The importance of artistic voice is built into the very fiber of Malian society and it is no surprise that the resonating voices of hip-hop and rap have found their place for NextNOW artists and audiences.
Creating his own color and style of Malian hip hop from the Manding musical culture, Amkoullel became one of the first artists to speak to and on behalf of the youth of the country, calling them to unite and stand up.
Is your "creative stamina" up to form? Join the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a training session that will let you flex your creativity muscles and stretch your brainstorming ability! Don't worry -- you won't need a change of clothes after this workout!
NextDANCE features UMD’s finest choreographers: faculty, students and alumni, culminating in the world premiere of GROOVE, by Stephanie Miracle.
A rock-’n’-roll, high-energy dance-theatre happening exploring groove and free style party dancing as a transcultural experience, the work catapults off of the universality of pop and rock music and lands on the unique, idiosyncratic ways individuals physically express themselves.
They made their performance debut in New York City’s Union Square metro station, and their YouTube video went viral because you can’t resist this 20-somethings funky trio of trumpet, baritone saxophone and drums. Subway buskers whose beats and newly created musical style they call “brass house” are moving forward the mainstream pop-music formula.
Find some gems for your own collection and support the library at the same time.
The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library's Piano Room will be stuffed full of books on the arts, scores (including loads of piano music), CDs, and hundreds of LPs ranging from the classic (Bob Marley and the Wailers) to the eccentric (Yodeling in Hi-Fi), all available for less than a song.
UMD’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies features one of the finest theatrical design programs in the world.
We’ve transformed the Dance Theatre lobby area in the Grand Pavilion into a museum-quality display of costume, scenic and lighting designs from our student designers.
Purchase a wearable memory of the many amazing productions that have graced The Clarice stages over the years: clothing and accessories from our costume shop.
A site-specific, audience-participation dance experience performed for a maximum of four audience members at a time, The Garden has been crafted specifically for the space at The Clarice.
Individualized sound scores accompany participants through the terrain of the performance for a sprawling exploration of possibilities on the smallest of scales.
