Riverside City College’s Dance program made it to the National College Dance Festival through the American College Dance Association. In all, 39 four- and two-year colleges attended the Baja Regional dance conference at the University of California, Irvine. Attendees participated in movement workshops, a screen dance showcase, adjudication, informal concerts, feedback sessions, and a closing Gala concert.

Of the colleges participating in the adjudication concerts, nine institutions, one being Riverside City College, were invited back to showcase their work at the Association’s Gala at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The students’ work received a standing ovation at both the Adjudicated and Gala performances, with adjudicators commending the dancers and craft of the work, saying, “It was a masterpiece that came from the community and made for the community.”

The faculty work, femmeboi, choreographed by Rosa Rodriguez Frazier, associate professor, in collaboration with students Antonio Aguirre, Anthony Reynoso, Daniell Calderon, Kat Jones, Jaime Carriedo, and Jonathan Ramirez, was heralded by the ACDA adjudicators, describing the work as, “creating a complex queer community through exceptional craft, inventiveness and love.”

Faculty work, “femmeboi,” was selected as one of only four Baja regional colleges to showcase their work in the National College Dance Festival at California State University, Long Beach, in the Carpenter Performing Arts Center.