Department of Theatre and Dance
APSU’s Theatre and Dance Department fosters artists, scholars and professionals who positively impact our world. We provide a creative environment in which we educate and prepare students for the professional worlds of Theatre and Dance.
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Students progress through a rigorous training program that incorporates both practice and scholarship.
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We support student’s creative, performance, and scholarly aptitudes through exposure to expansive practical and philosophical approaches to dance and theatre studies.
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We advance critical thought processes by stressing the theoretical, pedagogical, and historical aspects of theatre and dance studies.
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We nurture and inspire excellence in student achievement.
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We cultivate engaged industry professionals who strive to represent the changes the industry requires.
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Admission is via audition and/or portfolio review and interview. Begin the application process now by setting up an audition date.
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The Department of Theatre & Dance, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, will present the musical "Ride the Cyclone" Oct. 22-25 in the Mike and Sara Gotcher Theatre, with Texas-based nonprofit Moxxy Forensic Investigations on-site to share its work identifying the unidentified.
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Austin Peay State University's Department of Theatre & Dance, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, will host the groundbreaking theatrical dance troupe Urban Bush Women for a free public studio performance and masterclass from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 14 in the Memorial Health Building's dance studios.
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The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts recently awarded Transformative Student Experience Grants to six College of Arts and Letters students, funding summer experiences that ranged from vocal training in Italy to off-Broadway debuts in New York.
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