Professor Emeritus Dr. Oscar G. Brockett has received the USITT Award from the US Institute for Theatre Technology. The USITT Award is the highest honor given by the institute and recognizes a lifetime contribution to the performing arts community.
Wednesday, the 29th of April was a day to remember for a select group of UT students, parents and faculty. The winners of the Tenth Annual University Co–op George H. Mitchell Awards for Academic Excellence were announced at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Blake DeLong will play “Oswald” in Triad Stage's upcoming production of Ibsen's Ghosts. DeLong is a 2007 graduate of the MFA Acting Program and trained in the Voice Studies program under Hammond at UT.
Between March 30 and April 4, 2009, the festival will showcase 31 new works of theatre, dance, art, music, photography and architecture created by teams of students and faculty at The University of Texas at Austin. These artistic innovations will be presented for the first time during the festival, which draws established guest artists from across the country as respondents who connect the art of Austin and the world.
Beulah Hodge lived her 90 years with a grace and completeness that has been a gift to all who knew her. She was born on August 29, 1919, in Galesville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Guilford M. Wiley and Beulah Bernice Arnold; she died on November 28, 2009.
In performance one never knows where they may find inspiration. For B.F.A. in Dance candidates, Lisa Kobdish and Mariclaire Gamble, it all started with YouTube. "We were attracted to a video where middle aged men slapped high fives and then looked towards the camera,” Kobdish said. From that video, the students collaborated to create High Five Jive, an original dance work exploring the motifs of gesturing the high five.
Associate Professor and Dance Unit Head, Lyn C. Wilthsire, and Theater for Youth Chair and Distinguished Teaching Professor, Suzan Zeder, have been selected to receive the 2008-09 Department of Theatre and Dance Teaching Excellence Award.
Over 40 University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance students joined choreographer, Trey McIntyre for a master class held yesterday in Anna Hiss Gym. Led by McIntyre himself, students had the opportunity to dance alongside the Trey McIntyre Project company as they participated in the morning class.
