October 22, 2024
"Leave the world a little better than you found it." This adage is certainly true of Production Electrician/Sound & Light Supervisor David Liles’s time as an educator. With a career spanning over 17 years, Liles has worn a variety of hats and expanded theatre opportunities for many young people in Lubbock.
September 23, 2024
As I recently welcomed our largest undergraduate class in many years in the Maedgen Theatre, I asked them to look at one another, explaining that the young people sitting beside them will be the artists with whom they collaborate in the next four years to produce art (and, in many cases, also after they graduate). I reminded them that performance, especially theatre and dance, depends on trusting one another.
September 23, 2024
As we saw with the inclusion of hip-hop in the Olympics this summer, questions about who dances, how they dance, and why they dance are important.
September 23, 2024
While balancing parenthood and a career is always difficult, professionals in the field of dance face some specific challenges due to inherent industry features.