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MFA Dance concert "Way In" featured in the Gazette

December 05, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

MFA Dance candidate Jessie Laurita-Spanglet's thesis concert Way In is featured in the Gazette this week. The show runs this weekend: Friday, December 6 at 7pm and 9pm, and Saturday, December 7 at 3pm, 7pm, and 9pm.

Prof. Ashley Smith in TURN and THE ART AND LIFE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER

December 03, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Performance Faculty Ashley Smith was cast in a new television series for AMC and a PBS documentary.

Update from Fulbright recipient James Hesla

December 02, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In September, TDPS PhD candidate James Hesla headed to Indonesia to research Balinese clown theater and traditional masked dance on a Fulbright grant for the 2013-2014 year.

Prof. Karen Bradley presents at the San Diego Incubator for Innovation

December 02, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In November, Professor Karen Bradley presented at the San Diego Incubator for Innovation, where the arts are integrated with science, technology, engineering, and math.

High School Choral Invitational

November 13, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

On Wednesday, November 13, TDPS students Elizabeth Barton, Rachael Much, Emilie Davignon, and Christina O'Brien collaborate with 160 singers from high schools around the region for a Bench Quartet performance.

Dance Faculty Adriane Fang featured at the American Dance Guild Festival '13

November 11, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Dance Faculty Adriane Fang was featured at the American Dance Guild Festival '13, which took place in New York City at the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Centre from November 8-10. 

Professor Hildy invited to attend Sam Wanamaker Theatre opening

November 08, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Sam Wanamaker Theatre is the new indoor venue for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

UMD Dance student and alumna perform duet at "Brace"

November 07, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Chelsea Brown (BA Dance '15) and Bethany Disque (BA Dance '13) have been invited to perform their duet "If I Only Knew" at Brace, presented by the Spark Movement Collective.

Theatre, Technology and Humanity Converge in Chinese - UMD Theatre Collaboration

November 06, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts (NACTA) and TDPS are embarking on a new collaboration on October 28th as part of the five-year partnership that created the bi-lingual co-production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Staged Reading and Discussion of Plays by Gao Xingjian on 12/5

November 05, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The staged reading will feature excerpts of plays by Gao Xingjian, and will be performed by students of THET 489G (Globalization and Theatre).