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Susan Marshall & Company brings PLAY/PAUSE (2/14 @ 8PM)

Susan Marshall brings one of her new and exciting dance-theater pieces to Swarthmore this February.

Play/Pause

LPAC Pearson-Hall Theater (Mainstage)

8PM, Friday, February 14, 2014
Free and Open to the Public

About
In an electric guitar-fueled evening of postmodern dance-theater, Susan Marshall couples her intimate, structured choreography with the seductiveness of pop culture to explore our complex relationship to the media we consume. This evening-length piece for six dancers features a commissioned score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, performed live by members of electric guitar quartet Dither and Mantra Percussion. Play/Pause premiered in Chicago in September 2013.

Here’s a little preview: www.vimeo.com/sumac/stop

The company will offer a Master Class with the dancers on Thursday 2/13 in the Troy Dance Lab at 4:30PM.

Susan Marshall & Company brings PLAY/PAUSE (2/14 @ 8PM)

Susan Marshall brings one of her new and exciting dance-theater pieces to Swarthmore this February.

Play/Pause

LPAC Pearson-Hall Theater (Mainstage)

8PM, Friday, February 14, 2014
Free and Open to the Public

About
In an electric guitar-fueled evening of postmodern dance-theater, Susan Marshall couples her intimate, structured choreography with the seductiveness of pop culture to explore our complex relationship to the media we consume. This evening-length piece for six dancers features a commissioned score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, performed live by members of electric guitar quartet Dither and Mantra Percussion. Play/Pause premiered in Chicago in September 2013.

Here’s a little preview: www.vimeo.com/sumac/stop

The company will offer a Master Class with the dancers on Thursday 2/13 in the Troy Dance Lab at 4:30PM.

SPRING 2014 Classes available!

SaundersSetDesignStill figuring out your schedule for the Spring?  Sign up for Set Design with Matt Saunders: the course will focus on set design and introduce methods that apply to designing for stage. In class, we will take a look at the set designer’s responsibilities as an artist and collaborator and explore the relationship between text, concept, and production in addition to learning the basic skills of drafting and model making. In addition, we will discuss the relationship between scenery, costumes, and light in performance. A lab component of this class will include an introduction to computer drafting and additional information about materials used for stage construction. The course is designed to serve all students regardless of prior experience in theater production.

 

There’s also room in Integrated Media for Performance with Tara WebbWebbMediaDesign

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the application of various visual and audio technologies in live theater and dance performance. Discussion of the historical and theoretical context of contemporary mixed-media performance will be combined with an orientation to the available technologies found at Swarthmore and beyond. The class will include the conceptualization and preparation of a series of individual studio projects. The course is designed to serve all students regardless of prior experience in theater production.  We’ll touch base on a little bit of everything from performance art and the avant-garde to uses of multimedia in studio art.

 

Anna Russell’s Directing Thesis: IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK (Sun., 12/15/13 @ 6PM & 7PM)

AnnaRussell The Department of Theater and the Advanced Directing Workshop (THEA 055)
present

IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK
A Devised Piece By Anna Russell HC’14
Co-Created with Casey Ferrara ’14, Sara Lentricchia ’15, Jameson Lisak ’15, and Alexander Rojavin ’15 with script consulting by Danica Harvey ’15

Sunday, Dec. 15, 6 pm
Sunday, Dec. 15, 7 pm

Frear Ensemble Theatre (Room 1, LPAC)

IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK is a show that explores the relationship between perception and identity.  Who do we think we are, and who are we really?  How do we go about creating these ideas of ourselves and others, and what does a theatrical setting do to these questions?  IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK attempts to play with these inquiries and test the limits of their application, so if you’re in for a crazy ride of identity-bending proportions, this is the show for you.

Free and Open to the Public

Dance Class Showing – 12/9/13 @ 5PM

Take a break from exam prepping and join us in the Troy Dance Studio on December 9th at 5PM.

The pointe and variations class will be presenting an excerpt from Balanchine’s CONCERTO BAROCCO and the “Dance of theDolls” from Balanchine’s THE NUTCRACKER. The Dance Lab class will show a piece inspired by water and the ocean. And finally, we’ll look at a piece featuring explorations of dance, identity and drag. Come by and support the hard work of our student dancers!

Dance Class Showing – 12/9/13 @ 5PM

Take a break from exam prepping and join us in the Troy Dance Studio on December 9th at 5PM.

The pointe and variations class will be presenting an excerpt from Balanchine’s CONCERTO BAROCCO and the “Dance of theDolls” from Balanchine’s THE NUTCRACKER. The Dance Lab class will show a piece inspired by water and the ocean. And finally, we’ll look at a piece featuring explorations of dance, identity and drag. Come by and support the hard work of our student dancers!

Fall 2013 Student Dance Concert

Fall 2013 Poster

The Dance Program of the Department of Music and Dance sends a warm invitation to all to join us for the 2013 Fall Student Dance Concert. Dance and music performances will include West African, Brazilian, Tap, Ballet and Taiko. Please join us in celebrating the creativity and hard work of our student, faculty, and staff. Families with children are especially welcome to attend.

Fall 2013 Student Dance Concert

Fall 2013 Poster

The Dance Program of the Department of Music and Dance sends a warm invitation to all to join us for the 2013 Fall Student Dance Concert. Dance and music performances will include West African, Brazilian, Tap, Ballet and Taiko. Please join us in celebrating the creativity and hard work of our student, faculty, and staff. Families with children are especially welcome to attend.