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About Our Program
The theater and dance programs at Ursinus
prepare students for a life in which intellectual thinking,
aesthetic awareness, communication, and collaboration are
integral components. The study of theater and dance within the
context of a liberal arts education will develop students for
whom rigorous intellectual and artistic inquiries are
inextricably linked.
The theater and dance department
offers coursework in acting, dancing, choreography, directing,
history and theory of performance, theatrical design, and
production. Our objectives are:
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to offer historical, critical, and practical training in the
performing arts
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to develop in students an awareness that the performing arts
are vital forms of cultural expression that reflect their
socio-political contexts
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to provide students with a deep understanding of the balance
between awareness, thought, imagination and creative expression
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to engage students in the creative process as a unique means
to develop their self-knowledge as citizens, individuals and
passionate artists who can inspire and transform audiences; and
finally
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to prepare students for graduate study, a career in the
performing arts, or to apply their knowledge and experience to
other fields of endeavor.
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