Whether you’re interested in dancing or acting, plays and playwriting, choreography, directing or design, we invite you to learn and create with us.
Frankie Baron, Junghyun Georgia Lee and SEVAN have joined the Department of Theater and Dance.
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We pride ourselves on being an inclusive department. Majors and non-majors, first-years and upper-class students, and Five College students all work together to produce our season of theater and dance. There are lots of opportunities -- extracurricular and curricular -- for all students.
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All Theater & Dance shows are free, unless otherwise noted.
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The Theater and Dance major provides an interdisciplinary foundation in the arts of theater and dance, and in their history, theory and literature.
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This program pools dance offerings from Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges, and the UMass Amherst, creating one of the largest dance programs in the nation.
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Our students produce a full seasons of shows alongside accomplished faculty, learning by doing while showcasing our students' talents and achievements.
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We have two theaters, equipped with modern lighting and sound technology, a scene shop, a costume shop, an audio lab and four studio workspaces for performance, rehearsal and design.
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Our alumni—a collection of vibrant actors, writers, scholars, educators and designers—work all over the world in film, television, theatre, education and arts administration.
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Together, Amherst’s dynamic arts programs foster a lively environment for the multidisciplinary study, creation and presentation of the arts.
Learn MoreThis introductory course focuses on movement as a language that communicates our thoughts, emotions, beliefs, habits and sensations. We will explore and expand our individual movement vocabularies through improvisation and various movement practices.
In this second course in the craft of speaking, students learn to shape and speak text to powerful effect. Students build on prior work to extend vocal range and capacity while learning component principles of spoken expression.
In this workshop-based course, students will continue to learn and hone the basic elements of writing for the stage: voice, craft, and process, augmented by a focus on studying full-length plays.
Emma Ratshin '22E's senior thesis "Bad Jews" was performed last weekend, providing a provocative and dark examination of family, religious identity, and community. (Photo by Emma Ratshin '22E)
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