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Dinner for Theater Majors and Minors (Actual or Potential)

Theater Department Dinner & Meeting for All Majors and Minors (Actual or Potential)
Sunday, Oct. 2, 7 – 8:30 pm, Frear Ensemble Theater

Professors Allen Kuharski, Elizabeth Stevens, Laila Swanson, and Matt Saunders will be attending, along with members of the Department staff.

The meeting will be a chance for all majors and minors in Theater to meet each other, meet the regular faculty, hear the Department’s plans for the year, ask any questions about advising, honors, study abroad, summer funding, student employment, internships, etc.

Pizza, salad, drinks, and dessert will be provided.

RSVP to Allen Kuharski (akuhars1@swarthmore.edu) appreciated, but not required.

AUDITIONS for Directing Workshop Projects!

Sunday, Sept. 25, 7-9 pm

Frear Ensemble Theater (Room 1 LPAC)

—auditions are open to all students (no prior acting experience necessary)

—sign up for a time on the bulletin board next to the Theater Department Office (13 LPAC, Lower Lobby Level)

—come prepared with a monologue of up to three minutes (memorized or not) or to do a cold reading of a monologue we provide that day

—projects will be directed by Sebastian Bravo ’13, Jeanie Noto ’13, & Meryl Sands ‘13

—if you are cast, the rehearsal commitment is for six hours/week + in-class presentations on Friday afternoons

—some projects will only rehearse through Oct. 28 (total of three weeks of rehearsal)

—some projects will rehearse through the end of the semester and be part of the Department’s Fall Night of Scenes, presented on Dec. 7 & 8 (reading week)

—Projects in the final Night of Scenes will be 15-20 minutes in length.

—those cast that have already taken Acting I or are currently enrolled in Acting I are eligible for academic credit if the project becomes part of the Night of Scenes.  Contact Prof. Allen Kuharski for details (akuhars1@swarthmore.edu)

—this is a great way to get involved with the Department of Theater with a small project.  Check it out!

 

Isadora Duncan Week (October 4-7) at Swarthmore

Isadora Duncan Week

Along with Bryn Mawr College, Eastern University and Drexel Dance Programs, Swarthmore will be hosting a lecture/class with Alice Bloch as part of an Isadora Duncan week.

Dr. Alice Bloch, trained by renowned Isadora Duncan teachers Lori Belilove, Ellen Forman, Gemze DeLappe, and the late Julia Levein, carries on the Duncan tradition in her staging of these dances.  Alice Bloch has a doctorate in Dance History from Temple University and a choreographic MA from UCLA.   Dr. Bloch will teach a majority of the workshops during the residency.

“Isadora Duncan was more than just a founder of modern dance, she was a pioneer, a free thinker and a feminist,” said Dr. Miriam Guguere, director of Drexel’s Dance program. “It is an honor to have two internationally renowned scholars on this essential artist together in one week. I am delighted to be collaborating with three other dance programs in the Philadelphia area in order to bring this work to a wider audience from the dance community.”

All residency events are free and open to the public; however several have limited openings for participation.

For more information, check out the calendar: http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=8003&information_id=24211&type&syndicate=syndicate

Isadora Duncan Week (October 4-7) at Swarthmore

Isadora Duncan Week

Along with Bryn Mawr College, Eastern University and Drexel Dance Programs, Swarthmore will be hosting a lecture/class with Alice Bloch as part of an Isadora Duncan week.

Dr. Alice Bloch, trained by renowned Isadora Duncan teachers Lori Belilove, Ellen Forman, Gemze DeLappe, and the late Julia Levein, carries on the Duncan tradition in her staging of these dances.  Alice Bloch has a doctorate in Dance History from Temple University and a choreographic MA from UCLA.   Dr. Bloch will teach a majority of the workshops during the residency.

“Isadora Duncan was more than just a founder of modern dance, she was a pioneer, a free thinker and a feminist,” said Dr. Miriam Guguere, director of Drexel’s Dance program. “It is an honor to have two internationally renowned scholars on this essential artist together in one week. I am delighted to be collaborating with three other dance programs in the Philadelphia area in order to bring this work to a wider audience from the dance community.”

All residency events are free and open to the public; however several have limited openings for participation.

For more information, check out the calendar: http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=8003&information_id=24211&type&syndicate=syndicate