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At UMD, Cross-Gender-Cast ‘Men on Boats’ Sail Wonderfully into the New West

DC Theater Arts reviews TDPS' production of "Men on Boats."

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February 02, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Shards Time Resonance Risk

Associate Professor Jared Mezzocchi in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel.
January 25, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

TDPS in the 2024 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

TDPS alumni, faculty and guest artists are among this year’s nominees.
January 23, 2024 Russian, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

2024 Maya Brin Artist-in-Residence Mikhail Durnenkov

The Maya Brin Residency Program is proud to announce Artist-in-Residence, Mikhail Durnenkov, who will be a visiting faculty member in the SLLC and the TDPS for the Spring 2024 semester.
December 07, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Choreographer Ama Law ’08 MFA ’19 Brings Signature Street Style Back to UMD

The dance artist-in-residence is teaching and collaborating with UMD students.

November 17, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Crystal Davis is ‘Biased About Bias’

The associate professor of dance says that transparency around bias will ultimately create more welcoming and inclusive dance classrooms.
October 31, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Professor Helen Q. Huang Wins Prestigious Henry Award 2023 for Costume Design

Huang designed costumes for the Denver production of “Quixote Nuevo.”
September 27, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Dance Principal Lecturer Alvin Mayes Recognized for His Breadth of Work

Mayes is the recipient of the 2023 Living Legacy Award by the Maryland Dance Education Association.
September 19, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU 2023 Service Award Winners Announced

Six exceptional members of the ARHU community received an annual service award.
August 31, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

TDPS Welcomes New Faculty

Three artist-scholars join the TDPS faculty in Fall 2023.

TDPS in the News

April 22, 2024

‘Are We at War Yet?’ at University of Maryland captures a global unease

DC Theater Arts' review of "Are We At War Yet?"
March 26, 2024

How Two Students Harnessed BT-1 to Transform the Production of, 'A Bicycle Country' at the University of Maryland

TDPS M.F.A. candidates Luis Garcia and Jerran Kowalski applied real-time tracking technology in the production of "A Bicycle Country."
March 25, 2024

Lynn Nottage's Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine Getting NYC Revival

TDPS alum Felicia Curry '00 and Kedren Spencer '10 in the award-winning production "Fabulation" this April.

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Congratulations to Prof. Dan Conway on Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award nomination

January 29, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to Professor Dan Conway on his nomination for an award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for his set design work on The Tempest for the American Repertory Theatre!

UMD's Dance program nominated for Best College Dance Program by MD Theatre Guide's Best of 2014 Readers' Choice Awards

January 29, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to our Dance program, which was nominated for Best College Dance Program by MD Theatre Guide's Best of 2014 Readers' Choice Awards.

Feldenkrais Method: Awareness Through Movement sessions with Seth Dellinger

January 28, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Feldenkrais Method: Awareness Through Movement sessions with Seth Dellinger are back again this semester!

Superb showing of TDPS faculty and alumni in Helen Hayes Nominations

January 28, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to our TDPS faculty and alumni for their superb showing in the Helen Hayes Awards Nominations!

Review of 32nd Annual Choreographers' Showcase in DC Metro Theater Arts

January 27, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to faculty member Christopher Morgan

Dancing Ireni: Addressing Youth and Violence Through Dance

January 23, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS will be hosting Dancing Ireni: Addressing Youth and Violence Through Dance from February 12 - February 15 as part of Professor Karen Bradley's Dorothy G. Madden Professorship in Dance.

TDPS Dance faculty and students featured at 32nd Annual Choreographers' Showcase

January 23, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Five of our Dance faculty and students will be performing original works at the 32nd Annual Choreographers' Showcase on Saturday, January 24 at 3pm

MFA Dance candidate Sarah Oppenheim wins Choreographer' Commission Grant

January 22, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to 1st year MFA Dance candidate Sarah Oppenheim on receiving one of Dance Metro DC's Choreographers' Commission Grants!

Helen Huang's work chosen for exhibit at the A. A. Bakhrushin Museum in Moscow, Russia

January 13, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor Helen Huang will represent the United States of America through her costume design work of The Monkey King and Measure for Pleasure at Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015 international exhibition.

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