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When: March 3, 4, 10 & 11 at 7:30 p.m.; March 11 at 2:00 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETSEvery day after school in rural Kentucky, working-class teens Dalton Chance and Pace Creagan meet beneath the railway bridge at Pope Lick Creek to practice running the track. A prospectless future emboldens the...
Seven faculty members were recognized Feb. 9 for excellent teaching of undergraduate students at Cornell.Andrea Simitch, associate professor of architecture; Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics; and Michael Van Amburgh, professor of animal science, are the newest recipients of Stephen H. Weiss Presidential...
What: MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! Written by Athol Fugard, Directed by Melanie DreyerWhen: February 16-18; Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2:00pmWhere: Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850Tickets: $25 Buy online in advance at http://bit.ly/2iUEVoM or call 607-272-0403.For press matters, contact: Sarah K....
When: Friday, February 24, 2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsFree to attend and open to all grad students from any field of study! Undergraduates may also choose to attend to learn about various career opportunities. Discover career optionsIdentify transferable skillsCraft resumesBroaden networks...
When: Friday, February 10, 4:30 p.m.Where: Class of '56 Dance Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsA staged reading of the winning play and a screening of an excerpt from the winning screenplay will be presented by undergraduate students. Following the presentations will be a panel discussion with Felischa Marye (screenwriter),...
When: Friday, February 3, 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsJustin Perkinson is an award-winning director, producer, and cinematographer. Justin's production credits include narrative and documentary feature films and shorts, television, branded content, and virtual reality.His work has been featured in American...
When: Tuesday, January 31, beginning at 7:00 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsAuditions are open to all Cornell students, faculty, and staff.Baltimore by Kirsten Greenidge; directed by Sarah K. ChalmersLife Sentence (Inhibited) by Gloria Majule '17; directed by Aleksej Aarsaether '17Actors auditioning for Life...
When: Thursday, January 26, 7:30 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsEarn credits in PMA 1610/2610 crew course while learning about carpentry, costumes, electrics, welding, lights, sound & more! The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing...
Cornell University’s Department of Performing and Media Arts is committed to the ideal of creating and maintaining spaces in which all the members of our community may participate in vigorous artistic exploration and critical inquiry, predicated on freedom, openness, respect, and safety. We will support and protect those who are discriminated...
When: Wednesday, December 7, 7:00 p.m.Where: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsPlease join students from assistant professor Dehanza Rogers' PMA 3570: Introduction to 16mm and Digital Filmmaking class as they screen their films in the Schwartz Center's Kiplinger Theatre.This event is free and open to the public. Food and...
When: Wednesday, November 30, at 6:30 p.m. & Friday, December 2, at 6:00 p.m.Where: Room 124, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsInterested in a career in entertainment? Want to spend the summer in LA? Come to the info sessions for the Cornell in Hollywood (CiH) program this week! We'll cover the overview of the program, the application...
When: Friday, December 2, 12:00 p.m.Where: Room 124, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsDarian Dauchan is an award-winning actor, writer, and musician who has appeared on both Broadway (Twentieth Century starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche) and Off-Broadway theatre. TV credits include Law and Order, Nickelodeon's Bet the House (as Darian...
When: Friday, December 2, 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.Where: Room 124, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsJoin Mark Lindsay, representative for the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, for information on internship opportunities at the festival, May 14–29, 2017, as well as a summer program in Los Angeles.From the American Pavilion...
When: December 1, 2 & 3 at 7:30 p.m.Where: Class of '56 Dance Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETSIn dance composition, students learn the tools to give “there-ness” to dance’s inherently ephemeral nature. Composing the moving body in space and through time, the choreographer designs dance to express his or her ideas...
When: Tuesday, November 29, 4:30 p.m.Where: Room 322, Schwartz Center Please prepare a one-minute monologue from a play. Do not use television or movie monologues. PMA 2800 Introduction to Acting is a prerequisite for PMA 3800 Acting II. For more information, please contact Carolyn Goelzer at cjg54@cornell.edu. There will be a sign-up...
Heermans-McCalmon Competition for Plays and ScreenplaysContest Guidelines and RulesThe Heermans-McCalmon awards were established at the bequest of Forbes Heermans (Class of 1878) and in memory of the late George McCalmon, Professor of Speech and Drama. The contest will award prizes in two categories:• For the best 10-minute stage play• For...
Danang Pamungkas is a dancer and choreographer from Indonesia. With an unwavering dedication to traditional Javanese dance and a fervent engagement with modern dance, including three years with Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theater, Danang moves in two worlds. By practicing both, he makes them one. The performances are sponsored by the Department of...
Listed here are the new spring 2017 course offerings from the Department of Performing and Media Arts. Course enrollment begins Tuesday, January 17.The Expressive Voice (PMA 2830)Instructor: Rebekah MaggorCourse Time: M/W 12:20 p.m.–2:15 p.m.This course introduces students to the primary components of vocal technique in performance. Over the...
When: Monday, November 14, beginning at 7:00 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsAuditions are open to all Cornell students, faculty, and staff.Trestle at Pope Lick Creek by Naomi Wallace Directed by Nick FesetteStudent Lab Theatre CompanyTwo Truths and Allie by Joshua Bastian ColePrepare a one-minute monologue...
Today marks the start of three days of events with filmmakers from The Memory Project, Caochangdi Workstation, in Beijing. Please join Wenguang Wu & Mengqi Zhang on Monday, November 7, from 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. as they discuss "Knocking on Memory's Door with a Video Camera" in Kaufmann Auditorium, G64, Goldwin Smith Hall: https://www.facebook....
This coming spring, the Department of Performing and Media Arts will sponsor the fourth annual Centrally Isolated Film Festival: students are working hard to grow the festival and make it a permanent part of our annual events, a highlight for students interested in cinema, and something that people will enjoy, value, and return to year after year...
Civic Ensemble, Cultura Ithaca, and Teatrotaller, in association with Missing Bolts Productions Inc. (Blair Baker & Zac Kline artistic directors) and NoPassport Theatre Alliance and Press (Caridad Svich, founder), are pleased to present a staged reading of AFTER ORLANDO, an evening of short plays in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub...
Four generations of punk luminaries – including John Doe and Exene Cervenka, Ian MacKaye, Aaron Cometbus, Shonen Knife, Victoria Ruiz and members of Pussy Riot – will gather at Cornell Nov. 1-5 for a weeklong celebration of the cultural, political and historical impact of punk.Punkfest Cornell will feature film screenings, performances and panel...
When: November 11, 12, 18, and 19, at 7:30 p.m., and November 19 at 2:00 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETSPlaywright Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice finds the goddess of Greek myth trapped in a strange underworld. There Eurydice reunites with her deceased father and must decide whether she will remain with him in...
When: Thursday, November 3, and Saturday, November 5, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 4, 4:30 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETS ($5)The Baltimore Waltz, written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Paula Vogel MFA '76, PhD '16, is a comedic, yet ultimately tragic, story of the extents we will go to for...