Tag: theatre and dance

Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) participated in the Second Annual Saint Peter Art Stroll on November 11-12.

Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) had an embroidery art piece accepted into the Carnegie Art Centers Juried Exhibition in Mankato. The opening reception is Friday, October 6 from 5-7 p.m., and the exhibition runs from October 5-21.

Lydia Francis ’11 (Theatre and Dance) has illustrated Spider, Spider On the Wall, a children’s book written by her aunt, Mary Schlichting. “It was a lifelong dream to bring her beautiful story to life. We had no deadline and no publisher, but I fell in love with the idea we soon hit the ground running…

Jill Patterson (Theatre and Dance) and Abbie Doran ’23, Have Been Invited… to present “Veneer”—choreographed by Jill and performed by Abbie—at the National American College Dance Association (NCDA) Festival Gala Performance at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, California State University, Long Beach on May 26-28. This was one of three dances from the Gala (out…

Jill Patterson (Theatre and Dance) and Abbie Doran ’23, Have been selected for the gala concert performance at the American College Dance Association Conference, North Central region! Jill’s solo, “Veneer,” was one of 11 dances chosen for the concert from among 36 adjudicated pieces submitted by attending colleges and universities. Abbie will reprise the performance…

Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) was honored with the University Resident Theatre Association (URTA) Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Training in Costume Design. URTA is a national organization that hosts auditions for MFA programs in all fields of theatre and is the largest recruitment event for graduate schools in theatre. Larissa will be recognized during…

Melissa Rolnick (Theatre and Dance) performed “Archive,” choreographed by her colleague Jill Patterson, at the 2022 Women in Dance Leadership Conference. The solo was performed at the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago on October 15.

Terena Wilkens (Theatre and Dance) co-led a workshop entitled “Excitedly Undecided: Teaching Design and Technology as a General Ed Course” at the United States Institute of Theatre Technology Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland.

Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) had her book Foundations of Flat Patterning and Draping – for the Female Form published through Routledge. The book provides the foundational tools necessary for success in the techniques of flat patterning and draping clothes and costumes. The techniques in this book generalize across sizes and shapes making it universally…

Henry MacCarthy (Theatre & Dance) was one of 37 Venezuelan artists residing abroad invited to create and present a mobile videoportrait for La Caja de Fósforos in Caracas for their project Casa Imaginaria: Un recorrido por las estancias de las moradas del alma, sponsored by the British Council in Venezuela. The works were presented online…