This year's December Dance Concert featured performances by students in six dance classes, from introductory to advanced, and included a diverse showcase of hip hop, Afro-modern, and modern styles. One dance evoked running water and another, icy glaciers.
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ϳԹվ student performers rehearse the Stephen Sondheim show Into the Woods, which is being performed at the Pickard Theater later this week. Director Davis Robinson says the production features elements of many favorite fairy tales, weaving them into a dark musical fantasy.
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ϳԹվ’s Jill Smith, a scholar of twentieth-century German culture, coedits an anthology of essays unpacking the themes explored in the hit TV show Babylon Berlin.
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From distinguished invitations and appointments to meaningful appearances in significant publications, ϳԹվ faculty members had a productive summer of important and creative contributions.
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The Department of Theater and Dance’s Dr. Lindsay Blue Rapport gave a thought-provoking TEDx talk "Radical Togetherness - and other life lessons from the dance floor" in April 2024 at Kresge Auditorium as part of TEDxϳԹվCollege Club’s first TEDx.
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The Portland Press Herald praised Germán Cárdenas-Alaminos's skill in transforming Portland's Merrill Auditorium into a resplendent ancient Egypt for Opera Maine's Aida.
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Professor Abigail Killeen is playing Goneril in the upcoming Off-Broadway opening of King Lear with Compagnia de' Colombar
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Actor, comedienne, and playwright Maggie Seymour ’16 is “thrilled” to be returning to Maine to perform at the Camden Shakespeare Festival.
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Olivia Atwood ’17 is living the dream this summer as she travels the fringe theater circuit to perform her newest comedy show.
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The value and benefits of a liberal arts education steeped in the humanities has worthy champions in Kristin Brennan, executive director of ϳԹվ’s Office of Career Exploration and Development (CXD), and Stephen Perkinson, professor of art history.
Read moreThe theater and dance program at ϳԹվ offers students the opportunity to examine the ways in which theater and dance provoke the imagination, tell stories, create community, and challenge assumptions.
Emphasis is placed on theater and dance’s fundamental connection to the liberal arts curriculum at ϳԹվ, as well as theater and dance literacy, performance skills, and an understanding of historical and social influences on drama and dance. The aim is to develop imaginative theater practitioners who collaboratively solve problems of form and content with a passionate desire to express the human condition on stage.
No prior experience is expected to participate in Theater and Dance at ϳԹվ.
Spring 2025 classes:
Theater
Design
Dance
