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Promotional image for Fierce featuring four young girls with their backs turned all wearing the same jean jacket with a blue fist, the power symbol, on the back and there is a multicolored design emanating from their jackets into the background

UI students shine on the Hancher stage in Fierce

Thursday, April 18, 2024
Bronwyn Stewart
University of Iowa
Video still of an actor from In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney looking upwards longingly in purple and orange light

In the Red and Brown Water comes to the University of Iowa stage

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Performing Arts At Iowa
Department of Dance students performing Panorama by Martha Graham at Hancher Auditorium

Performing Arts At Iowa presents "Panorama" with UI Dance and Martha Graham Dance Company

Monday, April 15, 2024
Performing Arts At Iowa
In the Red and Brown Water Promotional poster, featuring a young black girl with braids emerging from the water with a pinkish sky and lightning behind her

Oya’s future is in the air as the Department of Theatre Arts prepares for the final mainstage production of the season, In the Red and Brown Water

Friday, April 12, 2024
Bronwyn Stewart
University of Iowa
UI Student Dancers in large circle, facing outward, practicing Martha Graham's Panorama. There are three students in the foreground with arms stretched forward and left leg kicked back so they are balancing on their right. Left is blonde dancer in all black. Middle is a male dancer with bright red hair, black and white sweater over black pants. And to the right is curly blonde and dark hair, white cropped dance shirt and black pants.

UI Dancers prepare to share the Hancher stage with the Martha Graham Dance Company

Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Bronwyn Stewart
University of Iowa
photo collage of brass quintet musicians performing

Westerlies brass quartet holds music workshop at UI

Wednesday, March 6, 2024
The Daily Iowan
Headshot of Sean Harken in Voxman Music Building

Student Composer Sets Tone in Performing Arts Video

Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Bronwyn Stewart
University of Iowa
Sean Harken, a student in the University of Iowa School of Music, found a natural outlet for his musical talents. The Iowa City native created the soundtrack for a new video hyping the Performing Arts at Iowa initiative.
University of Iowa theatre alumna Amy Rodriguez (center, with 2 castmates on each side of her) onstage as Tracy Turnblad in the touring Broadway production of Hairspray

From backstage to center stage: Theatre Arts grad Amy Rodriguez makes her Hancher debut in Hairspray

Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Bronwyn Stewart
Professor Damani Phillips, wearing a blus shirt and blue suit coat and holding a black and gold saxophone

Read and Blew Notes: Prof. Damani Phillips' new "listening book"

Monday, February 5, 2024
Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
Six-year old EL student Jasmine, wearing a Hello Kitty shirt and pink glasses touches the black curtains in the Space Place theater as Jack Delaney (standing) and Ruby Gentzler and Madison Burkhart (kneeling) listen to Jasmine's description of the experience.

University of Iowa Dance Company Makes Dance More Accessible

Thursday, January 25, 2024
Bronwyn Stewart
University of Iowa
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