Rider Dances
Thursday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, N.J.
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Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: The Martinson Family Foundation for its support of theater technology equipment. Michael T. '89 & Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel and Kasey & Billy Ziff for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
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Program
Rider Dances will be performed without an intermission.
the push pull factors
Choreography Megan Mazarick
Gravel by DJ Piscine (remixed with Mexico by Mexican Institute of Sound), Soledad by Africa Express, Danzon No 2 (versions by Yuja Wang and Gustavo Dudamel) All sound mixed by Megan Mazarick
DANCERS: Ashlyn Corchado, Soph Frosoni, Destiny Gardner, Stef Gibblets, Alaina Hannah, Kristyn Helfand, Ian Kent, Skyler Murphy, Zeno Rubach, Itai Serra, Sharp Sharp
WYP “What’s Your Playlist”
Choreography Sophiann Mahalia Moore Stargazing by JuJu, No Sleep by Janet Jackson, Simmer by Mahalia feat. Burna Boy
DANCERS: Liliana Basile, Yanna Brown, Ashlyn Corchado, Erin Correll, Alaina Hannah, Dani Mungcal, Abby Noriega, Hailey O’Hagan, Rihanna Perez, Nizya Reese Foster, Natali Santana
Stupid Humans
Choreography
John ‘Comix’ Barella Careless Whisper by George Michael, Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang, Renegade by Fatboy Slim, Insane in the Brain by Cypress Hill, Happy by C2C
All video and music edited by John Barella
DANCERS: Erin Correll, Jade Cox, Soph Frosoni, Ashlyn Henzley, Ian Kent, Natali Santana, Itai Serra, Sharp Sharp, Toby Trish
Vogue Evolution
Choreography
Rylee Locker Old Way Mix by Seven Angels, OUR FEMININ YA YA YOUR FEMININ - Grégoire Boyer* *Please be advised that this piece of music contains use of profanity.
DANCERS: Liliana Basile, Gianna D’Errico, Soph Frosoni, Destiny Gardner, Dani Mungal, Abby Noriega, Nizya Reese Foster, Rebecca Semerad
Timeless
Choreography
Ricky ‘Glytch’ Evans Music from the album Timeless by Kaytranada
DANCERS: Jamai Brown, Yanna Brown, Ellie Campbell, Ashlyn Corchado, Daneja Freeman, Madelyn Moore, Abby Noriega, Jocelyn Nunez, Sharp Sharp, Toby Trish
Beneath the Green
Choreography
Olive Tree composed by Bachar Mar-Khalifé
Meredith Rainey
DANCERS: Olivia Amato, Liliana Basile, Ellie Campbell, Ashlyn Corchado, Jade Cox, Gianna D’Errico, Soph Frosoni, Emma Haverson, Kristyn Helfand, Ian Kent, Dani Mungcal, Abby Noriega, Milaina Risoli, Zeno Rubach, Itai Serra, Sharp Sharp, Rebecca Semerad, Toby Trish
PIECE NOTE: "Beneath the Green" is an exploration of "Olive Tree" by Bachar Mar-Khalifé. The composer wrote "It all began under the OLIVE TREE a drawing, a quiet light slipping through the leaves." It is these words, and this music, that I have endeavored to amplify. To be beneath something living is to know a particular kind of stillness sheltered, held, rooted in place. Yet within Mar-Khalifé's music there is also a gentle, persistent rocking a 1, 2, 3 that pulls like a current beneath still water. This work lives in that paradox: grounded and adrift at once, like a body floating in the ocean, surrendered to the rhythm of something much larger than itself. Movement that is natural, organic, and held by the earth even as it sways.
Production & Administrative Team
Director Megan Mazarick
Choreographers John 'Comix' Barella, Ricky 'Glytch' Evans
Rylee Locker, Megan Mazarick
Sophiann Mahalia Moore, and Meredith Rainey
Production Stage Manager Mickey Durkin
Assistant Stage Manager Abbey McBee
Technical Director Brandon Rush
Lighting Designer Amanda Jensen
Assistant Lighting Designer Abbey McBee
Light Board Operator Charis Ryan
Costume Designers Deryn C. Kraner, Caylee Wilson,
Peyton Divirgilio, Matthew Cirola, Laken Daniels, Kari Belle King, and Jordan Perucki
Costume Design Mentor Robin I. Shane
Wardrobe Supervisor Vibel Nakande
Wardrobe Runners Jonathan Banks and Kimora Mitchell
Sound Engineer Craig Pincus
Sound Operator Mallory Hoelzl
Props Director Clare Hanrahan
Props Supervisor Maezie Ruggles
Stagehand Vanessa Jankech
Program Documentarians Ian Kent, Itai Serra
Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Jason Vodicka
Director of Production Management Buck Linton
Artistic Producer C. Ryanne Domingues
Associate Director of Performance Management Leandra Acosta
Stage Management Mentor Brandy Lee Hatcher
Costume Shop Supervisor Jim Parks
Scene Shop Supervisor Chris Schimpf
About Rider University and The Department of Performing Arts
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.
The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.
Through its dynamic mix of academic programs, The Department of Performing Arts helps aspiring professional performers, producers, managers, designers, technicians and entrepreneurs find their unique path in an ever-evolving industry. Acknowledged as innovative and contemporary, the Department of Performing Arts aspires to build a more equitable, engaging and sustainable future for the performing arts while exploring the many diverse historical, cultural, social and creative threads that add to our rich tapestry.
Upcoming Performances
SPRING OPERA: SPEED DATING TONIGHT!
Friday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 18, 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR: SEEK YE FIRST
Friday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.
Gill Chapel
WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIRS: LEGACY
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE
Saturday, April 25, 4 p.m.
Gill Chapel
SENIOR DANCE CAPSTONE SHOWCASE
Saturday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS: A JUBILEE 30TH ANNIVERSARY HOMECOMING
Sunday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.
Gill Chapel
ARTBEAST
Friday, May 1, 3 p.m.
Rider University
9 TO 5
Friday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 2, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3, 2 p.m.
Yvonne Theater
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, SUBSCRIPTION AND PATRON PROGRAM OPTIONS, VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.
