Students at Raritan Valley Community College rehearse a performance of "Ledge," featuring choreography by RVCC faculty member Lauren Beirne. Photo courtesy of RVCC
(BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- Raritan Valley Community College's Arts & Design department will present DanceWorks, an evening of student and faculty dance, on Thursday and Friday, December 11-12, 2025 at 7:00pm each night. The event will be held in the Edward Nash Theatre at the College's Branchburg campus. The concert is being produced by Professor Loretta Fois, Director of RVCC's dance program.
Student choreographers include Autumn Daniels (Elizabeth), Dina Grinis (Middlesex), and Lavanya Karthikeyan (Bridgewater). Additionally, two pieces by dance major Gianna Bovino (North Plainfield) will be performed by her students at Rising Stars Studio of Dance in Middlesex. The student choreography is the culmination of a semester of classwork, as students create and rehearse new works to be performed.
In addition to the student work, the concert includes two Chinese dance pieces by Jia Chen (Branchburg), and a new quartet by RVCC alum Nathan Forster (South Bound Brook). Three faculty pieces also will be performed: "Happenstance" is a collaborative piece created by Marissa Aucoin (Edison); Loretta Fois (Branchburg) will present "In the quiet of exchange," a quartet that embodies community support and interdependence; and "Ledge," by Lauren Beirne (Hillsborough), is a large group piece that uses a ramp as a prop.
Many dancers in the performance are also members of the Raritan Valley Dance Ensemble (RVDE). Under the direction of Loretta Fois, RVDE performs at local schools, senior centers, and community groups each semester, as well as at campus events. For information about scheduling a lecture/performance for a school, senior center, or community group, or studying Dance at RVCC, contact Professor Fois at [email protected].
General admission tickets cost $15 each, $10 for seniors; students will be admitted free of charge. For tickets, call the Box Office, 908-725-3420. The Box Office is open Monday through Friday, from 11:00am to 4:00pm. For additional information, contact the Arts & Design office at 908-218-8876.
