Dance

MBDance intrigues in ‘Dying and Dying and Dying’

This is cliché, but when I went to Spurrier Dance Theater to see “Dying and Dying and Dying: A Meditation on Various Endings” last Friday, I didn’t know what to expect. All I knew was that it was the closing event of the InspireDance festival here at the UR featuring the visiting dance company MBDance. […]

Louvre Performance Ensemble stuns with ‘Shaped’

The Spurrier Dance Studio was packed by the time I arrived. The tagline description of the show was, “to explore how interpersonal relationships shape our lives.” Read More

CSA’s Mid-Autumn Festival brings cross cultural excitement

The Chinese Student Association's Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday was a three-and-a-half-hour production filled with various performances by groups from campus and the city. Read More

BPG shows wild side at spring rendition

BPG was started in 1996 by a group of classical ballet students here at the UR. Although the group retains the name, it has moved to incorporate a variety of dance forms including jazz, hip-hop, tap, acrobatics, and rhythmic gymnastics. Read More

Rochester City Ballet pays visit to College Town

The University bookstore organized a storytelling event that featured dance as a center point Thursday afternoon. From toddlers to teenagers, everyone waited eagerly for the dancers to make an appearance. Read More

Tradition and talent intermingle at China Nite

The Chinese Students Association welcomed the new year with luck, music, and togetherness at its annual celebratory China Nite. Read More

Seventh annual InspireDance brings the swing

World-renowned dance troupe Dance Heginbotham wowed the packed Spurrier Dance Studio Friday evening with an hour-long performance. Read More

BPG reaches out to Rochester

Strong Auditorium came alive Friday night with the elegant and graceful moves of the UR Ballet Performance Group in their fall show “Out of the Blue.” Read More

Louvre dances to empower

On Saturday night, in the intimate setting of Spurrier’s dance studio, Louvre performed its fall production “EmpowerHER.” Read More

Indulgence resurrects MJ’s classic ‘Thriller’

Students learned the moves to the dance of Michael Jackson’s iconic song, considered the best-selling album of all time in the U.S. by the Recording Industry Association of America. Read More