In Mira Pickus’s solo show, mint frappe—which she wrote, directed, and stars in—she spends a bit of time sitting at a bedroom vanity. Staring through the pretend mirror to the audience, she muses and frets about two themes that preoccupy, disturb, and amuse her character: disgust and vanity.
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Men on Boats, the theater department’s spring 2025 play, offers a destabilizing view of history as it follows the exploits of the “first” group of people to navigate the Grand Canyon via the Colorado River more than 150 years ago.
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Cottage Grove is streaming on AMC Networks as part of the channel’s “Future of Film” series for Black History Month. The film also screens at Chicago’s Music Box Theater February 19 and February 25.
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We’re excited to announce that ϳԹվ dance faculty and students will be a part of the community cast for Contra Tiempo's joyUS, justUS performance at Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, February 6th at 7pm, presented by Portland Ovations.
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Through new books, papers published in journals, media appearances, and more, ϳԹվ faculty members complemented their time in the classroom during the fall semester with a variety of scholarly and artistic contributions.
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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.
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.
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