Theater Dance and Media
Harvard Says It Wants to Boost Interdisciplinary Research. Its Professors Have Questions.
“Interdisciplinarity” has become something of a buzzword among Harvard professors. But in interviews with The Crimson, seven professors from the Arts and Humanities division said that the term, as it is popularly used, may raise more questions than it does answers.
Harvard Students Honor Asian Culture in Rewrite of Racist Operetta
Throughout the last weekend of March, students from the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players transported audiences to London in the year 3070 through their musical “The Milk Made.”
Despite Decrease in Concentrators, Students and Faculty Alike Defend the Humanities
Of the 18 concentrations in the Arts and Humanities division, 10 have experienced significant decreases in numbers of concentrators, six remained relatively steady, and two saw slight increases between 2015 and 2019.
Theater, Dance, and Media Seniors Say Pandemic Threatens Portfolios, Post-Grad Prospects
Some seniors studying Theater, Dance, and Media say they are concerned about their portfolios and post-grad plans in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
On Enduring, and Acting Class
If you act because applause feels good, you won’t be long for this profession, he said. “Because the math doesn’t help you.”
Remo Airaldi 1
Harvard Theater, Dance, and Media lecturer Remo F. Airaldi '85 has appeared in more than sixty productions at the American Repertory Theatre since 1993.
Remo Airaldi 2
Remo F. Airaldi '85, a Harvard lecturer on Theater, Dance, and Media, teaches his weekly improv class, TDM 120: "What's so Funny?: Introduction to Improvisational Comedy."
Yvette J. Jackson to Become Assistant Professor in Harvard’s Music Department
Jackson, who currently serves as a visiting assistant professor of music at Amherst College, holds a doctorate in music-integrative studies.
Theater, Dance, and Media Sees Doubled Concentrators
The number of students concentrating in Theater, Dance, and Media—Harvard's youngest concentration at four years old—has almost doubled over the past three years.
In Fourth Year, TDM Continues Modest Growth
Theater, Dance, and Media, in its fourth year as Harvard’s youngest concentration, is searching for new faculty members and diversifying its curriculum as it grows.
Brave New World
Dancers move in unison to portray the uniformity regulated by the government in Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.”
Two Years In, Mixed Reviews for Theater, Dance, and Media Concentration
The initial batches of Theater, Dance, and Media concentrators largely laud the program, though some say it can be difficult to balance its multiple components.
Brave New World
Student dancer performs against projected images of international riots and rallies.
A.R.T. Institute Affiliates Respond to Failing Debt Grade
Student's at Harvard's A.R.T. Institute—which received a failing grade for saddling graduates with debt—say they realize careers in the arts can be low-paying.
Dining Hall Dancing
Olga Kinnard, a coach for the Harvard Ballroom Dance Team, teaches students during a free Wintersession dance lesson hosted by Harvard Ballroom in the Adams Dining Hall Wednesday night.
Making Space: Diversity, Inclusion, and the Arts at Harvard
As Harvard’s undergraduate student body has grown ever more diverse, many challenges remain in making the University a fully inclusive institution for all those admitted. According to The Crimson’s annual survey of graduating seniors, students of color at Harvard are less likely to concentrate in the arts and humanities than their white peers. But both faculty and students say that making the arts more open has rarely been so important.
“Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls” Arrives at Farkas Hall
Piñatas, komodo dragons, a dog that turns into a human: These wacky sights, among others, will take the stage at Farkas Hall this weekend during Harvard’s production of Naomi Iizuka’s 1999 comedy “Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls.”
Daniel S. Kramer Reinvents ‘A Dream Play’ in Farkas Hall
Creating a professional-quality show—the second in the TDM Department’s history—while simultaneously mentoring Harvard students provided Kramer with a unique opportunity outside of the limits of commercial theater. “It was a great opportunity to explore one of the greatest pieces of avant-garde theater ever written,” he says.
Curtain Rises on New Theater Dance Media Magazine
Theater Dance Media, a new student-produced magazine focusing on design and performing arts at Harvard, debuted this week.
Movement Lab
Daniel Getega ‘19 participates in a dance exercise as part of Jill Johnson’s Movement Lab.
TDM in Retrospect: What It Takes to Set a Stage
While schools like Princeton and Yale had already had larger theater and dance programs running for years, Harvard's Theater, Dance, and Media concentration did not make its debut until Oct. 1, 2015. Through the efforts of faculty like TDM chair Martin Puchner and dance director Jill Johnson, Harvard's newest foray into the study of theater is only just starting to take the stage.
Dance Center Reading
A series of books are laid upon a piano in a Dance Center studio, meant as inspiration for Music 105R: Fundaments of Improvisation & Composition, Dance.
Professor Jill Johnson
Theater, Dance, and Media Professor Jill Johnson shows images taken throughout the course of the major’s history.
Harvard Dance Project Polaroids
Polaroids from the Harvard Dance Project decorate the Harvard Dance Center.