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NextDANCE featuring Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene

Experience a collection of work choreographed and danced by undergraduate and graduate students from the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. The program includes the premiere of a commissioned work by Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, the recipient of this year’s NextNOW Fest Alumni Dance Commission. 

This performance is a part of the NextNOW Fest Alumni Commissioning Project, which supports the creation of new work by alumni of the UMD School of Music and the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies.

TOTUS Spoken Word Showcase

Named for the Latin word meaning whole, TOTUS allows UMD students to explore marginalized identities and silenced voices in and through poetry to spark dialogue and action around identity, social justice and lived experience. Hear the voices of TOTUS alumni as they perform original spoken word pieces. Presented in partnership with the UMD Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy.

For more information about TOTUS, visit here.  

Alumni Play Commissions: Manifesting

UMD theatre alumni explore the possibilities of how identities manifest externally in short 15-minute plays that deliver a big impact. Led by rising D.C. playwrights Joe Graf, Sam Mauceri and Sisi Reid, these commissions are wholly written, directed, stage managed and acted by UMD alumni.

This performance is a part of the NextNOW Fest Alumni Commissioning Project, which supports the creation of new work by alumni of the UMD School of Music and the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. 

Soul & Ink

Design and print your very own custom NextNOW Fest souvenir T-shirt on Soul & Ink’s four-color screen print press.  

Todo Mas

Ambient and borderline chillwave, Todo Mas combines sample-driven beats, synths and wall-of-sound production to create a unique sound.
Presented in partnership with UMD’s Student Entertainment Events (SEE).

For more information about Todo Mas, visit www.todomasmusic.band. 

TEMPO 72-Hour Composition Project featuring Dale Trumbore

Inventive, hyper contemporary and unique, the TEMPO 72-Hour Composition Project gives composition students from the UMD School of Music 72 hours to create new music. Hear the outcome of this composition challenge as the graduate student-run contemporary music ensemble TEMPO performs these pieces.

Mamela Nyamza: Hatched

Dancer, choreographer and performance artist Mamela Nyamza confronts political, sexual and societal tensions in South Africa. Drawing from personal experience, her work radically deconstructs the normative expectations of who qualifies to be a classical ballerina. Presented in partnership with the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. 

Bandaloop

If you’re looking for dance, just look up! A pioneer in aerial dance, the Oakland, CA-based BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality, intricate choreography and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor upside down. 

The Jazz Professors

Lounge in The Clarice’s Kogod Cabaret, beverage in hand, while professors serenade you with great jazz classics. Presented in partnership with the UMD School of Music. Featuring faculty members Chris Vadala on woodwinds, Chris Gekker on trumpet, Tom Baldwin on bass, Jon Ozment on piano and Chuck Redd on drums.​

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