Rebecca Rice Choreography & Dancers

11/21/2025

Brilliant choreography in 1932 by Kurt Jooss. It is an excerpt from"The Green Table". Pertinent for today. It is interesting to see how the politicians go in and out of anger/ accusations with propriety/etiquette. As Doris Humphrey says:
“There are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words.”

Choreographed in 1932, between two conflicts, The Green Table is a sort of generic war, a set of circumstances that produce the same result no matter where or…

01/19/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/arts/music/peter-schickele-dead.html. I just learned that Peter Schickele, one of NYC's renowned modern-classical composers recently passed. His piece, "SEXTET" was the inspiration for my 2001 dance work, DEEP HORIZON, choreographed on the brilliant dancers of the pre-professional track modern class at the Boston Ballet, including Ariane Georg, Julianna Nagy, Regina Polomar, Caitlin Novero, Marissa Paramenter, Kristen Lung and performed later with my company including Nick Mishoe of the Boston Ballet. I love this piece of music -- it is rich, layered, complex, intense --beautiful. Mr. Schickele enjoyed my choreography to his music and mentioned it here and there in his blog over the years. Forever grateful and inspired by his creativity. RIP.

03/16/2023

Showing a piece, RAW VELVET, locally --I choreographed it in 1999 on the professional track students at the Boston Ballet School, involving a complex organic synergy of ballet and modern technique. It will be in a concert celebrating women choreographers including Kathryn Anderson (Founder), Kat Pantos, Melenie Diarbekirian (current Artistic Director), Juliana Utz, and myself. It will be performed by the Commonwealth Ballet of Acton MA, Saturday May 18th @ 7 PM and Sunday May 19th @ 1 PM, Maynard High School, Maynard, MA. Tickets are available at 978-263-7794 or email: commonwealthballet.org.

01/03/2023

The Marion Rice Dance Legacy Photography Exhibit I created is up for another two weeks at the Ashby Library in Ashby, MA. I hope some of you will be able to see it before it goes down on the 15th. Message me if you have any questions. Closed MON, FRI and SUN. Open late Thursdays until 8 PM. https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2022/10/09/remembering-marion-rice-dance-with-legacy-project-photography-exhibit/

05/31/2022

Posting this after a long while...beautiful, passionate dancers performing my choreography throughout the years. Hoping to get some of these pieces back up, someday...

04/07/2021

This finally is happening for dancers...great news and a wonderful article.

From robotics to AI, the careers of tomorrow will require creative, interdisciplinary, and humanist thinking. Liberal arts graduates are poised to succeed in this new and transfigured world.

06/26/2020

So nice to see this mention of my choreography to John Harbison's "Deep Dances" (2006). I had no idea this was being performed in 2019 at Symphony Hall - how I wish I were there! John's work is brilliant in the best sense of the word...and I am honored to have my name associated with him. In a myriad of ways.

John Harbison’s music remains an enigma for some listeners. Though his music often casts an eye towards tradition, his overall style is elusive, each new composition differing from the last, often significantly.

10/10/2019

Recent alum Philip Sheegog interviewed Damian Woetzel about the year past, the years to come, and his dreams for Juilliard

07/17/2019

Nice to see this on a music site: https://www.operamusica.com/artist/emmanuel-feldman/video/59945 .

Symphony Hall. A racked stage! Soooo difficult to dance on. with Sara Knight and Ari George. From "Bach Dances" 2004/

New England Conservatory Faculty Recital in Jordan Hall, Emmanuel Feldman, cello, choreography by Rebecca Rice Dance, dancers Ariane Georg and Sara Knight

10/18/2018

Looking forward to sharing TRIBUTE in New York City next Friday night at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater ... it is a solo work choreographed to honor my Denishawn roots. Performed by the exquisite Whitney Cover. Come!