Get your tickets for our Spring MFA Dance Thesis Concert now! |
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Monday, March 7, 2022
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Fefu and Her Friends on a fabulous run this weekend! This production was a great way to kick off the semester's Main Season, as well as Women's History Month. Check out the feature story below to learn more about how this play by María Irene Fornés celebrates women creating a space of their own.
This weekend is our Spring M.F.A. Dance Thesis Concert, featuring new work by Becky Hill and Tristan Koepke. Get your tickets now at the link below! The opening night performance on Friday, March 11 will also be livestreamed.
We are excited about this week's digital humanities/digital art symposium, "Performing Arts in the Digital Age: Interactions and New Directions," running March 10-12. The event will be full of exciting presentations and workshops from artists and scholars from around the world. Check out the details and register below!
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"Fefu and Her Friends" ran this past weekend March 4-6.
Congrats to the cast and crew on this beautiful, moving work!
Photo credit: David Andrews. (click to enlarge)
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Spring M.F.A. Dance Thesis Concert |
March 11-13
Rebecca Hill, choreographer
Tristan Koepke, choreographer
Driven by curiosity, ongoingness and experimentation, Hill’s Lost Patterns creates sonic landscapes that break the boundaries between music and dance. Koepke’s The Poisoned Solos weaves through a maze of formalist dance compositions and improvised hauntological inquiries using robotics technology and Vaporwave aesthetics.
More info and tickets here. Livestream tickets for Friday, March 11 available here. |
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April 15-24
By Lydia R. Diamond
KenYatta Rogers, director
This comedy drama by Lydia R. Diamond explores issues of race and class privilege through the story of the LeVays, a wealthy African American family vacationing at their home in Martha’s Vineyard.
More info and tickets here. |
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TDPS Spring Dance Concert |
April 29 - May 1
Sara Pearson, director
In this varied, vibrant and celebratory dance presentation, the TDPS offers new works of art in motion.
This year's choreographers include: Mary Kate Ford (M.F.A. Dance '24), Javi Padilla (M.F.A. Dance '24), Olivia Perkins (B.A. Dance '23), Stephen Lyons II (B.A. Dance '23), Gaya Schechter (B.A. Dance '24), Charlotte Macko (B.A. Dance '25) and Debanshi Chowdhury (B.A. Dance '25).
More info and tickets here. |
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Spring 2022 Experimental Performance Series |
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April 1 & 2
Shared Graduate Dance Concert
Featuring provocative choreography by M.F.A. Dance students, this concert is a collection of eclectic new works, serving as an unguarded exploration of these diverse artists' talents and interests.
More info here. Tickets will be available one week before opening night. |
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May 6 & 7
Title TBD written and directed by Jordan Resnick, B.A. Theatre '22
This live theater piece prompts audiences to reflect on our contemporary relationship with technology and mass media. It asks: How will a generation raised on computer screens and divided by algorithms turn out? How can we break down these barriers to have more open conversations about how our opinions are formed? Resnick presents theater as a medium for social change, urging audiences to action.
Title TBD produced by Alie Karambach (B.A. Theatre '21), Natalia Corvoisier (B.A. Theatre '22) and Layali Aljirafi (B.A. Theatre '23)
This work is a devised theatrical celebration of, for and by students of color and queer students. This work follows the structure of the Neo-Futurists’ Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, with 15 two-minute plays, in an order chosen by the audience. The production arises from an inclusive and collaborative devising process that invites marginalized groups who are often forgotten or silenced in traditional white American theater to express themselves.
More info here. Tickets will be available one week before opening night. |
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Visual Arts, Design & Digital Media Career & Internship Fair (Virtual)
Wednesday, March 9, 1-4PM
Virtual
Connect with organizations looking to hire for part-time, internship, full-time and volunteer positions in visual arts, design and digital media, and learn how to build your experience on campus with selected UMD departments. Check out this very important 2-minute video explaining how a virtual career fair works.
Given the virtual nature of the fair, you should plan to pre-register and upload your resume ahead of time. Need to polish your resume? Choose from these options:
Check the full list of organizations who will be present at the fair here and RSVP here. Contact Kate Juhl at kjuhl@umd.edu with any questions. |
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IMD Seminar Series: A Conversation with Joseph Cathey - Founder & Chief Experience Designer at Capitol Interactive |
March 9, 6PM
Iribe Center, Room 1207
Join this intimate "fireside chat" style conversation with Joseph Cathey, founder of Capitol Interactive. Learn about Capitol Interactive's work in augmented and virtual reality (XR), how Joseph got into the field and started his own business, and get insight on the many exciting opportunities for designers and developers starting out in XR.
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GAHA Distinguished Speaker Event: Dr. Huey Copeland, "The Eye Is a Correcting Mirror" |
March 9, 1-3PM
Parren J. Mitchell Art/Sociology Building, 4213A Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture
The Graduate Art History Association (GAHA) is delighted to welcome Dr. Huey Copeland, the BFC Presidential Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania, to this their signal event of the academic year.
In this lecture, drawn from the introduction to his forthcoming anthology 'Touched by the Mother': On Black Men in American Art from Watts to the Whitney, art historian Huey Copeland discusses the theoretical frameworks that have not only come to inform his own evolving black feminist praxis, but that also provide means through which to envision a radically intersectional approach to the writing of art's histories.
More information here and register here. |
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Digital Humanities/Digital Art Symposium:
"Performing Arts in the Digital Age: Interactions and New Directions"
March 10-12
Virtual
Under the auspices of the University of Maryland's Arts for All campus wide initiative, TDPS is undertaking a three-day inaugural exploration of performing arts in the 21st century. The symposium includes three days of workshops, lectures, discussions and performances.
Guest presenters include Miguel Escobar Virela, Michael Mark Chemers, Jyana Browne, I Nyoman Sedana, Marjan Moosavi, Debra Caplan and Theatre in Quarantine (Joshua William Gelb and Katie Rose McLaughlin).
Learn more about the virtual symposium and see the full schedule here. Register here. |
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Theatre in Quarantine will be in residency at TDPS through the Maya Brin Institute for New Performance. |
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Immersive Media Design + Arts for All Showcase |
April 2-8
Immersive Media Design (IMD), in partnership with the Arts for All Initiative and the Department of Art, will be presenting the first "Immersive Media + Arts For All Showcase" from April 2-8. They have put out a call for student, faculty and staff works of immersive media from across campus to be shown as part of the showcase.
More information about the showcase and how to submit can be found here.
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April 8 & 9
Join us for our Puppetry Festival on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9, hosted by our International Program for Creative Collaboration and Research (IPCCR) and co-sponsored by The Clarice.
The festival explores how puppetry is a mind expander, a sparker of creativity, a barrier destroyer and a bridge builder. Given the deep history of puppetry within our school, we also examine the resurgence of puppetry in the here and now. We will offer workshops, presentations and opportunities to create.
Learn more here. Full schedule and registration coming soon. |
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Black Theatre & Dance Symposium |
April 15 & 16
The theme of this year's Black Theatre and Dance Symposium (BTDS) is "Resilience: Revive, Restore & Reconnect," dealing with the topic of how we will adapt, revise, move, bend and change to the new normal, with dynamic speakers, conversations and workshops.
This year's keynote speakers are KenYatta and Michelle Rogers, and our workshop leaders include dance faculty Crystal Davis, Farah Lawal Harris (B.A. Theatre '08) and Dior Ashley Brown (B.A. Theatre '06).
Full schedule coming soon.
Learn more and register here. |
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Photo credit: Stephanie S. Cordle, Maryland Today |
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In “Fefu and Her Friends,” Women Create a Space of Their Own on Stage |
TDPS Kicks Off Women’s History Month With Play About Friendship Amid Loneliness, Fear and Secrets
Eight women meet for lunch at a New England country estate in 1935, chattering about their marriages, playing tennis and drinking lemonade. But their conversations turn deeper—one friend’s recounting of a strange dream suggests experiences of sexual harassment, and another’s recitation of a Shakespearean sonnet reflects the pressures she feels to bear children.
This female camaraderie and intimacy is at the core of “Fefu and Her Friends,” a play by the late Cuban playwright María Irene Fornés presented by the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies this weekend at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Cast members say they’ve reflected on how patriarchy impacts women’s desires and what they say and how they behave in society.
Read the full story here. |
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- M.F.A costume design alum Adriana Diaz '12 is designing the off-Broadway production of Americano in New York this spring.
- B.A. theatre alum Matt Balfour '17 is the production assistant for New York City rehearsals of The Old Globe Theater's pre-Broadway engagement of Bob Fosse's DANCIN'.
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TDPS Opportunities
Fall 2022 CAPA auditions are coming up! Auditions are due Monday, March 14th by 11:59PM. Required materials include a resume, photograph and a video link presenting your portfolio, either performing a solo (dance) or a monologue (theatre). Late applications (no matter how late) will not be accepted. Click here to find the dance application form and the theatre application form (must log in with your UMD email to access).
Criteria:
- Must be a a declared undergraduate theatre or dance major or double major;
- Must maintain at least a 3.00 in cumulative grade point average each semester, adhere to the University’s Code of Academic Integrity and maintain a professional attitude;
- Must be currently enrolled as a full-time student and earn at least 12 credits;
- Must be at sophomore, junior or senior standing in Fall 2022.
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Other Opportunities
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Shakespeare Theatre Company is taking applications for their summer teaching artist training program. Learn more and apply by April 15 on their website. Check out a recording of their recent info session here.
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Imagination Stage is currently accepting applications for their 2022-23 Apprentice Class. Check out the flyer for more information.
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NEW The Review Committee for the Pepsi Enhancement Fund has released a call for proposals for funding for programs that affect the campus population at UMD. To learn more and apply, visit here. Please send questions to dylim@umd.edu.
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NEW The Education Program at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is now accepting applications for spring and summer internships. College and high school students who are seeking experience and training in performance, technical, design, directing, advancement/development, marketing/box office and FOH operations can apply here.
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NEW The Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) has an opportunity for four rising junior and/or senior dance majors to attend the 92nd Street Y (92Y) DEL Virtual Summer Intensive as Arnhold Summer Fellows (ASF). DEL’s Virtual Summer Intensive consists of three weeks of intense study and professional development for those wishing to pursue careers in dance education. Each course will include online learning (via Zoom), independent and collaborative work, video viewing, access to online materials and resources, group discussion and feedback, plus collaborative dance making and lesson planning activities. The total award amount for each ASF is valued at $975.00 which covers the cost of the tuition. Recipients must commit to the entire July 6-22 DEL Virtual Summer Intensive to receive this fellowship. If you wish to attend, please submit your application materials to Crystal Davis at cudavis@umd.edu by Friday, March 11 at 5PM. Application materials must include a headshot and a one-page “Letter of Intent” (LOI) stating why you wish to attend the DEL Summer Intensive. After approval by the dance faculty, you will then receive information on how to submit your materials to DEL for final determination of whether you have been accepted as an ASF by DEL. Learn more about the ASF program here.
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NEW The Prague Shakespeare Company's 2022 Summer Shakespeare Festival is offering a $1,500 room and board scholarship for their 6-week program or a $1,000 room and board scholarship for their 4-week program, to two students to attend. This offer will be extended on a first-come, first-served basis to any UMD students. More information about the intensive can be found here.
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NEW The Kennedy Center's Office of Accessibility and VSA is hosting a paid summer intern this year, from June 6 to August 19. It is open to undergraduate students. The ideal intern is interested in learning about all facets of arts management and has an interest in working with individuals with disabilities towards cultural inclusion. They should have clear goals they want to achieve through the internship experience but also be open to exploring new ideas/pathways towards personal and professional growth. Ideal candidates must be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively. More information can be found here and applications will be accepted on their portal by April 1 (rank "Education - Accessibility & VSA" as first choice for placement).
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NEW Flying V is offering two workshop opportunities that may be of interest to TDPS students:
- March 25, 7PM at the Silver Spring Blackbox - Learn Kamishibai creation and performance with award-winning multidisciplinary artist Natsu Onoda Power! Kamishibai is a style of Japanese pre-cinema entertainment, in which a solo performer tells stories using illustrated placards. In this workshop, we will learn from the traditional techniques of kamishibai, adapting it for our era. Participants will craft their own kamishibai-inspired multimedia performances. Workshop participants will be required to show proof of vaccination at the door. The workshop is $100/participant and lasts about 2 hours. Visit their website to secure your spot today, or email Kelly Colburn if you need help with registration fees.
- April 4, 7PM at the Silver Spring Blackbox - Learn on screen camera techniques and craft with award winning director Raymond O. Caldwell. In this workshop participants of all experience levels will learn how to take their stage monologues and translate them for the camera. Participants will walk away from the workshop with an understanding of camera angles and shots, how to create a relationship with the camera, and a short high quality reel of their monologue for personal use. This workshop is $150/participant and lasts about 3 hours. Visit their website to secure your spot today, or email Kelly Colburn if you need help with registration fees.
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Flying V workshops - click to enlarge and register here. |
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