WHYY-TV will feature a competition among aspiring choreographers at Rider University in Lawrence at 8:30 p.m. on April 4.
The competition will be featured on an episode of Friday Arts, a monthly series that explores creative expression through art, life and food in the Philadelphia region.
Rider recently held an audition for choreographers in the early stages of their careers.
The school received over 50 applications from as far away as England and fifteen finalists were invited to audition their works at the University before a panel of distinguished dance artists and professionals.
The panel included Edward Villella, former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, Douglas Martin, Artistic Director of The American Repertory Ballet, Dr. Kimberly Chandler, Rider Professor and Kerry Gallagher Rowan, Curator of The American Dance Legacy Institute.
On audition day, five choreographers were selected and invited to show their works in the Rider University Emerging Choreographers’ Showcase, to be held May 3.
The episode goes behind the scenes of the audition and returns to watch a few of the finalists preparing for the showcase. It explores the making of movement and how dance has become an important component of the extensive arts focus at the campus of Rider University’s Westminster College of the Arts.
