David Adam Moore is
a highly sought-after leading baritone by major opera houses and
orchestras worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal
Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala, Lyric Opera of
Chicago, Salzburg Festival and Carnegie Hall. Also notable
for his work as a projection designer, composer, digital media
artist, and stage director, Moore recently made his Lyric Opera
of Chicago stage design debut as projection designer for a new
production of Faust, in which he collaborated with
renowned sculptor/animator John Frame and stage/film designer
Vita Tzykun.
The 180 Series of courses provide exciting practical instruction
and participation in all aspects of theatrical and dance
production. Whether you are exploring these courses as a
Theatre & Dance Major, Minor, or are simply an interested
non-affiliated student, you will find passionate people working
to create art and tell stories on stage. We invite you to
join us at this link.
Emile Rappaport (B.A., theatre and dance, ‘19) works in
video production for the Los Angeles based Zach
King Team which specializes in making short, high
concept videos that are shared onto Tik Tok, Instagram, and
YouTube, though Rappaport originally arrived in L.A. to
pursue an acting career.
We are dismayed at the recent racist violence, and murders, in
Atlanta, and across the country, against Asian and Asian-American
people and women in particular. We recognize that this is part of
an ongoing regime of racism and violence and denounce it.
We stand in solidarity with those working against racism in
our communities, workplaces, government, and cultural
environment.
As Artists and Educators in Theatre, Dance, and Performance we
unequivocally condemn the historically rooted and pervasive
racist murders of African Americans and other people of color by
police in the United States and globally. We acknowledge these
most recent examples are not unique. We acknowledge this plague
is systemic and extends beyond the police. We cannot function as
a society, nor as a learning institution, in a context where
people of color cannot walk, jog, drive, talk, or even sleep in
their homes safely without fear of being murdered by the state.
We certainly cannot teach our craft, which is by its very nature
a living and breathing engagement with all people, without
denouncing this violence, and the hateful rhetoric that fuels it.
Alumnus Tom Burmester (B.A., dramatic arts, ’01; PhD,
performance studies, ‘22) has been named as the new executive
director of The Historic Woodland Opera House (WOH). He replaces
the outgoing director Angela Baltezore who will retire in June.
Professor L.M. Bogad’s play COINTELSHOW: A PATRIOT
ACT is a biting political satire about COINTELPRO,
the FBI’s counterintelligence program with which they sabotaged,
disrupted, and repressed domestic groups like the Black Panther
Party for Self-Defense, the American Indian Movement, along with
individuals like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Fred
Hampton. The play is being presented by ArtsEmerson as a virtual
event March 8-12.
A number of UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance alumni are
working on the Big Idea Theatre’s upcoming production of William
Shakespeare’s classic comedy Twelfth Night. The
play is being presented March 3-April 1.
The Department of Theatre and Dance will hold auditions for the
spring 2023 edition of Outside the
Lines on April 8 in the Hickey Gym 185 11
a.m.-1 p.m.
The creative team is seeking dancers and physical theatre
performers for new works by graduate and undergraduate students.
Auditions are open to all UC Davis students. The choreography has
been developed under the guidance of Professor David
Grenke.
Performances will be May 18-20 in the Main Theatre, Wright
Hall.
The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance will present
White Dancer Loops, an MFA project, by graduate student
Teresa Salas in collaboration with anthropology doctoral student
Ileanna Cheladyn on April 11-14 in the Della Davidson
Performance Studio, Nelson Hall. Performances begin at
8:30 p.m. and are free.
The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance will present
Diversity Statements…Hear Us, a choral documentary
drama, on April 28 and 30 in the Arena Theatre, Wright Hall.
Performances begin at 7 p.m. and are free.
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present the spring
2023 edition of Outside the Lines on May
18-20 in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall. Performances
begin at 7 p.m.
The program includes performances of new works by graduate and
undergraduate students. The choreography has been developed
under the guidance of Professor David Grenke.
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present Open,
Stay, a new musical, June 7-10 in the Vanderhoef
Studio Theatre, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the
Performing Arts.
