Join us as we celebrate spring in the 29th annual community dance program spring concert. Over 130 dancers, ages 3 and up will perform in Russell Auditorium on Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m. There is free admission. This year's theme is "love is in the air" and features many selections from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet, created in 1890. Original choreography by Marius Petipa and our GCSU instructors. Ballet, contemporary, dance, tap, jazz, hip-hop and lots of surprises await!
Celebrate spring with us as the department of Theatre and Dance presents the annual Georgia College & State University Spring Dance Concert at Russell Auditorium on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at tickets.gsu.edu. The choreography of dance faculty Amelia Pelton, Natalie King, guest artist Shawny “Humlao” Evans and student choreographers will be featured. Classical ballet, contemporary dance, tap dance and surprises await you...
In February, senior theatre major Mary Morgan Collier of Athens, Georgia, competed and won the Region IV Student Dramaturg Award from Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Region IV is one of eight regions for the competition, so eight winners are chosen annually. From there, a panel of experts selected Collier as a national finalist for Region 4 and recipient of a LMDA/KCACTF Dramaturgy Fellowship for her dramaturgical...
Harlee Pope, ’18, is all wrapped up in the entertainment and film industry. From working on the set of the CBS TV series “MacGyver,” interviewing rock legends like “Men at Work,” starring in the Pretense music video by Alex Gråey, Pope applies the knowledge gained through her Georgia College & State University degree daily. “Being a part of Georgia College’s Georgia Film Academy program allowed me to learn the ins- and-outs of the film industry,” she said. “At the end of the course,...
Erden Mohl is painting scenery this summer—exquisite, authentic-looking bricks and wood grains—for a production at Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina. Mohl is one of more than 120 Georgia College students and recent graduates doing internships this summer. It’s a perfect transition between school and the workforce, giving the theatre major a chance to build upon skills she learned at Georgia College. “The challenge of leaving behind this community that I've grown accustomed to for...
Children in Baldwin County Schools are getting an opportunity to dance—something they wouldn’t be exposed to in their early years if it weren’t for dance minors in Georgia College’s dance pedagogy class. Community dance is one of the university’s biggest outreach programs and has been around in some form for at least 20 years. Last year, a new element started: free dance lessons twice a week in Baldwin’s primary schools and academies. “Our aim is to expand opportunities beyond campus...
Cole Hanlin What’s your major? Do you have a minor? Theatre Major / Political Science Minor. Where are you from? Originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Why were you interested in your major? Theatre is my life's passion project. I'm never not working on theatre in some way and I love it. Why did you choose to attend Georgia College? I chose to attend Georgia College after seeing Detroit '67 and Cabaret in 2018. Everything I wanted out of theatre I found here. What was your favorite...
Hannah Victoria Thomas, ’16, started dancing when she was three and choreographing at 12 at her local church. She’d been in amazing dance opportunities as an adolescent, including performing with the Atlanta Ballet at the Fox, Big Boi, the Junior Atlanta Hawks Dance and Junior Atlanta Falcons Cheerleading teams, Usher’s New Look and more. But it wasn’t until she got to Georgia College that she considered dance as a potential academic career. Her journey to captain of the Georgia College...
When watching a production, a vital source—the dramaturg—is often overlooked. It’s the person who researches the history of the roles and setting, adapts the scripts and consults with everyone involved, so the production is on point. Senior Sachen Pillay is an integral member of Georgia College’s production team. The double history and liberal studies major and theatre minor did such a thorough job as a dramaturg for his research on his first production, “Ballet Russes,” that he placed...
