The Lewis Center is your Pathway to the Arts! This page offers information for incoming first year students interested in pursuing the arts while at Princeton.
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Fall 2016 Courses and Applications
Courses are offered at the Lewis Center for the Arts in Creative Writing, Dance, Film/Video, Music Theater, Theater, Visual Arts, and through the interdisciplinary Princeton Atelier. Certificates are awarded in the areas of Creative Writing, Dance, Music Theater, Theater, and Visual Arts (including Film). For more information on each program, click on the links below.
Creative Writing
Courses are offered at introductory and advanced levels in poetry, fiction, literary translation, and screenwriting. All creative writing courses require a pre-registration application. The online application will be available through the application submission deadline of Monday, September 12th at 5:00 p.m. Explore Fall 2016 Creative Writing course offerings and consult this introduction for incoming first year students for further guidance. Questions about the program? Email Program Assistant Noreen McAuliffe: noreenm@princeton.edu.
Dance
Courses are offered in technique, choreography, history, criticism and aesthetics of dance at introductory, intermediate and advanced levels in the genres of modern, ballet and African dance. Some dance courses require an interview for pre-registration; a placement class for dance will be held on Tuesday, September 13. View fall 2016 Dance course offerings, and be sure to check out FRS 183: Bodies in Cultural Landscapes, a Freshman Seminar taught by choreographer Patricia Hoffbauer. Additional important information for enrollment can be found here. Questions about the program? Email Program Assistant Cindy Rosenfeld: cr17@princeton.edu.
Film/Video
Within the Program in Visual Arts, courses are offered at introductory and intermediate levels in film and video production, filmmaking, screenwriting, film history and special topics in cinema. Courses in screenwriting and film/video production require an application for pre-registration. View fall 2016 Film/Video course offerings. Questions about the program? Email Program Assistant Kristy Seymour: kseymour@princeton.edu.
Music Theater
The program offers courses at the nexus of music, theater, and dance, taught by faculty across the University as well as guest artists who teach, compose, write, create, perform, and research music theater’s various forms of music, dance, scripted text, and design. View fall 2016 Music Theater course offerings. Questions about the program? Email Director Stacy Wolf: swolf@princeton.edu.
Theater
Courses are offered at the introductory and intermediate levels in acting; directing; playwriting; lighting, costume and sound design; theater history and criticism; and special topics. Several theater courses require an interview for pre-registration. View fall 2016 Theater course offerings. Questions about the program? Email Program Assistant Joe Fonseca: jfonseca@princeton.edu
Visual Arts
Courses are offered at introductory and advanced levels in drawing, painting, photography, graphic design, sculpture, printmaking, and art theory, criticism and aesthetics. Some visual arts courses require an application for pre-registration. View fall 2016 Visual Arts course offerings. Questions about the program? Email Program Assistant Kristy Seymour: kseymour@princeton.edu
Princeton Atelier
Unique, one-time interdisciplinary courses are offered, taught by Princeton faculty and professional guest artists focusing on the collaborative creation of new work. Each Atelier course requires a pre-registration application. View fall 2016 Atelier course offerings and applications. Questions about the program? Email princeton-atelier@princeton.edu.
Music
For information on programs of study and courses in music, visit the Department of Music’s website.
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