… Theatre and Dance High School Workshop Saturday, October 21, 2023 We invite all high school students no matter their expertise to Carrying the Banner! Participants will have an opportunity to tour our state-of-the-art-facility, take classes form faculty, interact with current theatre and dance students from SDSU, work alongside others from across the region, share work in a culminating final performance and attend a complimentary performance of Newsies. Workshop Purpose: Building Collaborative Community Enhancing Knowledge and Skill Developing Skills in Creating Original Work Worship Topics: … choreography from the show ( Newsies ) Invitation Letter and Schedule Breakdown Registration Form Students are encouraged to attend with a director from their school/studio, but may also participate individually without a mentor. We ask that each student and teacher/director fill out online registration individually. Theatre & Dance … Saturday, October 21, …
… Theatre and Dance Scholarships Theatre Performance Scholarship Requirements Students auditioning for a theatre scholarship should prepare a two minute audition. This audition must include either two contrasting monologues (one serious and one comic) or one monologue and one song. If auditioning with a song, please bring your own sheet music with beginning, end and any cuts clearly marked. An accompanist will be provided … In-Person Auditions - Brookings Campus Saturday, February 22, 2025 (1-4 p.m. and the opportunity to join us for the 7:30 p.m. show) Recorded Submission Auditions Any student may submit a video recording of his/her performance by uploading a file to the application. The deadline for recorded submissions is 5 p.m. on February 24, 2025. Theatre & Dance … …
… Doner Auditorium project progresses with SDHC grant The Doner Auditorium digital preservation project is moving forward, thanks to a South Dakota Humanities Council grant. The Archives & Special Collections launched this project in the summer of 2019 in an effort to preserve and promote … backstage and digital materials from the Archives’ Theatre Collection. Users will be able to select individual inscriptions and see related information, like programs and production images. This exhibit will provide a literal behind-the-scenes view of the theater program. It will increase public access to Theatre Collection materials that are presently only … and former theater participants and instructors; scholars of performing arts, history, or culture; prospective theater students; and theater fans. The exhibit is planned to go live in May 2021. Funds began to be raised with the announcement of the project. These gifts made the photography of the green room and three small adjacent rooms possible. Thanks to a $7,000 …
… SDSU Theatre and Dance to open season of discovery with Disney’s ‘Newsies’ Stop the presses! South Dakota State University Theatre and Dance will kick off its 2023-24 season with the musical “Newsies.” This … Dead Woman” by Chelsea Sutton – Thursday, Nov. 16 – Fishback Studio Theatre. A dead woman is lying in the garbage outside a convenience store as time expands and the past and future become intertwined in the dead woman’s blood. “Snowblind” by Laura King – Friday, Nov. 17 – Fishback Studio Theatre. As a snowstorm builds outside, a group of recovering addicts at a … through the development of original choreography, work with the dance ensemble director to develop work that communicates with intention and purpose. Choreographers are free to imagine how the theme “vantage points” inspires dance composition and provides opportunity for creativity and intellectual discourse. Artists will explore how perspective alters …
… Dance Student Information Student Scholarship Dance scholarships are available to incoming freshmen students. Dancers interested in receiving a dance scholarship are required to audition during the School of Performing Arts Freshmen Scholarship Audition Event. National Honor Society of Dance Arts Students may participate in National Honor Society for Dance Arts at South Dakota State University. This society is sponsored by the National Dance Education Organization and honors students …
… history left behind in Doner Auditorium. The auditorium’s green room and makeup rooms hold nearly four decades worth of inscriptions from theatre students who covered the walls, ceilings and other surfaces with their signatures, dates, season lineup schedules, quotes and favorite lines from plays. Built in 1912 as part of Morrill Hall (formerly known as the … backstage areas. The department seeks donor assistance to fund the preservation of this unique institutional history. Using high-quality photographs, printed theater materials and open-source software, the Archives proposes to create an interactive exhibit in the form of a virtual map of the backstage rooms. With this map, users could select individual inscriptions and see related information, like digitized programs and production images. The online exhibit will provide a literal behind-the-scenes view of the theater program that highlights the work of the students themselves, not just the characters they …
… Theatre & Dance Workshop Invitation Letter Carrying The Banner State University Theatre and Dance is excited to invite you and your student/s to our high school workshop on October 21, 2023, at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center … from faculty, interact with current theatre and dance students from SDSU, work alongside others from across the region, share work in a culminating final performance and attend a complimentary performance of Newsies . The workshop has a three-fold purpose: 1) Building collaborative community, 2) Enhancing knowledge and skill, and 3) Developing skills in … should plan to bring them along! Those without tap shoes – NO WORRIES - bring a pair of sneakers!). Students are encouraged to attend with a director from their school or studio but may also participate individually without a faculty mentor. This event is free to all students and directors, and includes a free lunch, and complimentary ticket to the 7:30 p.m. …
… Professional actor, playwright to visit SDSU for collegiate premiere Deb Hiett Los Angeles actor and playwright Deb Hiett is coming to South Dakota State University to celebrate the collegiate premiere of her new play, “The Escape Thingy.” Performance dates are Feb. … military, SDSU employees and children. SDSU students are free with Student ID. Tickets can be purchased anytime online . The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center box office will open for in-person sales one week prior to the opening performance, or call 605-688-6045. Members of the cast include SDSU senior Peyten Wiese, sophomores Blake Fabre and Jacob …