Performing Arts

Sixteen Elon students were winners at the NC National Association of Teachers of Singing and eligible to compete at the Mid-Atlantic Regionals.

After the cancelation of its scheduled production of the iconic Shakespeare work due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Department of Performing Arts used Facebook Live and videoconferencing to deliver a unique performance online.

Theatrical Design and Technology majors and alumni are using this period of online learning and social distancing to create a virtual community of support for current students.

The difficult decision comes amid widespread efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 that include limiting public gatherings.

Elon BFA Acting Alumna Becca Hurd '16 is bringing her internationally-acclaimed one-woman show, "The Other Side 25" to campus for a special performance in Roberts Studio Theatre on March 6 at 5:30 p.m. She will also conduct workshops with current BFAA Acting majors during her three-day residency.

Four Theatrical Design and Technology Students win awards at the 2020 Southeastern Theatre Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Feb. 28, 2020.

'Rites of Seasons,' the spring dance concert, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 5-7, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Tickets are $15 or free with an Elon ID; call 336-278-5610 for more information.

Assistant Professor of Performing Arts Keshia Wall choreographed the Black History Month Dance Concert, which was the result of a transformative Winter Term experience in Ghana.

The futuristic musical, based on the songs of British rock band Queen, follows a group of rock rebels in their fight for freedom, individuality and the rebirth of the age of rock.

Cristiano Manzoni, an award-winning, internationally known accompanist and vocal coach, is teaching a course about the interpretation of Italian vocal music at Elon during Winter Term 2020.