Theatre - Hamilton College Clinton

Theatre from Hamilton College Clinton is a Campus Bachelor Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. THE PROGRAM IN THEATRE IS AT THE HEART of the liberal arts experience at Hamilton. It focuses not only on the process of creating performance art, but on the growth of the performer as well. Students in theatre develop the tools with which to approach other disciplines with creativity and rigor. The demands and rewards of artistic performance encourage personal responsibility and empowerment, and they build a sense of community both within the creative ensemble and between performer and audience. Through classes, workshops, projects and productions, students are helped to find and develop their own identities. Theatre is a demanding discipline at Hamilton. It challenges students to develop intellectually, creatively, physically and emotionally. In addition to teaching the skills of theatre as an art form, the Hamilton curriculum emphasizes ideas, imagination, problem solving, spontaneity, discipline, cooperation and commitment. Majors maintain high academic and artistic standards as they work on individual and collaborative projects. Students may major in theatre or minor in theatre or design and production, taking a series of courses that balance performance and nonperformance workshops and classes. What ultimately distinguishes the theatre program at Hamilton is what one professor calls its ?contemporaneousness.? Productions are innovative and often provocative. They not only entertain but also explore the many social and multicultural dimensions of performance. It is a dynamic, challenging community that aims to awaken and cultivate every student's creative potential and presence. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES At Hamilton, students of theatre and dance have diverse performance, directing, choreography and design opportunities. Auditions for main stage theatre productions are open to all students. Each year, faculty members and students produce two or three plays directed by faculty members, two dance concerts choreographed by faculty members, and as many as 10 productions directed, choreographed, designed, performed and produced by students. Students and faculty also participate in the national American College Dance Festival. The College and the department sponsor two visiting artists series ? Classical Connections and Contemporary Voices and Visions ? that bring renowned performers to campus. In addition to seeing the work of these guests, students participate in workshops, seminars and classes with the artists. Recent visiting artists and master teachers have included Pilobolus, Dance Brazil, Feld Ballets/NY, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Anne Bogart, the Saratoga International Theatre Institute, Fred Curchak, Meredith Monk, Bread and Puppet Theater, the Joe Goode Performance Group and Sweet Honey in the Rock. Student theatre majors have taught and performed at local schools and art centers as well as with summer theatres. Students interested in arts administration gain experience in the department box office and as house managers. Many theatre majors secure internships with summer theatres after their junior year. Theatre and dance students also participate in many outstanding programs abroad and have studied in such places as Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Bali, Germany, London and Paris. THE SENIOR PROGRAM The Senior Program is the culmination of one's Hamilton experience in a focused project, carried out under the close supervision of a faculty member. It draws together coursework and creativity, theory and practice. Students in theatre and dance have a variety of options in writing, performance, directing, choreography and design as they pursue the senior project that concludes the Senior Program. Each theatre student produces a senior project in which he or she not only directs and, where appropriate, acts in or writes a one-act play, but produces a major scholarly paper based on this experience. RESOURCES Hamilton offers a variety of classroom and performance facilities: Wellin Hall, Minor Theater, List Dance Studio and Beinecke Events Barn. In addition, the theatre and dance programs provide a range of specialized staging and design equipment as well as stock and computerized lighting systems in various production shops. View more details on Hamilton College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.