2008 - 2009 Season

The Fall Dance Concert is an annual performance produced by the New Movement Project, a student group sponsored by the Dance Program. Every year dance majors petition in the spring to make works for the Fall Dance Concert and are then selected by a panel consisting of faculty and students. Auditions are open to all students. Over the course of the fall quarter, the choreographers receive feedback from professors and invited local artists during several work-in-progress showings. The performance takes place in The Ballroom Studio Theater and will showcase various dance genres!

Join us for a vibrant display of Tap, Jump Rhythm Jazz, Ballet, Modern and Contemporary Forms by our nationally and internationally acclaimed faculty choreographers. Susan Lee, coordinator of the Dance Program is artistic director of Danceworks 2009.

Emmy award winning dance company Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, in partnership with the Northwestern University Dance Program, proudly present the upcoming family lecture / demonstration event "The Language of Rhythm". This event is an exuberantly entertaining and educational program for school-age through adult audiences. The Dance Program is also pleased to announce the participation of Finnish dancers, Saana Ojala and Mirva Vaananen, as the result of Billy Siegenfeld's work in Finland as a Fulbright Senior Scholar. At this one of a kind event, audience members will experience first-hand Jump Rhythm Jazz Project's explosive, full-bodied, rhythm-first approach to movement!

May 1 - David Parker visiting Gender, Sexuality and Performance Course

May 2 - David Parker and The Bang Group: Studio Showing

May 3 - David Parker and The Bang Group: Residency Showcase

“Forward Shift” is the final project of Northwestern University senior dance majors and minors, under the guidance of dance faculty advisors Susan A. Lee and Jeff Hancock. The seniors choreograph, produce and perform in the concert, which concludes their undergraduate studies and serves as an introduction of their work to the professional dance community.

This year’s senior choreographers include Genevieve Garcia, Adam Gauzza, Lauran Lefevre, Lauren Murrell, Kate Schultz and Nicole West, who will also perform during the concert.

The cast will feature nearly 30 Northwestern students from a variety of majors.

The concert will feature a world premiere piece by the New York based dance company David Parker and The Bang Group, which will be performed by the six senior dancers, following the dance company’s weeklong residency at Northwestern University.

Molly is a full time lecturer with NU Dance and the Artistic Director of Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak, the critically-acclaimed contemporary dance company she founded in Chicago in 1994. This marks the company's fourth performance at NU and the 15th anniversary of their premiere performance, which was held in the Ballroom Theater in 1995. This iteration of "Stamina of Curiosity" is part of Shanahan's multi year movement and performance project.

Jump Rhythm Jazz Project sponsored and hosted by the Northwestern University Dance Program and the Theatre Interpretation Center will put on its 6th Jump Rhythm Technique Summer Intensive. For more information and to register for this vibrant and rhythm-driven jazz and tap intensive please visit www.jrjp.org or call 773-588-JRJP.