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Rhode Island College was the first college in the state to focus on dance. It's dance company was founded in 1958 and RIC has been one of the driving forces for dance ever since. Every year RIC brings in noted choregraphers to work with the dance company and every year the dance company offers performance, open classes and other events to the Rhode Island community at affordable rates.
RIC Dance Company Events Schedule
OCTOBER 2007
Friday October 12, 2007
Rhode Island College Dance Company October Concert
with Nugent and Matteson Dance
Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $12.00
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Nugent+Matteson Dance return to RIC with five precarious dances including Fare Well described by Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times as "...that rare work that lives up to its advance billing...conjuring up two imperfectly messy lives and two ordinary human beings who just might find themselves some new place if they only stay the course...a delight".
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October 24 to 26, 2007
Rhode Island College Dance Company Mini-Concert
For School Children
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 10am
Tickets: free
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
Rhode Island school children will be treated to the RIC Dance Company's Annual Mini-Concert Series in morning concerts October 24 through 26. Repertory selections will include works by Nathan Andary (Providence, RI), Jackie Henderson (Newport, RI), Jennifer Nugent and Paul Matteson (NYC), and Drika Overton (Maine). Offered free to all school children in Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts since the 1960s, these concerts provide young audiences with an informative and enjoyable introduction to contemporary dance forms.
Friday October 26, 2007
College Dance Invitational
A Showcase of College and University Dance Companies
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $10.00
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
New for fall 2007 - The College Dance Invitational celebrates the rich creativity and productivity of our local-area dance programs, the College Dance Invitational will provide a showcase Rhode Island and nearby Connecticut and Massachusetts college dance companies. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the past, present, and future of American dance.
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NOVEMBER 2007
November 5 to 7, & 9, 2007
Open Dance Company Class with Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer
Melcer Dance Studio
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: November 5 to 7 & 9 from 430 to 6pm, November 10 from 10 to 1130am
Price: $8.00 per class
Level: Intermediate and advanced
Take modern class with Bridgman/Packer Dance!
Friday November 30, 2007
Rhode Island College Dance Company Winter Concert
with Bridgman/Packer Dance
Sapinsley Hall
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $12.00
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
The RIC Dance Company is very pleased to be collaborating once again with Bridgman/Packer Dance in a fall 2007 residency and performance project. Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer create work around the dilemma of finding meaning and connections in a time and world where everything seems to be transient and at risk.
more about this performance
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JANUARY 2008
January 7 to 11, 2007
Open Dance Company Class with Douglas Dunn
Melcer Dance Studio
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 10 to 1130am
Price: $8.00 per class
Level: Intermediate and advanced
RIC invites the RI dance community to experience 5 days of modern class with Douglas Dunn.
January 15 to 19, 2007
Open Dance Company Class with Andrea Woods
Melcer Dance Studio
Nazarian Center
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 10 to 1130am
Price: $8.00 per class
Level: Intermediate and advanced
RIC invites the RI dance community to experience 5 days of modern class with Andrea Woods.
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FEBRUARY 2008
February 28 to March 2, 2008
Rhode Island College Dance Company Spring Concert
Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: Thursday through Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm
Tickets: $10.00
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
The RIC Dance Company will present works from some of the nation's leading choreographers in its 49th Annual Spring Concert Series. Bridgman/Packer, Andrea E. Woods and Matteson/Nugent are among the artists whose choreography will be featured, along with works of local talents Michael Bolger, Katie McNamara and RIC grad Kellie Ann Lynch.
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MARCH 2008
March 1 & 2, 2008
Rhode Island College Dance Company Spring Concert
Auditorium
Roberts Hall
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: Thursday through Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm
Tickets: $10.00
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
The RIC Dance Company will present works from some of the nation's leading choreographers in its 49th Annual Spring Concert Series. Bridgman/Packer, Andrea E. Woods and Matteson/Nugent are among the artists whose choreography will be featured, along with works of local talents Michael Bolger, Katie McNamara and RIC grad Kellie Ann Lynch.
March 27 & 28, 2008
Faculty & Alumni Concert
Forman Theatre
Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $12.00
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
RIC professor,Melody Ward and rising star alum, Kellie Ann Lynch present new work.
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APRIL 2008
April 24 & 25, 2008
Student Choreography Showcase
Forman Theatre
Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
Rhode Island College
600 Mt Pleasant Ave
Providence RI 02908-1991
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $8.00
Reservations: 401-456-8144
Box Office hours M - F 10am-4pm
RIC's top student choreographer will present new work.
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