The College and the department sponsor two visiting artists series — Classical Connections and Contemporary Voices and Visions — that bring renowned performers to campus. In addition to seeing the work of these guests, students participate in workshops, seminars and classes with the artists. Recent visiting artists and master teachers have included Pilobolus, Dance Brazil, Feld Ballets/NY, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Anne Bogart, the Saratoga International Theatre Institute, Fred Curchak, Meredith Monk, Bread and Puppet Theater, the Joe Goode Performance Group and Sweet Honey in the Rock.
Hamilton offers a variety of classroom and performance facilities: Wellin Hall, Minor Theater, List Dance Studio and Beinecke Events Barn. In addition, the theatre and dance programs provide a range of specialized staging and design equipment as well as stock and computerized lighting systems in various production shops.
Theatre is by definition inclusive and interdisciplinary. Courses, productions and concerts at Hamilton offer a broad perspective on the history and role of the performing arts and their place in different cultures. Students learn to recognize and honor difference and diversity as they are immersed in unfamiliar cultures in performance and study. Through a balance of theory and practice, students gain an understanding of Western performance techniques and dramatic literature, non-Western forms and drama, and non-text-based genres of performance. And they become acquainted with the ways in which Western forms of theatre increasingly blend with and affect non-Western theatre.
In the classroom, in rehearsal and in tutorials, our program depends on close collaboration between students and faculty members. The process of learning and making theatre always involves close interaction, sometimes one-on-one and sometimes in small groups. The result is a way of teaching and learning that transcends what is found on paper or in books; it engages the student's entire being.
Hamilton's program in theatre focuses equally on performance and scholarship. Each student receives a thorough grounding in performance, history, criticism and creative techniques in a classroom environment, then applies it in the laboratory of the theatre. Formal and informal opportunities for performance abound, from major productions to senior projects to playwriting, directing and acting showcases.
Theatre is by definition inclusive and interdisciplinary. Courses, productions and concerts at Hamilton offer a broad perspective on the history and role of the performing arts and their place in different cultures. Students learn to recognize and honor difference and diversity as they are immersed in unfamiliar cultures in performance and study. Through a balance of theory and practice, students gain an understanding of Western performance techniques and dramatic literature, non-Western forms and drama, and non-text-based genres of performance. And they become acquainted with the ways in which Western forms of theatre increasingly blend with and affect non-Western theatre.
In the classroom, in rehearsal and in tutorials, our program depends on close collaboration between students and faculty members. The process of learning and making theatre always involves close interaction, sometimes one-on-one and sometimes in small groups. The result is a way of teaching and learning that transcends what is found on paper or in books; it engages the student's entire being.
Hamilton's program in theatre focuses equally on performance and scholarship. Each student receives a thorough grounding in performance, history, criticism and creative techniques in a classroom environment, then applies it in the laboratory of the theatre. Formal and informal opportunities for performance abound, from major productions to senior projects to playwriting, directing and acting showcases.
Theatre is by definition inclusive and interdisciplinary. Courses, productions and concerts at Hamilton offer a broad perspective on the history and role of the performing arts and their place in different cultures. Students learn to recognize and honor difference and diversity as they are immersed in unfamiliar cultures in performance and study. Through a balance of theory and practice, students gain an understanding of Western performance techniques and dramatic literature, non-Western forms and drama, and non-text-based genres of performance. And they become acquainted with the ways in which Western forms of theatre increasingly blend with and affect non-Western theatre.
In the classroom, in rehearsal and in tutorials, our program depends on close collaboration between students and faculty members. The process of learning and making theatre always involves close interaction, sometimes one-on-one and sometimes in small groups. The result is a way of teaching and learning that transcends what is found on paper or in books; it engages the student's entire being.
Hamilton's program in theatre focuses equally on performance and scholarship. Each student receives a thorough grounding in performance, history, criticism and creative techniques in a classroom environment, then applies it in the laboratory of the theatre. Formal and informal opportunities for performance abound, from major productions to senior projects to playwriting, directing and acting showcases.
