Archive: Performing Arts
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Soyica Colbert Appointed Interim Dean of Georgetown College
Georgetown College is delighted to announce that Soyica Colbert (C’01), vice dean of faculty and an Idol Family Professor of African American Studies and Theater and Performance Studies, has been appointed interim dean. Her term will start in January of 2021.
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Ignatian Seminar Examines Effects of Sound on Society and Race, Builds Community from Afar
During a time when many students are isolated, Ben Harbert, a professor in the Department of Performing Arts, has worked to create unity and community in his Ignatian Seminar by studying one of our often overlooked senses: sound.
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Georgetown College Hosts Racial Justice Speaker Series to Promote Equity and Inclusion
Next week, Georgetown College will host its first event in the series “Such a Time As This”: Racial Justice and the University in order to explore how research by Georgetown faculty advances racial justice and how the university may continue to work for a more equitable community at the university level and beyond.
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New College Faculty for 2020-2021
Georgetown College is pleased to welcome 24 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 16 College departments and programs. This cohort will help enrich the student experience through their varied and nuanced areas of study.
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Performing Arts Department Adapts to Online Learning, Provides Space for Students to Heal and Grow
The Department of Performing Arts had planned for several events in the Spring 2020 semester, including a concert series, the continuation of the In Your Shoes Project and the theatre production of The Rover. After the transition to online learning due to COVID-19, the faculty and students not only continued with their assignments, but also found creative ways to adapt their projects to the new medium.
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University Holds Racial Justice Dialogue in Wake of Recent, Past Police Brutality
The pandemic and its disproportionate effect on black people combined with new acts of violence against them have created deep pockets of pain in the university’s black community.
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College Alumnus Hopes to Amplify Stories of Black Life in New Role at Theater
Creating space and amplifying voices of Black experience is a paramount element of Reginald Douglas’ (C’09) mission as Studio Theatre’s newly named associate artistic director.
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College Hosts Virtual Teach-In, From COVID to Minneapolis: Structural Racism in America
“It pains me that we gather under the context of COVID-19 and the ongoing structural violence of anti-black racism,” says Soyica Colbert, moderator of the panel, Vice Dean of Faculty and Idol Family Professor in the Departments of Performing Arts and African American Studies. “But we are here in the tradition of teaching, as part of a social movement for change.”
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Puppet Shows and Presentations: Performing Arts Students Rise to the Zoom Challenge
When Georgetown transitioned to online learning in response to COVID-19, students in some Department of Performing Arts and other courses faced unusual obstacles completing their assignments. A number of students from professor Natsu Onoda Power classes adapted to these challenges in innovative and engaging ways.
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Georgetown Band Releases First Indie-Rock Album
The band Back to Yours – comprising one Georgetown student and four recent graduates – is known in the Georgetown community and elsewhere, having sold out numerous shows across the east coast. Now t
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