What's New

Faculty, Staff and Students associated with the Department of Dance and Theatre Arts during 2007 are Nominees for the 2007 Lester Horton Awards!

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Company
Palindrome Performance Group - MANIFOLD - Patrick Damon Rago, Artistic Director (Full time faculty LMU)

Oni Dance - The Splendor of Gretel - Maria Gillespie, Artistic Director (Part-time faculty LMU)

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Male
Chad Michael Hall - The Museum Project - Regina Klenjoski Dance Company (Visiting full-time faculty LMU)

Nick Heitzeberg - The Museum Project - Regina Klenjoski Dance Company (Almunus 2007)

Patrick Damon Rago - MANIFOLD - Palindrome Performance Group (Full time faculty LMU)

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Female
Holly Johnston - experiment one - Ledges and Bones Dance Project (Alumna 1998 and Part-time faculty LMU)

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography - Long Form
Patrick Damon Rago - MANIFOLD - Palindrome Performance Group (Full time faculty LMU)

Holly Johnston - Departures from Common - Ledges and Bones Dance Project Project (Alumna 1998 and Part-time faculty LMU)

Outstanding Production of a Festival or Series
Holly Johnston - Emerging ABOVE GROUND Project (Alumna 1998 and Part-time faculty LMU)

Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance
David Karagianis (Full-time dance musician LMU) - Submerged - Stephanie Jamieson, Choreographer (Senior Dance major-LMU)

Monti Ellison - Deciduous Dances - Rhapsody In Taps (Part-time faculty and dance musician LMU)

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design
Dan Weingarten - Hysterica X - Hysterica Dance Company (Full-time faculty LMU [Theatre) and Lighting Designer for Dance LMU)

NEW IDEAS, NEW DIRECTIONS

This year, the dance program has added two new courses to the curriculum.

Dance Technology and Media
Developed by Visiting Assistant Professor Chad Michael Hall and Music Director and Resident Composer David Karagianis, this course introduces students to a variety of multimedia technologies that enhance the creative process and provide tools for self promotion an marketing.
Click here to view video samples of student work.

Choreography Workshop
This course is designed for students who wish to choreograph for the annual student concert held each spring. This workshop, held weekly, provides an open forum for student choregraphers to receive valuable feedback on their work from invited faculty as well as fellow students. LMUDT Logo

LMUDT

This year, the dance program will present its annual student concert as the first official production of Loyola Marymount University Dance Theatre, or LMUDT. The purpose of this new title is to create a formal identity for the process and production of the student show and an organization through which students can publicize and raise money for this and future dance events.

YOUTUBE

Now you can view our latest productions and see clips of current students' work by visiting us on YouTube.
Click here to link directly to the site.