Reject Dance Theatre (RDT) is a contemporary modern dance company founded by Smith College alumni Rebecca Hite Teicheira, Stephanie Simpson, and Stephen Ursprung after completing their Masters of Fine Arts degrees in 2012. Founded upon a mutual commitment to collaboration and shared artistry, RDT serves as both the artistic playground and educational platform for its three directors. By combining creative forces, the directors have been able to amass a large repertory body of works, split into performance projects and educational packages. Currently, RDT is based in New York City and Providence, RI and has performed in a variety of venues and festivals across the country including the MixMatch Dance Festival, Los Angeles, CA; Built on Stilts Festival, Martha’s Vineyard, MA; Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, NY; New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT; Trinity Rep Theater, Providence, RI; the Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA; and Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.
The mission of Reject Dance Theatre is to continuously challenge an audience’s perception of dance; whether it be by exploring the boundaries of one’s physicality, integrating various mediums of visual and dramatic arts, challenging preconceived notions of commercialized dance forms, or delving into the psychology of dance. We find work most exciting when our bodies become strange to us; when we can look at the human form in a different light and discover new qualities within our moving selves that have previously lain dormant.
For more information, visit RDT’s website!