Campus Spotlight
February 10, 2025
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Carlos Ortiz/RIT
RIT President David Munson and his wife, Nancy, both wearing RIT orange, congratulate The Jive, a jazz combo formed in 2023, for the group’s performance of ‘Blacck.’ The Jive won first place and $1,000 in Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase on Feb. 7. The group’s six members are Nicholas Parsons, Isaac Kott, Jeffrey Gross, Troy Wolf, Shane Guasteferro, and 2023 alumna Jessica Panuccio.
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Currents in Sync, a tap dance duo of Hannah Boettcher, left, a fourth-year physician assistant major from Brewerton, N.Y., and Yasmin Khan, a third-year biology major from Cicero, N.Y., won second prize and $500 in Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase on Feb. 7. They have been dancing together for more than 10 years.
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Nearly 80 RIT students made up 13 performances of singing, dancing, instrumental music, even a yo-yo performance by Max Gonzaga, a second-year mechatronics engineering technology major from Pleasantville, N.Y., during Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase on Feb. 7. It was the eighth year of the competition, started by RIT President David Munson, to promote performing arts on campus.
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Meihua Zhou, left, Krystal Hsieh, center, and Robert Casabianca, members of WADAIKO, a Japanese drumming club formed in 2016, performed in Ingle Auditorium during Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase on Feb. 7.
