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The Dance Department at Mason Gross fosters excellence at the intersection of dance performance, creative achievement and research inquiry.

Mason Gross Dance at Rutgers-New Brunswick aims to provide students with an exceptional education in equitable approaches to dance training, dance scholarship, and dance-making. An accomplished faculty of artist-scholars work closely with students, providing mentorship and expert instruction in dance techniques, somatic studies, performance, choreography, pedagogy and theoretical studies. The prox

imity of the Mason Gross School to New York City offers students opportunities for master classes and workshops in world dance forms with international artists.

05/22/2026

First 2026 BFA class photo dump 📸🧑🏽‍🎓⚡️

05/11/2026

Another EdM portfolio presentation in the books! 🫡💖 Congratulations to Lily Mollicone, Aurianna Monteiro, Camille Price, and Isabella Sessa for making it to the EdM finish line! Thank you to the Dance EdM faculty and all who came out to support their event and their research ✨💕 Cheers!

05/08/2026

Thank you to all who showed up to support the research presentations of the inaugural graduates of our Dance Science Concentration! Congrats to the seniors and to Hollie Palmisano for all of their hard work this year! 💕🌷

05/06/2026

Check out some randomized selections from this spring’s Student Works Festival 😍 Featuring shots of works by Ava Montemurro, Julia Maiona, Esther Agyare, Cristian Louro, and Addiel Lucero 🙂‍↕️ There were many, many more this year. Don’t miss out on next year’s!

05/04/2026

Congratulations to EdM Dance Education candidate Isabella Sessa for being selected by the faculty of the Rutgers Graduate School of Education to receive a Nancy Higginson Dorr Award! The Nancy Higginson Door Award was established by her son to honor graduates who show promise of being exceptional K12 teachers 👩‍🏫💐

04/29/2026

After 36 years of service to our department, Tom Getty, music accompanist, is moving on! He received his Bachelor’s in Music from Mason Gross in the 1980s in the FIRST graduating class of that program 🥲❣️

🩰 He dabbled in opera, choreography, and even ballet dance himself (at Princeton Ballet School!) but stuck with piano, and continued to play for dance classes at Mason Gross and beyond. “If I’m going to miss anything, it’s the sense that I wasn’t just playing classes. I felt like I was part of a wonderful collaboration - challenging, inspiring, and always fun.”

Thank you for your hard work across the decades, Tom! You will be missed! 🌹

04/24/2026

🌿 Read below to find out what the talented Pam Tanowitz (Assistant Professor at Mason Gross Dance), has been up to off-campus this spring! (Spoiler alert: it is a LOT)

🌻 She created a new ballet for Miami City Ballet’s “American Dance Odyssey”! Featuring new original music by Michael Abels, performed by the New World Symphony, it debuted in April at Miami Beach

🌷In April, another one of Pam’s pieces was performed by Juilliard dancers in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. The piece was nspired by fire, water, air, and earth, riffed on baroque dance suites, and collaborated with baroque violinist, Leila Schayegh

🌺 ! THIS MAY, Pam has TWO upcoming events…!

🌳On Saturday, May 2nd @2 and 4pm, Pam Tanowitz Dance will perform as a part of Van Cleef & Arpels “Spring is Blooming” festival. The event will be free, outdoors, and at Rockefeller Center

🌹On Saturday, May 9th, Pam’s “Dispatch Duet,” which was originally choreographed for The Royal Ballet, will be performed at Volksoper Wien (the Vienna opera house). This pas de deux piece is the ~central section~ of their “American Signatures” program

~WOW~ Congratulations, Pam!!! You can find the event information for May 2 and May 9 in our bio 💐

04/22/2026

Ever been curious about what programs are available at Mason Gross Dance? Meet the 4 graduating seniors of our ~DANCE SCIENCE CONCENTRATION~ 🌷

The Dance Science Concentration program, directed by lecturer and Athletic Trainer, Hollie Palmisano, is one of the only of its kind in the country. At Mason Gross Dance, you can graduate with a BFA in Dance with a concentration in Dance Science so that you can expand your post-grad career opportunities in dance science, fitness, nutrition, biomechanics, medicine, physical therapy, and more! Some of the courses you’ll take under the concentration are anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, motor learning, independent study, and fieldwork. Additionally, in the senior year, you’ll have the opportunity to apply what you learn to create a unique Dance Science Capstone project!

If you want to learn more, find us on our website or you can email Hollie at [email protected]! 🌼 And if you’re on campus, please join us this Saturday for the Dance Science Capstone Symposium in Victoria Mastrobuono Theater 🌺

04/14/2026

We are going to dance and have some fun 💃🏽 Please join us on Bettenbender Plaza at 85 George St on May 2nd! There will be dance, DRONES from the Engineering Department, and collaborations with the Music Department ❤️‍🔥 Be there or be square! 🥳

04/10/2026

Unless of course you never went… You’re in luck, though. Tickets still available for tonight and tomorrow 🌹 Link in bio!

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85 George St
New Brunswick, NJ
08901

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http://MASONGROSS.RUTGERS.EDU/

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