Fall Dance Concert
Friday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m.
BLC Theater
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, N.J.
Program
First Comes Love…
Choreography Keiaira Rainey
Happier Than Ever by The Vitamin String Quartet, featuring spoken word by Alan Watts
DANCERS: Alli Fama, Kaylie Smith, Itai Serra, Keiaira Rainey, Kayla Faynor
Train wreck
Choreography
Cursed Charm
Choreography
Train Wreck by James Arthur
DANCER: Destiny Gardner
Destiny Gardner
Jamie Peña
Killer Queen covered by 5 Seconds of Summer, Gasoline by Maneskin, Black Magic Woman covered by VCTRYS
DANCERS: Soph Frosoni, Ian Kent, Hailey O’Hagan, Kayla Faynor, Natali Santana, Jamie Peña
Waves
Choreography
Waves by Dean Lewis
DANCER: Toby Trish
Toby Trish
Gender Dysphoria
Choreography Sharp
No surprises by Radiohead
DANCERS: Ian Kent, Soph Frosoni, Sharp
There is only now
Choreography
Svefn-g-englar by Sigur Rós with text from No Wrong Feelings (feat. Alan Watts) by The Red Pill
DANCER: Kayla Faynor
HIM
Choreography
Kayla Faynor
Jamai Brown
Oh Yeah by Chris Brown, TypeS*** by Future, Baechester by Capella Grey, Drop It by Trevor Jackson, Slow It Down by John Mack, Same Thing by TheKidLAROI
DANCERS: Jamai Brown, Aniiya Darden, Brielle Rowell, Toby Trish, Saniyya Mccloud, Keke Browne
Blue Wildflower
Choreography
Itai Serra
WILDFLOWER and BLUE by Billie Eilish
DANCERS: Ian Kent, Kaylie Smith, Sophia Frosoni, Itai Serra
West African
Choreography Saquan Roberson
Azaman by Rema
DANCER: Saquan Roberson
Deviance
Choreography
Machine Lines by David O’Dowda
Kaylie Smith
DANCERS: Kaylie Smith, Keiaira Rainey, Itai Serra, Victoria Yzaguirre
jokes on u
Choreography
Keke Browne
Drunk Dialing by Summer Walker, Kill for Your Love by Labrinth
DANCERS: Kayla Faynor, Sophia Frosoni, Destiny Gardner, Keke Browne
Purpose
Choreography Rihana Perez and Yanna Brown
What was I Made For by Billie Eillish
DANCERS: Rihana Perez & Yanna Brown
Soulmate
Choreography
Ian Kent
What Is a Soulmate Skit by Kenny Duke, MISHIMA/Closing by Philip Glass, Kronos Quartet, and Michael Riesman, When We’re Older by James Blake, OTHERSIDE by Beyonce
DANCERS: Ian Kent, Maddy Reilly, Itai Serra, Kaylie Smith, Hailey O’Hagan, Sharp, Marissa Hassan, Alli Fama, Sophia Frosoni, Victoria Yzaguirre
I Wanna be Ready
Choreography Mekhia Gwynn
I Wanna be Ready from Revelations by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
DANCER: Mekhia Gwynn
All That Fosse
Choreography
Sing, Sing, Sing from Fosse, Who’s Got the Pain? from Damn Yankees, and Rich Man’s Frug from Sweet Charity
Alli Fama
DANCERS: Alli Fama, Ian Kent, Sharp, Kayla Faynor, Kaylie Smith, Keiaira Rainey, Itai Serra, Soph Frosoni, Dani Mungcal, Hailey O’Hagan, Maddy Reilly
Production & Administrative Team
Dance Curator
Megan Mazarick
Technical Director Brandon Rush
Lighting Design Olivia Dostal
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Kelly Bidle
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Jason Vodicka
Director of Production Management Buck Linton
Director of Performance Management Kristen Rodgers
Associate Director of Performance Management Leandra Acosta
Coordinator of Performance Management Samuel Stephenson
Artistic Producer C. Ryanne Domingues
Stage Manager Ashley Goldston
Program Documentarian Kaylie Smith
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.
Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: The Martinson Family Foundation for its support of theater technology equipment. Richard and Heather Frye-Ginsberg & Michael T. '89 and Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
Upcoming Performances
FALL OPERA: DIE FLEDERMAUS
Friday, November 15, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 16, 7:30 p.m.
Yvonne Theater
RIDER UNIVERSITY CHORALE: YOU DO NOT WALK ALONE
Sunday, November 17, 4 p.m.
Gill Chapel
WESTMINSTER CHOIR: THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS
Sunday, November 24, 5 p.m.
Gill Chapel
NELL GWYNN
Friday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 7, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 8, 2 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR: REALMS OF GLORY
Saturday, December 7, 4 p.m.
Yvonne Theater
WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS: CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
Sunday, December 8, 5 p.m.
Union Baptist Church, Trenton 301 Pennington Ave Trenton, NJ 08618
AN EVENING OF READINGS AND CAROLS
Friday December 13, 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 14, 8 p.m.
Princeton University Chapel
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, SUBSCRIPTION AND PATRON PROGRAM OPTIONS, VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.
