Events

Evolution is a collaborative design laboratory facilitating interdisciplinary experimentation in dance performance. Choreographers from the Department of Theatre and Dance join with concert and event lighting designers and composers from the School of Design and Creative Technologies to create short dance works for the concert stage. This public showcase is presented in the B. Iden Payne Theatre each spring.

Have you ever wondered what it meant to be a woman who loves? Through vignettes, to love and to be loved and everything in between tells us just that. These short stories/scenes explore the joy, pain and everything in between of what it means to be a woman who loves. 

The Performance as Public Practice Fridays@2 speaker series facilitates discussions about the creation and study of performance. PPP welcomes artists from within and beyond the Winship Drama Building, including current students, distinguished alumni and arts leaders from across the country, to share their research and methodology. Up next is a screening of the film Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved followed by a conversation with co-creator and dramaturg Dr. Patricia Herrera.

UT Live Design and Production Showcase 2024 presents work created for theatre, dance and other performance mediums by M.F.A. candidates in the UT Live Design and Production program at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance. Areas of work include costume design and technology, lighting design, integrated media design and scenic design. Collectively, this work helps tell visual stories for live performance and reflects the collaborative nature of the theatrical process.