Creativity was the theme for this year’s Hackathon. Sponsored by the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity, students from Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby studied ways of combining technology and art, as tech solutions were applied across a range of areas, including literature, music, and visual arts.
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The founder of the Black List will spend the academic year engaging with Bowdoin students and community; his first visit includes a conversation with acclaimed writer and producer David Simon.
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A new performance piece by composer and multimedia artist Badie Khaleghian combines dance, human vocal sounds, and technology. The cutting-edge work, which also involves two of Khaleghian’s Bowdoin faculty colleagues, enjoys its world premiere in Houston, Texas, in mid-August.
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Bowdoin undergraduates are pursuing a wide range of funded academic projects over the summer. Continuing with our series of summer fellowship profiles, we check in with an earth scientist, a sociologist, and a theater major.
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Former Bowdoin stand-up comic Sophie Fleur de Bruijn ’18 is making waves in the film industry as a writer. Her latest screenplay, One Month Mark, has attracted the attention of Hollywood A-lister Jennifer Lawrence, who wants to star in and produce the romantic comedy.
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From Indigenous religious practices in Central and Eastern Africa to human drama in the Czech Republic and the US, the wide-ranging work of three cinema studies students, all of them seniors, was celebrated as the semester drew to a close.
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From prestigious awards and major research grants to acclaimed performances, exhibitions, publications, and public scholarship, Bowdoin faculty members contributed to their fields in significant and creative ways throughout the spring semester.
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George Ellzey, a Chicago-based filmmaker, director, and producer, recently returned to Bowdoin to share his wisdom and his work with students. He screened his award-winning short film Cottage Grove, along with two works in progress, Accessories and Closed Mouths.
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Enjoy a slideshow of images by photographer James A. Hadley from Bowdoin College’s recent production of Every Brilliant Thing. The one-person play explores themes of mental illness and suicide as a child creates a list of everything wonderful in the world to help their mother cope with depression.
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Bowdoin students enjoyed a special treat in early March as the film and TV actor, who is also a writer and director, shared his insight into the entertainment world. Adelstein’s recent big screen credits include The Menu and Crime 101. He’s also starring in the upcoming TV series The Audacity.
Read moreThe theater and dance program at Bowdoin offers students the opportunity to examine the ways in which theater and dance provoke the imagination, tell stories, create community, and challenge assumptions.
Emphasis is placed on theater and dance’s fundamental connection to the liberal arts curriculum at Bowdoin, as well as theater and dance literacy, performance skills, and an understanding of historical and social influences on drama and dance. The aim is to develop imaginative theater practitioners who collaboratively solve problems of form and content with a passionate desire to express the human condition on stage.
No prior experience is expected to participate in Theater and Dance at Bowdoin.
DANC1211 Intro to Modern Dance, Tues./Thurs. 1:15-3:40pm
DANC2204 Intermediate Improvisation, Mon./Wed. 9:05-11:00am
DANC2242/AFRS2237 Afro-Modern II: Repertory & Performance, Tues./Thurs. 9:05-11:00am
DANC2401 Choreography for Dancers, Tues./Thurs. 9:05-11:00am
DANC3212 Advanced Repertory and Performance, Mon./Wed. 1:15-3:40pm
DANC3509/GSWS3109/LACL3309 Katherine Dunham: Artist, Writer, Activist, Tues./Thurs. 1:15-3:10pm
THTR/DANC1302 Principles of Design, Tues./Thurs. 9:05-11:00am
THTR/DANC2303 Advanced Design: Lighting, Mon./Wed. 9:05-11:00am
THTR1201 Acting I: Developing Presence, Tues./Thurs. 9:05-11:00am
THTR1202 Improvisation, Mon./Wed. 9:05-11:00am – Davis Robinson
THTR1700 Department Production, Mon./Wed. 1:15-3:40 plus labs
THTR2201 Acting II: Speaking Your Truth, Tues./Thurs. 1:15-3:10pm
THTR2337/ENVS2337 Climate Variety Show: The Role of Joyful Performing Arts in Communicating Climate Change, Tues./Thurs. 1:15-3:10pm
THTR2507/URBS2505 Performance and the City, Tues./Thurs. 10:05-11:30am
THTR/DANC4040 Studio, Mon./Wed. 1:15-3:10pm