Tickets

$35 General Admission

$25 Seniors (55+), Miliary (active & retired), Glassboro Residents, Rowan Alumni, Rowan Employees, Accessible Seating

$10 Teen (18 - 13 years old)

FREE for Youth (12 and under; ticket required)

FREE for Rowan students (ticket required)

*This is an assigned seating event

Artist Bios

RENNIE HARRIS PUREMOVEMENT is the leading Street dance theater company in the U.S., and for
over 35 years has been dedicated to preserving and disseminating Hip-hop aesthetics and Street dance culture through workshops, classes, history, lecture demonstrations, long-term residencies, mentoring programs, and public performances. With his roots in the inner-city, Harris and RHPM present unique stories that are riveting, intimate, and honest. RHPM’s mission is to re-educate the public about Hip-hop culture and Street dance through its artistic work, sharing the essence and spirit of Street dance, rather than the commercially-exploited stereotype portrayed by the media.

Dr. Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris is a leading ambassador for Hip-hop. Harris grew up entrenched in Hip-hop culture in all its forms — music, dance, language. Throughout his career, he has embraced the culture and sought to honor its legacy, believing that Hip-hop and Street dance is the purest form of movement in that it honors both African and African American-Latino culture. Harris is well versed in the vernacular of what he calls Hip-hop “proper,” as well as the various techniques of B-boy (often mistakenly called “breakdancing”), house, GQ and other styles that have emerged spontaneously from the inner cities of America, like the North Philadelphia community in which he was raised. Harris is noted for bringing social dances to the concert stage, creating a cohesive dance style that finds a cogent voice in the theater, all while developing works that challenge audiences’ expectations about Hip-hop and Street dance. Harris’s artistic philosophy reflects a deeper understanding of people that extends beyond racial, religious, and economic boundaries, and he believes that Hip-hop Culture can help bridge these divisions. Harris’s work encompasses the diverse and rich traditions of the past, while simultaneously presenting the voice of a new generation through its ever-evolving interpretations of dance.

AYODELE CASEL, a Doris Duke Artist in the dance category, is an award-winning and critically acclaimed tap dancer and choreographer. Born in The Bronx and raised in Puerto Rico, her practice centers highly narrative works rooted in expressions of selfhood, culture and legacy. Her projects include her concert and Bessie Award-winning film “Chasing Magic,” her one-woman show “While I Have the Floor,” and her theatrical and film series “Diary of a Tap Dancer.” She serves as a tap choreographer for the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl,” which garnered her a 2022 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Choreography. Casel was a 2019-2020 fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, an artist-in-residence at Harvard University, and is the recipient of a United States Artist Fellowship, Herb Alpert Award and Hoofer and Flo-Bert award. In 2021, Casel was depicted on a U.S. Postal Service Forever Stamp celebrating tap dance.

HOUSE OF JIT is a collective group of artists specializing in Detroit's footwork style known as Jit. The company was created in 2019 and founded by three dancers who share a common passion for Jit. Our mission as a company is to plant Detroit Jit into the mainstream world. Two of the members have been jitting for a very long time and have showcased Jit all around the state. Michael Manson and James Broxton showcased Jit to the sports world as NBA dancers where they danced alongside artists such as Flo’Rida, Bell Biv Devoe, Bobby Brown, Mc Hammer, Jay Sean, Morris Day, T-Pain, Salt N’ Pepa, 112, Sheila E, Debbie Gibson, and Robyn S. Group leader Michael Manson was featured on So You Think You Can Dance, and was also able to take Jit around the world to locations such as Paris and Bolivia. Michael Manson was recently nominated as a 2020 Kresge Fellowship grant winner, and along with the other House of Jit members, seeks to make a difference in the dance community, as well as continue to spread the Detroit Jit culture.

CREATION GLOBAL is a dance crew based in Chicago, where they have practiced Chicago Footwork for 25 years. Members include Michael 'Mike D Chicago' Davis, Pause Eddie, Christopher "MAD DOG" Thomas, and Donnetta "LilBit" Jackson. 

Complete bios for all American Street Dancer artists and collaborators will be available in the performance progam.

About the Marie Rader Presenting Series

The Marie Rader Presenting Series (MRPS) at Rowan University is a curated performing arts series that uplifts the region’s cultural landscape. Focused on artistic integrity and inclusion, MRPS provides public offerings that reflect the innovation and quality consistent with Rowan University’s overall standards of high achievement and transformation, while providing unprecedented access for the community. 

Because of the Marie Rader Series, you don't have to travel to New York or Philadelphia to see some of the most influential leaders in dance, music, theatre and beyond. This series is also designed to introduce you to artists you wouldn't otherwise encounter-- artists who reflect not only the future of performing arts, but who help us envision a better world, right now, right here in South Jersey.

The Marie Rader is made possible in part through generous support from the Henry M. Rowan Family Foundation via the Marie Rader Memorial Fund and through funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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