Tag: art in motion

Theatre & Dance Spring into Performances

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Codi Clemmons Staff Writer Troy University has many successful faculty members and students who contribute to the outstanding Department of Theatre and Dance. While COVID-19 has brought many challenges, the department has continued with auditions and is preparing performances for the Spring 2021 semester. The semester will include performances such as Art in Motion, an acting showcase and a spring semester Pied Pipers performance. “We are also engaging lots and lots of guest artists in theatre and dance and making the most of these remote opportunities,” said Lily Everett, a…

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Troy Theatre and Dance’s ‘Moving Pictures’ performance sets dance to photographs

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(CONTRIBUTED/ TROY DANCE)   Pradyot Sharma Editor-In-Chief The Troy University Department of Theatre and Dance will present its second edition of Art in Motion this fall starting Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. The show, being held in the Trojan Center, features a concept where artists collaborate with student choreographers who bring their work to life through dance.  This year’s performance will feature 11 dance pieces put together by 12 choreographers. The pieces are based on works by five Troy student photographers. Choreographers picked photographs from the photographers that inspired…

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Greek tragedy kicks off year of theater and dance performances

Trojan Living

Andrea Hammack Staff Writer Troy’s Department of Theatre and Dance is in full swing as they prepare for this semester’s productions.  The department held its fall auditions during the first week of classes, during which students who auditioned for the productions had to bring a prepared a monologue or a monologue and song.  Madeline Hill, a sophomore theatre major from Alabaster, was cast as the lead in the department’s first production of the semester, “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl.   In the play, directed by associate professor of theatre and dance…

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Showcase marries dance and art

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Olivia Nobles Staff Writer Troy’s Department of Theater and Dance and Department of Art and Design are busy preparing their art and dance showcase “Art in Motion,” which will open Thursday, Nov. 8. The production will marry the creations of dance students with those of art students. “Normally, the fall show is all student choreography,” said Olivia Tompkins, a sophomore dance major from Jacksonville. “The premise for this show is that we were each assigned an artist from a collaborative class, and we worked together throughout the semester.” Kara Justice,…

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