Many of the Department’s courses stress the cross-disciplinary connections between theater and dance to encourage students to explore Performance as a broad interdisciplinary field that offers opportunity for both artistic practice and scholarly study. The Theater and Dance curriculum offers students an in-depth exploration of theater and dance as individual disciplines, and provides a range of forums for students to investigate the ways in which these two performing arts intersect. Above all, the Department values experimentation in both artistic practice and intellectual inquiry, and seeks to nurture student artists capable of expressing their ideas and their passions with clarity and purpose. The Department exposes students to a wide range of studio techniques and approaches in order to enhance their skills as performers and to provide them with the necessary resources for the creation of new work. Students in our courses are encouraged to explore the cross-disciplinary connections between these two performing arts to link theory with practice and to situate theater and dance as vital components in cultural, social, and political processes with both global and historical reach.
The Department of Theater and Dance is committed to engaging students in creative practice and scholarly study across the disciplines of theater and dance.