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students create a mural at Goodyear Studios, on the Dickinson campus.

Through the Kaleidoscope Lens

Fall arts events comment on social media, photography history, gender identity and Zimbabwean music, and also include Trout films and the first Mermaid Players production staged at the College Farm.

DTG's Freshworks 2017. .

The Mind-Body Muse

A neuroscience major's bold choreography is both an artful celebration and real-time demonstration of the mind-body connection in one of eight thought-provoking new works in Freshworks 2017.

Eiko Otake. Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

Anguish, Outrage, Transcendence

After dancing barefoot on contaminated ground, Eiko Otake delivers searing, otherworldly performances on campus, presenting work that's transformed her four-decade career.

Eiko Otake, one the renowned figures who will serve artistic residencies on campus this spring.

Save the Dates!

Ancient Greece, contemporary China, 16th-century Germany and 21st-century America: The inspirations behind this spring’s public arts events are wildly diverse.

Our Howl

A 'Howl' for Today

The Dance Theatre Group's fall concert, Our Howl, pays edgy tribute to a Ginsberg classic, set for today, featuring choreography by Richard Move.

Student composers look on as the Amernet Quartet performs their works as part of their on-campus residency. Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

Taking Their Encore

Amernet String Quartet kicks off an exciting residency season that features John Patrick Shanley, Barry Snyder, Simon Morrison, Richard Move, Ben Munisteri and Michael Yoder.

Choreography by Richard Move. Photo by Stephanie Berger.

Not for the Faint of Art

An award-winning playwright/screenwriter and celebrated pianist. A digital-music composer. Student-faculty exhibits and recitals, and much more. See what's in store this fall via the Calendar of Arts.

Matt Hunt '19

The Business of Music

How do you make the most of life? For musician/composer and Eagle Scout Matt Hunt ’19 (music, international business & management), the answer lies in music, openness and learning from mistakes.

A twist on the typical year-in-review feature from our photographer's perspective.

Summer on the Move

A new summer program brings well-known choreographers to campus to use Dickinson’s dance studio while students are away. In exchange, the choreographer provides a new dance for students to perform.

Photo by A. Pierce Bounds '71.

A New Way of Knowing

Dickinson’s Department of Theatre & Dance presents Freshworks 2016.

Anastasia Putri (right) and Rachael Smith.

Creating a Whole Mountain

Weiss Prize winners Rachael Smith ’16 and Anastasia Putri ’16 create interdisciplinary performances examining how different perspectives shape reality.

Sarah Skaggs

Ecstasy Revisited

Director of Dance Sarah Skaggs' new work revisits the landscape of trauma and its aftermath, to critical acclaim.

calendar of arts

From Aeschylus to Zarzeka

The departments of art, creative writing, music and theatre & dance present an exciting lineup of spring events.

Alex Dillon on Britton Plaza.

Cultivating Appreciation

Drummer and East Asian studies major Alex Dillon ’17 discusses his college-decision process, the unexpected joy of dance and the importance of appreciating others’ creativity.

the annual student concerto competition took place in public for the first time this year.

Trumpeting Excellence

Two students earn top honors for musical performances, on campus and off.

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