Performance Opportunities

Dance Program Performance Opportunities—PCDC and XSeries

There are four performances created each academic year, two offered in our Dance Studio Theatre, and two on the main stage in the Hansen Theatre, all in Pao Hall. For details on participating in or viewing these performances, read on. Please watch our social media pages for continued updates.

Purdue Contemporary Dance Company

The Dance Program presents one main stage concert per semester with the Purdue Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC), the resident company of the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance. The company, made up of dancers from across campus, performs semi-annual productions on the Hansen Theatre stage in Yue-Kong Pao Hall. Dancers both contribute creatively to the rehearsal process and learn how to perform with technical and expressive proficiency on stage. Dancers of all dance backgrounds are welcome to audition, as PCDC has an emphasis on diverse movement qualities and unique styles of movement experience. Works are choreographed by a mix of faculty, alumni, and select Dance Program students.

PCDC participants must enroll in the Practicum for Dance Performance course (DANC 24500), a requirement for the dance minor.

AUDITIONS for Purdue Contemporary Dance Company - DANC 24500

Winter 2024 Concert:

Wednesday, August 28, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at Pao Hall 1171

Complete the audition form and send via email to Rueff Dance rueffdance@groups.purdue.edu. Submissions will receive an email response with further audition information.

Deadline for form submission is Wednesday, August 28, 2024 by 4:00pm.

During the audition dancers learn and perform short movement phrases. PCDC is open to all Purdue students, including all majors and movement experiences.

Purdue Contemporary Dance Company 2024 -2025

Winter Works Concert Dates:

Friday, December 6 at 7:30pm
Saturday, December 7 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm

Spring Works Concert Dates: (auditions in January)

Friday, May 2 at 7:30pm
Saturday, May 3 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm

For more Dance Program information:

(765) 494.5993 or rueffdance@groups.purdue.edu

XSERIES 2024 – 2025

This performance series is produced and directed by Dance Program students. It is open to all Purdue students, and does not involve an audition. Students can choreograph and/or perform in any and all of the following aspects of the XSeries, as well as working behind the scenes in technical and management roles.

Xperimental Concert

Call out Wednesday August 28, 2024. 8:00 pm. PAO 1179

2024 Performances:

Saturday October 19, 2024 – 3:00, 5:00 & 7:00 pm (seating is limited, arrive early)

Admission: Pay what you can. // PAO 1179 Dance Studio Theatre

XWorks Concert

Call out Friday November 15, 2024 5:30 pm. PAO 1179

2025 Performances:

Friday, February 28, 2025 – 7:00 & 9:00 pm

Saturday, March 1, 2025 – 4:00 & 6:00 pm

(seating is limited, tickets on sale ~ 30 min before show at door)

Admission: $10/ $5 Students // PAO 1179 Dance Studio Theatre

Dance Xchange 2024 -2025

Fridays at 5:30pm in PAO 1179

Fall 2024: Sept. 13, Sept. 27, Nov. 15

Spring 2025: Jan. 17, Jan. 31, Feb. 16

These informal showings are a space for works in process to be shown and receive constructive feedback from everyone in the room. They are required for participants in the XSeries concerts, but are also open for other Dance Program students with creative works in progress.

Contact Holly Jaycox at hollyj@purdue.edu for additional information concerning important dates and deadlines.

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