Fine Arts

Category: Theatre & Dance

  • Christmas in Christ Chapel to be Broadcast Regionally

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    The 39th annual Christmas in Christ Chapel, Julljus: Light from the Old World; Light to the New, celebrating the College’s 150th academic year and honoring its Swedish immigrant heritage, was presented on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus on December 2, 3 & 4, 2011. In recognition of the Sesquicentennial Celebration at Gustavus, 25 radio stations throughout…

  • Julljus: Christmas in Christ Chapel 2011

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    The 39th annual Christmas in Christ Chapel celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College will be presented on December 2, 3 & 4, 2011. This year’s theme, commemorating the College’s 150th academic year and celebrating the institution’s Swedish immigrant heritage, is Julljus: Light from the Old World, Light to the New.

  • Kimberly Braun ’11 Leads the Cast in “A Southern Exposure”

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    Kimberly Braun, a 2011 theatre honors major from the Gustavus Department of Theatre and Dance, has landed the lead role of Callie Belle Hurt in Kelley Kingston-Strayer’s A Southern Exposure produced and presented at the Iowa Theatre Artists Company. The production opened on November 11 at the Iowa Theatre Artists Company and Performing Arts Center…

  • Meffert-Nelson, Knoepfel & Hill in Minnesota Opera Premiere

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    Gustavus Department of Music faculty Karrin Meffert-Nelson, Justin Knoepfel and Paul Hill were in the orchestra as the Minnesota Opera premiered Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s Silent Night to sold-out audiences at St. Paul’s Ordway Center on November 12 – 20. Called “dark and elegaic” by the Daily Planet, Silent Night is based on the…

  • Gustavus Presents Choreographers’ Gallery This Weekend

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present the innovative, unique and eclectic Choreographers’ Gallery, November 17-20 on the Anderson Theatre stage. This production is directed by Melissa Rolnick and features the work of six talented student choreographers as well as Minneapolis choreographer, Jennifer Glaws. Performances will be presented…

  • Performance Added for Five Times God

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present the Ethan Bjelland ’12 translation of Swedish playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s Five Times God. Three performances of Bjelland’s senior honors project in translation and direction in the Black Box (November 11 & 12 at 7:00 p.m. and 13 at 2:00 p.m.)…

  • MacCarthy Directs Opera Omaha’s Hansel & Gretel

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    When Opera Omaha opens its new orchestration and production of Englebert Humperdinck’s grand opera, Hansel and Gretel, on November 11, 12, and 13 at the Rose Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, Gustavus Assistant Professor of Theatre/Dance Henry MacCarthy will be directing the performances.

  • Berdahl ’90 Sails Guthrie’s “Pinafore” To PBS

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    Gustavus alumnus, actor and vocalist Robert O. Berdahl will be featured on the 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 14, PBS broadcast of this summer’s Guthrie Theatre production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. As he did this summer, Berdahl ’90 commands the cast and crew of the Pinafore as Captain Corcoran on the national broadcast of…

  • Nobel On Ego Sold-Out,Tickets Remain For Oct. 7-9

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    Is there a “You” inside of you? The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College, in conjunction with the 2011 Nobel Conference, The Brain and Being Human, will present Mick Gordon and Paul Broks’ On Ego, on the Anderson Theatre stage October 4, 7, 8 & 9. At the same time a love…

  • Minnesota Monthly Features Dancer Brian Evans ’07

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    Brian Evans ’07, a member of the Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theatre Company and winner of Minnesota’s SAGE award in 2010, was featured in the September 2011 edition of Minnesota Monthly. The article “Lights, Camera, Fashion” was a photo montage of dance and current fashion. Evans was selected along with members of the Zenon Dance…