The Faculty Dance Concert opens on Friday, December 7!
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Monday, December 3, 2018
This weekend is our last Main Season production of the semester, the
Faculty Dance Concert, running from December 7-9. Get your tickets now to see innovative, eloquent work, directed by Paul Jackson and choroegraphed by Dance faculty Crystal U. Davis, Alvin Mayes, Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, and our artist-in-residence Kendra Portier.
Wondering what to do with all your free time over winter break and next summer? We have listed a vast array of winter dance intensives and upcoming theatre and dance internship/employment opportunities for next semester and next summer. Check out the Opportunities section below for more details!
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Faculty Dance Concert
Friday, December 7, 7:30pm
Saturday, December 8, 3pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, December 9, 3pm
Dance Theatre at The Clarice
The Faculty Dance Concert showcases the eloquent and provocative choreography of featured Dance faculty members and special guests. Through gesture and verse, meaning through motion, this collection of dances will captivate and inspire.
Our featured faculty choreographers are:
- Kendra Portier, artist-in-residence: "High Violet (a Chroma Poem)"
High Violet is the third installment of Portier's project, Color Works, which investigates the phenomenon of color involving saturation, frequency, afterimage, and the merits of line.
- Crystal U. Davis: "Holding Fast"
This piece is an exploration of how the various meanings of the word "conviction" intersect in the current sociopolitical climate in the U.S.
- Alvin Mayes: "Fall to Fall"
This piece focuses on the civil rights advocacy of Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis in the fight against South African apartheid. "Fall to Fall" charts their love story over the background of
a cappella
music by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
- Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig: "Gold II (work in progress)"
This work was inspired by the Japanese philosophy of
kintsugi
– the art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or silver. As a philosophy, breakage and repair is a part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise, making the piece “stronger in the broken places.”
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The Muses: Original Works Project
Sunday, December 9, 3pm
Cafritz Foundation Theatre at The Clarice
The Muses proudly present their Original Works Project, a memorable night of short plays created and produced by students. Go support TDPS students!
Free, no tickets required. More information
here.
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TDPS in
How to Catch a Star
at the Kennedy Center
November 21 - December 16
How to Catch a Star is still running at the Kennedy Center and it's received
great reviews! Don't miss your chance to see it before it closes on December 16.
Best-selling author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers's beloved children’s book about chasing your dreams comes to vivid life in a production created and directed by design professor
Jared Mezzocchi. Featuring colorful projections and choreographed movement,
How to Catch a Star is a whimsical tale of discovery, friendship, and delightful surprises!
Many TDPS folks are involved in
How to Catch a Star, so all the more reason to go! Playwriting professor
Jennifer Barclay collaborated with Jared on the script, MFA Dance alumni
Matt Reeves '17 and
Colette Krogol '17 of
Orange Grove Dance choreographed the show, MFA Design alumnae
Jeanette Christensen '18 designed the costumes and
Emily Lotz '18 was assistant scenic designer, current MFA Design candidate
Peter Leibold did the lighting design, BA Theatre alumni
Patti Kalil '10 and
Matt Reckeweg of
Pointless Theatre Company were the props and puppet fabricators (respectively), and BA Dance alumnus
Jonathan Hsu '15 is performing in the piece.
More information and tickets
here.
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Call for Second Season 2019-2020 proposals
Second Season is an excellent opportunity to showcase original work, direct a play that you feel our community needs to see, or re-create that dance piece that really speaks to you. Second Season is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Proposals are due on
February 11, 2019 to
Bobby Hunter at
rhunter1@umd.edu. There will be a
Second Season application workshop on
Monday, December 3 from 12-1pm in the
Cafritz Foundation Theatre.
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Coming Up: TDPS CAPA Auditions
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Save the date for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Scholarship Auditions for incoming Fall 2019 Theatre and Dance majors will be held on
Monday, December 17th.
Dance auditions will run 10am-2pm and Theatre auditions will run 12pm-4pm.
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everything is fine
by Doug Varone / photo credit: Erin Baiano
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Adriane Fang to perform in Doug Varone's
everything is fine
in NYC
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Dance faculty
Adriane Fang will be performing as a guest alumni dancer in
everything is fine, a new work by Doug Varone at the New Ohio Theatre in New York City on December 12-16.
Inspired by the complex, haunting imagery of Billy Collins’s poetry,
everything is fine unfolds in eight interwoven narratives mapping an array of themes: love, solitude, separation, forgiveness, and aging. Performed by a multi-generational cast of 16 artists, it delves deep into our memories, creating intimate portraits of ordinary lives.
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Performance times and ticket info
here.
There will also be a reunion benefit on Wednesday, December 12. More information
here.
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Adriane Fang also wins grant to support a new dance creation
Also, congratulations to Adriane on receiving a University of Maryland Creative and Performing Arts grant to create a new dance duet with her longtime colleague and collaborator, Colleen Thomas, that will
delve into human intimacy and political challenges to social structures. The project will examine concepts such as the inequitable reality that women so often have to move backwards in order to move forward and how women both support and get in each other's way. In the current political climate, with #MeToo at the forefront, investigations into feminist structures are compelling.
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Jennifer Barclay wins grant to travel to
Glacier National Park for new play development
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Congratulations to playwriting professor
Jennifer Barclay
on winning a University of Maryland Creative and Performing Arts grant to travel to Glacier National Park this summer! She will be conducting research for the third part of her trilogy of plays set in the National Parks.
The first two plays in the trilogy are set in Yellowstone (
Yellowstone: the ballad of the red-state white man
) and Yosemite (
This Profound Abyss
).
She will be collaborating with PhD student and research dramaturg
Jonelle Walker (MA '17)
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- Bates Dance Festival will soon announce their 2019 Summer Festival line-up. BDF is an international professional dance training program with multiple work-study, internship and scholarship opportunities in admin, dance education, social media, community engagement, technical production, and videography. Applications for technical production and videography internships are highly encouraged. The Technical Production Internship is intended for young designers with a strong interest in dance production and stage design. The focus of the Videography Internship is on camera work and video editing necessary for proper documentation and promotional materials related to dance. For more information, contact Kendra Portier (TDPS Dance artist-in-residence) or visit the Bates Dances Festival website.
- Prince George’s Community College is hiring a full-time dance program coordinator. For more information and to apply, visit the job listing
- American Dance Festival is now accepting applications for their 2019 Arts Administration and Production Internship Program. More details on their website. Also find out more about their summer staff positions in Arts and Administration and Production and their summer dance intensive programs by checking here.
- BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown, MD, is accepting resumes for a full-time Technical Director (TD). The TD will work in tandem with Operations Manager to train rotating overhire crews to implement and facilitate this quality work for all events. Compensation ranges between $35-$40K + benefits with future merit increases. Please forward cover letter, resumes or personal CV, and three recommendations to brad@blackrockcenter.org.
- The Shakespeare Theatre Company is seeking individuals with a love of the arts for a position with flexibility to work from 8 hours to up to 29 hours per week depending on scheduled events. Hiring for the following positions: retail and concessions lead, retail attendant, and publicist. More information at their website or email employment@shakespearetheatre.org.
- Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is inviting students to apply for the Bruce E. Coyle Acting Internship Program for the 2019-2020 season. In-person auditions will be held in Cincinnati and New York City in late January and early February; video auditions are due on January 15. For more information, visit their website.
- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is offering internship opportunities that give students hands-on experience in the professional world. They are currently seeking interns for the Winter, Spring, and Summer of 2019 in: Costume, Directing, Development, Marketing, Education, and General Theatre. For more information and to apply, visit their website.
- Are you interested in an internship or future career in arts management? Looking for something to do over winter break in January? Check out the Road Trips to the Real World program, offering an employer site visit to the Wolf Trap Foundation to the Performing Arts to learn about their paid internship and apprenticeship programs on January 10 from 10am- 12:30pm. Please visit the EACE website for more information and to register.
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Winter Intensive Opportunities
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Interested in a participating in a dance intensive during winter break?
Bates Dance Festival/ Gibney Connect
January 7-11, 2019 in New York City
Scholarships and workstudy available
Dance Forward: Winter Dance Intensive 92Y
January 14-19, 2019 in New York City
David Dorfman Dance Winter Intensive
January 2-7, 2019 in New York City
Paul Taylor, American Modern Dance, The Taylor School
2019 Winter Intensive
December 27th ,2018- January 6, 2019 (single week options)
Information and registration
here.
ADF NYC Winter Intensive
January 4-11th, 2019
Doug Varone and Dancers Winter Intensive
January 7-12, 2019
Hunter College, New York City
Information and registration
here
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THET669V-5501 Visionary Collaboration
Dates: January 2-18, 2019 (Winter term)
Level: Graduate
Instructor: Howard Shalwitz
What's the difference between a routine production and a truly visionary one? Where does "vision" come from, and what kinds of collaborations and artistic processes can lead to visionary results on stage? In this graduate level seminar -- intended for advanced designers, directors, playwrights, and actors -- participants will gain hand-on practice with a number of key concepts that provide a framework for collaboration among all the members of a creative team. We will then analyze a number of visionary productions (on video) from both the United States and Europe, and learn about the collaborative processes that led to them. Finally, small teams will be formed to select their own projects and engage in their own visionary collaborations.
Howard Shalwitz is co-founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC. He was the visionary force behind the company for 38 seasons, steering its adventurous play selection, guiding the development of dozens of new works, building a renowned company of artists, and leading Woolly in the creation of its award-winning downtown theatre which opened in 2005. Howard has directed new plays by Clare Barron, Jason Grote, Sheila Callaghan, Aaron Posner, Doug Wright, Amy Freed, Regina Porter, Nicky Silver, and many other leading American playwrights, at theatres including New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, Portland Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep, as well as Woolly Mammoth. In 2014 he received the Margo Jones Award from Ohio State for his lifetime commitment to new American plays, and in 2011 he was named Distinguished Finalist for SSDC’s Zelda Fichandler Award.
TDPS458U - When Film & Puppetry Meet on Stage
Time: Mondays 10am-12:50pm (Spring 2019)
Using puppetry and live-feed cinematography, this course will explore the question of how we tell stories. We will investigate both practical and theoretical studies of these engaging multi-disciplinary mediums inside and outside of class. It takes a delicate balance to juggle two very different but complimentary mediums. For visual inspiration, we will look at works by Jim Henson, Julie Taymor, Hugo & Ines, The Quay Brothers, Philippe Genty, William Kentridge, Hotel Modern, Paul King, Basil Twist and so much more. There is an expectation that you will also bring in sources for the class to examine. The class will be part lecture based part studio work. We will devise theater exercises and create filmed presentations of art work in class, both in and out of class, individually and in small groups. Both the Midterm and Final Exams will be performance/film based.
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