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Raritan Valley Community College’s (RVCC) Visual and Performing Arts Department will present DanceWorks, an evening of student and faculty dance performances, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 25 and 26, at 8 p.m. The event will be held in the Edward Nash Theatre at the College’s Branchburg campus. The concert is being produced by Loretta Fois, Director of RVCC’s dance program.

The program will feature works created by faculty and students – all performed by RVCC student dancers. Faculty choreography will include the premiere of Clementia pro qua, a group piece choreographed by Professor Loretta Fois. The piece will be performed by the Raritan Valley Dance Ensemble, which tours local K-12 schools, senior centers and assisted living facilities. It is set to William Byrd’s Ave Verum and will be performed with live music by the RVCC Chorale, under the direction of John Sichel, RVCC Assistant Professor of Music.

Present State, a collaborative group dance for seven with music by Rechenzentrum and Robert Lippok, will be premiered by guest artists Randy James and Shawn Brush. James is the Artistic Director of 10 Hairy Legs, an all-male modern dance company based in New Jersey.

Eight student pieces were chosen for the concert. The student choreography is the culmination of a semester of classwork as the students created and rehearsed the new works to be performed. Choreographers include Elanna Etemad (Warren), Nathan Forster (Warren), Kaitlin Geoghegan (Hillsborough), Alison Lenahan (Clinton), Emily Stecher (Berkeley Heights) and Jennifer Wrede (Pittstown).

General admission tickets cost $12 each, $8 for students and seniors. For tickets, call 908-725-3420. For additional information, call 908-218-8876.
                        
Raritan Valley Community College’s main campus is located at 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 11, 2017

Media contact: Donna Stolzer, 908-526-1200, ext. 8383

PR #152