News & Events

13th Annual inspireDANCE Festival

Wednesday, March 15–Sunday, April 2, 2023

Celebrating its 13th year, the inspireDANCE Festival grew out of a simple idea to find a way to connect student dancers with each other, with the Program of Dance and Movement and with the larger dance community in the Rochester area.

Celebrate Nowruz: Persian New Year

Saturday, March 18, 2023
3 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

In collaboration with International Culture and Arts Network (ICAN)/Shahin Monshipour

Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium, 500 University Ave. Rochester, NY 14607

The Weight of Water: A Multimedia Dance Project

Sunday, March 19, 2023
6 p.m.

A collaboration by: Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, Andrea Gluckman, Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, and Paul Leary

Smith Theater, Sloan Performing Arts Center

inspireDANCE Student Showcase

Thursday, March 23, 2023
8 p.m.

Smith Theater, Sloan Performing Arts Center

inspireJAM 2v2 All-Styles Hip Hop Battle

Friday, March 24, 2023
7 p.m.

In collaboration with RIT's Hip-Hop Dance Camp

Leibner-Cooper Room, Goergen Athletic Center

RESPONSE

Wednesday, March 29–Friday, March 31, 2023

Florencia en el Amazonas—Eastman Opera

Thursday, March 30–Sunday, April 2, 2023

Choreography by Anne Harris Wilcox

Eastman Kodak Hall

SEED Student Concert

Friday, March 31, 2023
8 p.m.

Smith Theater, Sloan Performing Arts Center

SEED Student Concert

Saturday, April 1, 2023
8 p.m.

Smith Theater, Sloan Performing Arts Center

SEED Student Concert

Sunday, April 2, 2023
2 p.m.

Smith Theater, Sloan Performing Arts Center

End of Term Showing

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
7 p.m.

May Room

End of Term Showing

Thursday, April 20, 2023
7 p.m.

Spurrier Dance Studio

Walifanyi Tide

Saturday, April 22, 2023
6 p.m.

Sansifanyi and the West African Drum Ensemble

Spurrier Dance Studio

Leïla Ka/Pode Ser

Thursday, September 14, 2023
7 p.m.

Paris-based Leïla Ka/Pode Ser has its USA debut at the University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival.

Sloan Performing Arts Center

Leïla Ka/Pode Ser—Artist Talk

Friday, September 15, 2023
Noon–1 p.m.

Paris-based Leïla Ka/Pode Ser has its USA debut at the University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival.

Sloan Performing Arts Center

Leïla Ka/Pode Ser

Friday, September 15, 2023
6 p.m.

Paris-based Leïla Ka/Pode Ser has its USA debut at the University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival.

Sloan Performing Arts Center

Beginner Breaking: Footwork Concepts

Friday, September 22, 2023
5 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

Presented by the Rochester Fringe Festival and the Program of Dance and Movement with Nebz

May Room, Wilson Commons

Confluence

Thursday, October 26, 2023
7:30 p.m.

Presented by the Program of Dance and Movement; Concert Director Anne Harris Wilcox

Sloan Performing Arts Center, University of Rochester

Confluence

Friday, October 27, 2023
7:30 p.m.

Presented by the Program of Dance and Movement; Concert Director Anne Harris Wilcox

Sloan Performing Arts Center, University of Rochester

Confluence

Saturday, October 28, 2023
2 p.m.

Presented by the Program of Dance and Movement; Concert Director Anne Harris Wilcox

Sloan Performing Arts Center, University of Rochester

End of Term Showing

Thursday, December 7, 2023
6 p.m.

May Room

End of Term Showing

Friday, December 8, 2023
4 p.m.

Spurrier Dance Studio