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TDPS Dance faculty at Brain on Art conference in Cancún

August 31, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In July 2016, TDPS Dance Professors Karen Bradley and Miriam Phillips attended and presented at Your Brain on Art: International Conference on Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity in Cancún, Mexico.

Professor Frank Hildy featured in Terp Magazine for Globe research

August 29, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor Frank Hildy is featured in the latest issue of Terp Magazine for his innovative research contributions to the reconstruction of Shakepeare's Globe in London.

BA Dance student Amber Chabus completes summer internship at Trisha Brown Dance Company

August 29, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Amber Chabus, a junior in the BA Dance program, recently completed a summer internship at the Trisha Brown Dance Company in New York City.

TDPS at the Kennedy's Center's Page-to-Stage New Play Festival

August 26, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS Playwriting professor Jennifer Barclay and undergraduate students Shuping Yang, Whitney Geohagan, and April Monu will present their new work at the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage New Play Festival on Monday, September 5th.

TDPS Production Manager Cary Gillett publishes "Production Manager's Toolkit"

August 18, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS Production Manager Cary Gillett publishes The Production Manager's Toolkit: Successful Production Management in Theatre and Performing Arts with co-author Jay Sheehan.

UMD TDPS Dance faculty Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig in Senegal

August 17, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

This summer, dance faculty Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig traveled to Senegal to meet with dancer, choreographer, and educator Germaine Acogny and her dance school, École des Sables (School of the Sands) in Toubab Dialaw outside of Dakar.

TDPS at BTN and ATHE 2016 in Chicago

August 15, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Faculty and students recently represented TDPS at the 30th Anniversary Black Theatre Network Conference and the 30th Anniversary of Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference in Chicago. 

TDPS Alum Kenneth Lewis ('81) featured in Terp Magazine

July 07, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS alumnus Kenneth Lewis ('81) is featured in this summer's Terp Magazine for his work as chief of the division of performing arts and production manager at Wolf Trap National Park.

2016-17 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

July 07, 2016 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Nine ARHU doctoral students receive 2016-17 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships.

Professor Jennifer Barclay awarded 2016 Smith Prize for Political Theater

June 13, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to TDPS playwriting professor Jennifer Barclay on being awarded the 2016 Smith Prize for Political Theater.