UR Free Theatre & Dance

STOP KISS

by Diana Son
Directed by Jenny Cavenaugh

October 3-5, 2024 | 7:30 PM

October 6, 2024 | 2:00 PM

Cousins Studio Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts

In Stop Kiss by Diana Son, Sara and Callie’s budding romance in New York City takes an unexpected turn when a simple kiss leads to a violent attack. As they navigate the aftermath, their friends and loved ones rally around them, forcing everyone to confront their own biases and the true power of love.

UNIVERSITY DANCERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

Directed by Anne Van Gelder

February 28 - March 1, 2025, 7:30 PM

March 2, 2025, 2:00 PM

Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts

University Dancers celebrates 40 years of engaging dance with our annual concert that brings to the University of Richmond the work of three innovative guest choreographers from the US and Canada. San Francisco-based artist and educator Robin Dekkers’ work has been hailed as cerebral and cutting edge. Dekkers collaborative approach to their work seeks to break down barriers and cultivate deeper connections. Robin Dekkers is the founder and artistic director of Post:ballet, a San Francisco-based contemporary company founded in 2009. While on campus, Dekkers will create a dance for film project featuring both the beautiful campus and the talented dance students at Richmond. Vancouver-based choreographer Charlotte Boye-Christensen’s collaborative work challenges perceptions of what defines dance, while not rejecting tradition. Ms. Boye-Christensen is the founder of NOW-ID, an interdisciplinary contemporary performance company known for its site-specific work and its commitment to inventing unique forms. Jamaican-born dancemaker Christopher Rudd will create his first work for the company. Rudd, a 2019 Guggenheim Choreography Fellow, creates work that is informed by his experience as a queer Black man in dance and intersects with multiple movement genres including ballet, contemporary, and circus arts. In 2020, Rudd created the groundbreaking work TOUCHÉ for American Ballet Theatre. Aligning with the department’s mission, the creative work by Dekkers, Boye-Christensen, and Rudd utilizes contemporary dance to educate and engage community. The concert will also feature new works choreographed by Department of Theatre & Dance faculty Angelica Burgos, Alicia Díaz, Eric Rivera, and Anne Van Gelder. Outstanding adjudicated student choreography will be featured and department faculty members Johann Stegmeir and Maja E. White will design costumes and lighting respectively. Do not miss these talented dancers perform in a variety of contemporary works.