregman presenting capstone projects alongside faculty choreographic work by Jaclyn Waguespack and a guest artist composition by Hyung Ji Yu. Note: Visitors attending events on campus are required to be vaccinated and boosted, if eligible, and may be asked to show proof of vaccination. The concert will be presented again at 7 p.m. on Saturday, November 19.  

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the second performance of its Fall Dance Concert, featuring senior dance minors Andres Antonio and Hanna Bregman presenting capstone projects alongside faculty choreographic work by Jaclyn Waguespack and a guest artist composition by Hyung Ji Yu. Note: Visitors attending events on campus are required to be vaccinated and boosted, if eligible, and may be asked to show proof of vaccination.

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies welcomes Jessi Stegall for a work-in-progress showing of her latest project, The Theremin Vignettes. The Theremin Vignettes is an evening-length dance-theatre production in ode to Clara Rockmore. Made up of a series of non-linear, idiosyncratic vignettes, The Theremin Vignettes explores themes of grief, remembrance and devotion through absurd interpretations of Rockmore's life, work and impact. Each vignette is set to a track from Rockmore’s “Lost Theremin Album,” a posthumous record…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the first of three performances of its Spring Dance Concert, featuring new work from senior dance minors Jesse Akaa, James Elwell, William Huang, Chidilim Menakaya, Yosselin Perez Ascencio, Emma Sonnenblick, Cesar Urzua, Katelyn Young and Julia Zweifach, alongside a culminating performance from Jenny Oliver's Afro-Haitian: From Roots to Stage course. Tickets are $10 through the Tufts Drama and Dance online box office. Additional performances will be at 3 and…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the second of three performances of its Spring Dance Concert, featuring new work from senior dance minors Jesse Akaa, James Elwell, William Huang, Chidilim Menakaya, Yosselin Perez Ascencio, Emma Sonnenblick, Cesar Urzua, Katelyn Young and Julia Zweifach, alongside a culminating performance from Jenny Oliver's Afro-Haitian: From Roots to Stage course. Tickets are $10 through the Tufts Drama and Dance online box office. The final performance will be at 7…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the third and final performance of its Spring Dance Concert, featuring new work from senior dance minors Jesse Akaa, James Elwell, William Huang, Chidilim Menakaya, Yosselin Perez Ascencio, Emma Sonnenblick, Cesar Urzua, Katelyn Young and Julia Zweifach, alongside a culminating performance from Jenny Oliver's Afro-Haitian: From Roots to Stage course. Tickets are $10 through the Tufts Drama and Dance online box office.  

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the first of two performances of its 40th Annual Fall Dance Concert. The program will feature new works from faculty members Jenny Lustig Rhoton, Daniel McCusker and Shefali Jain, as well as a piece choreographed and performed by Dance Program alum Pearl Young (’22). Additionally, the concert will include new works created by students in McCusker’s Studies in Dance Composition course. Rounding out the evening will be two screendances…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the second of two performances of its 40th Annual Fall Dance Concert. The program will feature new works from faculty members Jenny Lustig Rhoton, Daniel McCusker and Shefali Jain, as well as a piece choreographed and performed by Dance Program alum Pearl Young (’22). Additionally, the concert will include new works created by students in McCusker’s Studies in Dance Composition course. Rounding out the evening will be two screendances…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents a performance of "Under The Skin" from Tufts alum Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer of Bridgman/Packer Dance. Come see what the Boston Globe calls "the most thrilling dance work this reviewer has seen in recent memory... flat-out exhilarating.” In "Under The Skin," the duet form explodes into a magically populated stage as Bridgman and Packer interchange with their ever-multiplying virtual selves. The performers' bodies and costumes become projection screens,…

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents a performance of "Cut. Loose" by visiting artists Neta Weiner and Stav Marin. "Cut. Loose" will run for 50 minutes, followed by a 30-minute Q&A. Free and open to the public.    

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the first of two performances of its Spring Dance Concert featuring senior capstone projects by Ellie Bloom, Sharika Kaul, Taylor Levin, Jessica Mann, Keira Myles, Noah Tervalon and Connie Yu. Tickets are $20 through the Tufts Drama and Dance online box office. The second performance will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 20.  

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the second of two performances of its Spring Dance Concert featuring senior capstone projects by Ellie Bloom, Sharika Kaul, Taylor Levin, Jessica Mann, Keira Myles, Noah Tervalon and Connie Yu. Tickets are $20 through the Tufts Drama and Dance online box office.  

The Tufts Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the spring Dance Program MashUp, an end-of-semester showing of works from various Dance Program classes. MashUp is free and open to anyone.  

The Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies begins its Dances at Noon series for the 2024-25 school year with a performance by Miranda Lawson, a Boston-based dancer and choreographer. Originally from Somerville, Lawson trained primarily in contemporary and Hip-hop dance forms at The Studio Dance Complex, where she frequently returns to teach. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in dance and psychology from Mount Holyoke College, where she was recognized with awards in choreographic excellence and…

On the heels of celebrating 40 years of dancing at Tufts, members of the university's Dance Program have put together a Fall Dance Concert showcasing the outstanding work of students, faculty, and two guest artists. Solo capstone works created by senior Dance Minors Mikayla Cole and Maggie Lieberman stand alongside the works of prominent guest artists in the field, Pat Catterson and Stefanie Batten Bland. Catterson, a Guggenheim Award-winning choreographer and custodian of Yvonne Rainer’s early works including "Trio A," reimagines…