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Join the Department of Performing and Media Arts for Professional Directions: True Stories from a TV Literary Agent with Jillian Holch '16, TV Literary Agent at Verve on Thursday, November 20 at 5:00 PM on Zoom.

In this session, Holch will discuss her career trajectory from Cornell's PMA to working in the television business as well as sharing insights as to how to climb the ladder successfully in a time of industry transition. The guest will join virtually on Zoom. This event is moderated by PMA Associate Professors Beth F. Milles and Kristen Warner. Free and open to the public.

Jillian Holch is a TV Literary Agent at Verve. She works with writers at all levels from staff writers to showrunners across comedy, drama, and animation. She was previously at A3 Artists Agency for 5 years, where she rose from assistant to coordinator to agent.  A ’16 PMA graduate, Holch started her career as an assistant to an Executive Producer at Sony Pictures Television.

The Professional Directions series brings industry experts to campus to speak about their career journeys as screenwriters, playwrights, editors, producers, directors, theatre critics, dramaturgs, and more.

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Join the Department of Performing and Media Arts for Share In/Share Out: End-of-Semester PMA Dance Showcase. The showcase will take place in the Class of ’56 Dance Studio Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, on Friday, November 21, at 7:30 pm, and on Saturday, November 22, at 2:00 pm. Both performances are free and open to the public. Get your free tickets at pma.cornell.edu/tickets.

Share In/Share Out is an end-of-semester showcase of predominately student-devised dance works, specifically featuring Cornellians enrolled in PMA Dance Studio courses this fall semester: PMA 2300: Dance Composition and PMA 3210: Classical Dance Technique.

This compilation of projects and portfolios is a part of "Dancing Home/Land," which is a yearlong series of live performances and activations, guest artist residencies and symposia, and extra/curricular experiences that engages artists, students, and communities in dialogue around memory, migration, and place—and where fantasy can serve as a site for reworlding belonging and futurity.

Included in this event is the return of an original choreography by PMA's Assistant Professor of the Practice Danielle Russo in collaboration with Dr. Gabriela Gomez of the Cornell Department of Music and the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, performing Norman Dello Joio's "Choreography," which originally premiered on October 5, 2025 at Bailey Hall.

For more information about this semester’s programming and the courses offered above, please contact Assistant Professor of the Practice, Danielle Russo at drusso@cornell.edu and Assistant Professor, Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz at jma377@cornell.edu.

Image by Thomas Hoebbel Photography. Brave New World by Assistant Professor of the Practice Danielle Russo for SHED: An Evening of Intermedia Dance in Three Episodes (Spring 2025).

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Join the Department of Performing and Media Arts for Share In/Share Out: End-of-Semester PMA Dance Showcase. The showcase will take place in the Class of ’56 Dance Studio Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, on Friday, November 21, at 7:30 pm, and on Saturday, November 22, at 2:00 pm. Both performances are free and open to the public. Get your free tickets at pma.cornell.edu/tickets.

Share In/Share Out is an end-of-semester showcase of predominately student-devised dance works, specifically featuring Cornellians enrolled in PMA Dance Studio courses this fall semester: PMA 2300: Dance Composition and PMA 3210: Classical Dance Technique.

This compilation of projects and portfolios is a part of "Dancing Home/Land," which is a yearlong series of live performances and activations, guest artist residencies and symposia, and extra/curricular experiences that engages artists, students, and communities in dialogue around memory, migration, and place—and where fantasy can serve as a site for reworlding belonging and futurity.

Included in this event is the return of an original choreography by PMA's Assistant Professor of the Practice Danielle Russo in collaboration with Dr. Gabriela Gomez of the Cornell Department of Music and the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, performing Norman Dello Joio's "Choreography," which originally premiered on October 5, 2025 at Bailey Hall.

For more information about this semester’s programming and the courses offered above, please contact Assistant Professor of the Practice, Danielle Russo at drusso@cornell.edu and Assistant Professor, Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz at jma377@cornell.edu.

Image by Thomas Hoebbel Photography. Brave New World by Assistant Professor of the Practice Danielle Russo for SHED: An Evening of Intermedia Dance in Three Episodes (Spring 2025).

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Cornell in Los Angeles (CULA) is a new study away semester open to all Cornell undergraduate students! Spend the Spring 2027 semester in the global entertainment capital, earning Cornell class credits and having signature L.A. experiences offered by the Department of Performing and Media Arts!

“I’m excited students will have an immersive experience in Los Angeles with unparalleled access to professionals, studios, creative networks, cultural institutions, and archives to complement their enriching in-class curricular experience,” said PMA Chair Samantha N. Sheppard.

Join PMA for one of the following information sessions to find out more about the program and the applications details:

• Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, 5pm, Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
• Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 5pm, on Zoom at bit.ly/cula-info25

PMA Associate Professor Kristen Warner directs the program, guiding student coursework, and connecting students with professionals and insiders across the industry. “I’m looking forward to seeing the moments of recognition and the confidence building that happens when students see the possibilities for success in this study away experience,” said Warner.

Applications will be accepted April 1-May 1, 2026.

Cornell in Los Angeles is made possible by a generous gift by Liz and Randal Sandler.

Learn more about Cornell in Los Angeles

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