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Courtesy of Black Movements Dance Theatre | Black Movements Dance Theatre (BMDT) will present its spring concert, “Eternal Roots,” Feb. 14 and 15, featuring student, guest, and faculty choreography.

BMDT Honors Storytelling, Black Movement in Eternal Roots

By Ruth Abramovitz, GUSA Desk Editor February 14, 2025

Black Movements Dance Theatre (BMDT), an academic dance company centered around Black dance, will present its spring concert, “Eternal Roots,” at the Gonda Theatre on Feb. 14 and 15.  The performance...

President Donald Trump became the new chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a frequent partner of Georgetown University, Feb. 12, after installing a new executive director and dismissing more than half of the board Feb. 10.

Trump Overhauls Kennedy Center Leadership, Names Himself Chairman

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor February 13, 2025

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board of trustees elected President Donald Trump as its new chair Feb. 12 after Trump dismissed more than half of the board and appointed a new interim...

GU Dance Company Marks 50th Anniversary With ‘Works in Progress’

GU Dance Company Marks 50th Anniversary With ‘Works in Progress’

By Ruth Abramovitz, GUSA Desk Editor December 6, 2024

The Georgetown University Dance Company (GUDC) began presenting “Works in Progress,” the preview to their annual spring show, Dec. 4 for it to run until Dec. 6 while honoring the program’s 50th anniversary.   The...

GU Professor Premiers ‘The Motherload’ at Hawai’i Film Festival

GU Professor Premiers ‘The Motherload’ at Hawai’i Film Festival

By Madeline Grabow, Chief Copy Editor October 18, 2024

Assistant professor for Georgetown University’s Theater and Performance Studies (TPST) program Van Tran Nguyen premiered her feature-length film “The Motherload” at the 44th Annual Hawaii International...

Professional Jazz Musicians Discuss Performance Tips, Music Technique

Professional Jazz Musicians Discuss Performance Tips, Music Technique

By Sophia Lu March 4, 2023

Georgetown University’s department of performing arts hosted three professional musicians in its “Jazz Combos” and “Jazz Ensemble” classes to workshop performance techniques with students. All...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS/FACEBOOK | With a wide array of ways to get involved with varying levels of commitment, students weave music into their curriculum with the program.

Students Add Music Into Academics With Music Program

By Antonio Grumser October 25, 2019

Despite its at times limiting size, Georgetown University’s music program offers instruction and resources not only for students formally majoring or minoring in the program, but also for musically...

The Untold Story

By John Miller September 16, 2016

What do an extreme snowboarder, a guitarist from a critically acclaimed rock band, an opening act for Big Sean and a chart-topping country songwriter have in common? Not only did they spend their college...

NAAZ MODAN FOR THE HOYALisette Booty (COL ’17), left, plays the black maid Vera Stark opposite Leah Benz (COL ’18) as Gloria in the Black Theatre Ensemble’s fall production of “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” by Lynn Nottage. The play opened last night and will run through Sunday.

Industry Diversity, Meet Vera Stark

By Jasmine White October 9, 2015

At a time when racial tensions seem to be at the forefront of America’s entertainment industry, Black Theatre Ensemble’s newest production could not be any more opportune. Produced by Taylor...

Olivia Duff (COL '16) and Conor Ross (COL '16) in Nomadic Theatre's "Sick" last January.

Performing Against the Odds

By Michael Fiedorowicz February 27, 2015

Marking its 10th year in November, the Royden B. Davis Performing Arts Center has more to celebrate than an imminent milestone — over the past decade, it has served as the home for the nationally...

Troupe Improvises After Accidental Poster Order

By Jamie Slater February 12, 2014

Two weeks ago, the campus was papered in nondescript white flyers, belonging to the Georgetown ImprovAssociation, reading: “WE ACCIDENTALLY SPENT $700 ON MARKETING FOR THIS SHOW. oops. PLEASE COME SEE...

Arts Department Splits in Two

By Kaitlyn Gallagher August 29, 2008

The Department of Art, Music and Theater has seen its day; enter stage right the newly created Department of Art and Art History and the Department of Performing Arts. The university announced this...

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