dance Archives - Fine Arts

Making a Splash: First-Years Lead this Year’s Production of “Anything Goes”

Mar 28, 2025

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The show runs April 10th though the 13th. Tickets here. Anything goes when you’re sailing in the middle of the ocean. Especially when an Evangelical turned nightclub worker and newly engaged debutant collide in the musical comedy by the same name. This year in Anderson Theatre, those two leads will be played by two first-years:…

Benson ’13 Tells Jazz Dance History Through New Production

Aug 20, 2021

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Rush Benson ’13 is a multi-talent artist — he is an actor, dancer, teacher, musician, and choreographer. His portfolio includes collaborations with many professional theaters around the Twin Cities, such as the Guthrie, the Ordway, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Park Square Theater, and the Old Log Theater. His latest production Teach Me presents an educational music…

Amid Pandemic, Dancers To Perform In Spring Complex

Apr 19, 2021

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Fine Arts Office

The Gustavus Dance Company will perform for the campus community April 22-25.

Making Dances Course Adapts, Creates Despite Pandemic

Jan 28, 2021

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The January Term course in the Department of Theatre and Dance combined technique, theory, and creation.

Myths, Dance, and the American Dream

Nov 27, 2018

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Sara Cronk ’22

Throughout the weekend of December 7-9, three collections of student performances showcase the work of Gustavus Adolphus College theatre and dance students in an intimate, festival format.

Embodying Justice

May 7, 2018

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Social justice is a main theme in this year’s spring dance showcase “Falling Toward Beginning: The Gustavus Dance Company in Concert.”

Comedy, Marriage, and Beyoncé

Apr 13, 2018

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The Gustavus Adolphus College Theatre and Dance Department is bringing theatre to the people, as The Marriage of Figaro opens at the St. Peter Yoga Studio on April 20.

Come to the Cabaret!

Feb 18, 2018

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The Gustavus Adolphus College Theatre and Dance Department invites you to escape to Weimar Germany in the early 1930s and join in the music, decadence, and spectacle of the Cabaret! Opening February 23 and running through March 4, Cabaret features a cast of more than 30 Gustavus students along with a live pit orchestra. The…