The Program in Dance hosts an Open House for all undergraduate students to learn about fall course offerings in dance including the Princeton Dance Festival courses/performance opportunities and guest choreographer auditions. All students welcome; just drop-in!
Try On Theater Days offer a welcoming introduction to theater making in the Princeton theater and music theater programs at the Lewis Center for the Arts. We hold 3 nights of informal community evenings to encourage student participation in our student-driven theater season. FREE; for Princeton students only.
Want to perform with the Program in Dance this fall? Interested students of all class years must attend the mandatory placement class (not an audition!) in the Hearst Dance Theater.
Right before we begin our Try On Theater Days on Wednesday evening, September 1st, we invite any new first-year students and sophomores for a casual meetup with faculty and staff before the rest of the student body arrives. This meetup will also allow any first-year students or sophomores who are unable to attend Monday or Tuesday's Try On Theater Days and who want to be involved in productions and projects in the early fall to receive information about the programs, opportunities, and our new casting and collaborator match-ups. For Princeton students only; no RSVP required.
Want to perform in Princeton Dance Festival but can’t take a dance course? Audition to be in a guest choreographer’s work that will be performed at the Princeton Dance Festival, November 19-21, 2021. Audition September 4 for Omari Wiles and Justin Peck (staged by Michael Breeden). For Princeton students only.
Presented in conjunction with "REACTIVATING MEMORY" symposium, the Shuffle Along (2016) Reunion highlights the complexity of director and librettist George C. Wolfe and choreographer Savion Glover’s 2016 metamusical, "Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed." Host and 2021-23 Princeton Arts Fellow Michael J. Love facilitates a virtual discussion with panelists about the choreography, song selection, singing style and personal impact and political implication of the show’s abrupt closing. Presented via Zoom Webinar. FREE; registration required.
This virtual symposium marks the centennials of two neglected but pivotal events in U.S. history: the landmark 1921 musical comedy Shuffle Along and the Tulsa Race Massacre. The one-day virtual symposium will feature dynamic programming that includes a keynote address, panel discussions, and performances by tap dancers, singers, and musicians. These presentations will combine historical analysis, ethnomusicology, and embodied demonstrations to share Black cultural expressive forms from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Presented virtually via Zoom Webinar. FREE; registration required.
As part of the Program in Dance's fall 2021 co-curricular dance offerings, Omari Wiles leads a class on Afrobeat. This class series, curated by Lauren Auyeung ’19 with experienced hip-hop guest practitioners, develops a diverse understanding of hip-hop’s foundational forms. Open to Princeton students, alumni, faculty and staff. FREE
Chief Ayanda Clarke leads a lecture/workshop as part of Dyane Harvey-Salaam’s fall dance course, “The American Experience and Dance Practices of the African Diaspora.” FREE; for Princeton students, faculty + staff.
In each session students learn/review the basics and acquire new skills for creating and sustaining spontaneous and truthful improvised games and scenes. Led by Yuval Boim on select Mondays throughout the fall semester. FREE; for Princeton students only.
A drop-in class, divided into three units: The Moving Artist: Preparing the Body; World in Motion: Movement Analysis; Embodied Play: Dramatic Applications. Led by Yuval Boim on select Mondays throughout the fall semester. FREE; for Princeton students only.
The Lewis Center for the Arts, in collaboration with other University departments, offers two artist fellowship opportunities: Hodder Fellowships and Princeton Arts Fellowships. The next application cycle for both Fellowships opens July 1, 2021; the deadline for applications is Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. (ET).
Irish novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter Roddy Doyle joins in conversation with Fintan O'Toole as part of Princeton University’s 2021-22 Fund for Irish Studies series. FREE and open to the public. Register and join via Zoom Webinar. Live closed captions available.
With "Mailles," choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza returns with a choral show for female African or of-African-descent artists in which each body and each voice recounts her experience, her commitment and her force. All together, they also tell us something about what it means to be a woman today. FREE; registration required. Open to University community.
In Montgomery, Alabama, on the 2:30 p.m. bus on March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Despite threats, she remained seated. Thrown in jail, she decides to plead not guilty and to sue the city. No one before her had dared this. "Noire" is the story of this heroine, still living but largely forgotten. FREE; registration required. Open to University community.
As part of the Program in Dance's fall 2021 co-curricular dance offerings, Juwaan Walker leads a class on Hip-Hop Moves and Grooves. This class series, curated by Lauren Auyeung ’19 with experienced hip-hop guest practitioners, develops a diverse understanding of hip-hop’s foundational forms. Open to Princeton students, alumni, faculty and staff. FREE
On Instagram, she is _jeanne_dark_, sixteen years old, Catholic family, embarrassed by her virginity. Using her phone, she speaks live. From the digital ashes emerge the paradoxes of a contemporary heroine. FREE; registration required. Open to University community.
Working with a team of African-American and French performers for two years, David Geselson tackles the gruesome conquest of the New World by European colonizers, focusing in particular on the history of African-Americans. Through the fate of Nina Simone, "Silence and Fear" questions our contemporary Western heritage. FREE; registration required. Open to University community.
In this Chekhov play, "The Cherry Orchard," Tiago Rodrigues has found great material with which to fuel his dramatic machine, break the fourth wall, and bring the audience together around the great challenges of today. FREE; registration required. Open to University community.
In "Crowd," the choreographer Gisèle Vienne stages 15 dancers at the heart of a party distorted by violence. A radical, polyphonic dance show where movement becomes exhilarating and cathartic. FREE; registration required. Open to University community.
Three actresses on stage, Silvia Costa, Barbara Lennie alternating with Itsaso Arana, and Audrey Bonnet, reclaim the mystery of the annunciation taking place between the Virgin Mary and the Angel Gabriel, personified by each of them in their mother tongue. FREE; registration required. Open to University community.
Try On Theater Days offer a welcoming introduction to theater making in the Princeton theater and music theater programs at the Lewis Center for the Arts. We hold 3 nights of informal community evenings to encourage student participation in our student-driven theater season. FREE; for Princeton students only.
As part of the Program in Dance's fall 2021 co-curricular dance offerings, Sun Kim leads a class on Popping. This class series, curated by Lauren Auyeung ’19 with experienced hip-hop guest practitioners, develops a diverse understanding of hip-hop’s foundational forms. Open to Princeton students, alumni, faculty and staff. FREE
The Princeton Latin American Student Association presents an event is for the Latine community and beyond to come celebrate and learn about our traditions and culture. The free event will include local artists, artisans, music, performances, traditional food, and family-friendly activities. FREE; open to public.
The BIPOC* Theater-Makers Group is a space that is held for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and Multiracial identifying theater makers at Princeton University. We offer this casual, drop-in weekly space to help center the voices and needs of BIPOC students involved in theater. FREE; for Princeton students only.
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, composer and lyricist Michael R. Jackson for a conversation about his work, hosted by Director of the Program in Theater Jane Cox. Part of the new Atelier at Large series presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts. FREE; for Princeton students only.
Princeton University undergraduate students, graduate students, staff and faculty can submit a proposal for a January 2022 Wintersession workshop or evening event. Submission deadline: Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Learn more at winter.princeton.edu.
NOTE: The workshop on December 16 has been canceled. Professional director and choreographer and Princeton Arts Fellow Will Davis embarks on a new project including workshop sessions for students to join in the studio and participate in developing aspects of the show. Conversations follow with Davis and guest designers; food provided. Open to Princeton students only.
Authors Máire ní Mhaonaigh and Sharon Arbuthnot present on "A History of Ireland in 100 (and More) Words," with an introduction by Professor Paul Muldoon, as part of the 2021-22 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series. FREE and open to the public. Register and join via Zoom Webinar. Live closed captions available.
As part of the Program in Dance's fall 2021 co-curricular dance offerings, Lauren Auyeung '19 leads a class on Popping. This class series, curated by Auyeung with experienced hip-hop guest practitioners, develops a diverse understanding of hip-hop’s foundational forms. Open to Princeton students, alumni, faculty and staff. FREE
