News by Topic: Performing Arts
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March 18, 2024
Dancing through the cosmos
Rochester's City Magazine talks to Thomas Warfield, senior lecturer and director of dance, about the overlap of dance and astronomy.
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February 26, 2024
‘Futuristic workshop’ wins this year’s Imagine RIT poster contest
A futurist 3D-modeled poster featuring a whimsical, futuristic workshop was selected as the winning entry in this year’s Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival poster contest. Visitors can receive a free copy of the poster during the festival on April 27, while supplies last.
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February 13, 2024
Harley School alum Thomas Warfield teaches students about life and "The Artists Path"
WHAM-TV features Thomas Warfield, senior lecturer and director of dance, as he speaks to students at The Harley School about what success means to them as artists.
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February 5, 2024
‘Smooth’ cello duet wins Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase
A pair of RIT students who played a rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” on their cellos won best performance and a $1,000 prize in this year’s Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase, held Friday night in Ingle Auditorium.
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January 30, 2024
A place for creativity, collaboration, and discovery
The Rochester Beacon talks to Tiffany Brodner, executive director, Student Hall for Exploration and Development, about the new Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) and its impact as the campus' creative hub.
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January 29, 2024
Music, dance, and more planned at Ovation on Friday
RIT students will have a chance to show their talents and compete for cash prizes during Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase, from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 2 in Ingle Auditorium in the Student Alumni Union, as a part of FreezeFest.
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January 26, 2024
Performing arts options tip scales in RIT’s favor
More than 500 incoming students this academic year received a performing arts scholarship, which were created to enable musicians, dancers, actors, and even students with experience in technical theater to continue to pursue their passion for performance while at RIT. To date, some 1,800 students have received scholarships in the five years they have been available.
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December 19, 2023
RIT holds SHED open house Jan. 18
Come explore inside the SHED (Student Hall for Exploration and Development) during an open house for the RIT community.
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December 11, 2023
Creating new sounds with instruments and technology
Students in the History and Technology of Musical Instruments class taught by Matias Homar at RIT got the chance to take a discarded harpsichord and bring it to life, juicing it up with electricity, connecting it with a computer and monitors, and adding sensors, microphones, and even lights to it.
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December 6, 2023
SHED serves new generation of makers, performers, and active learners
With its five extra-large classrooms, seven makerspaces, performing arts studios, and glass box theater, the $120 million SHED complex is made for a new generation of RIT students who see themselves as makers and doers, performers, and active learners.
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December 4, 2023
AstroDance II: Across the Universe
The inaugural production in the newest building on the RIT campus, AstroDance II: Across the Universe, premiered Dec. 1 to 3 and featured a variety of dance, aerial and circus arts, and augmented reality.
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November 27, 2023
RIT’s new Sklarsky Glass Box Theater welcomes first audiences this weekend
The inaugural production in the newest building on the RIT campus, AstroDance II: Across the Universe, premieres Dec. 1 to 3, featuring a variety of dance, aerial and circus arts, and augmented reality, which will be presented in the new state-of-the-art Sklarsky Glass Box Theater.