Tag Archives: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Clarice Smith presents We’re Breathing: A Queer Open Mic, Oct 15 at 5:30pm, Online

We’re Breathing: A Queer Open Mic Night
Presented by NextNOW Fest, the UMD LGBT Equity Center & the UMD Office of Multicultural Involvement Community Advocacy

Thursday, October 15, 2020 . 5:30PM

By: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Click here.

“We’re Breathing: A Queer Open Mic” continues a longstanding tradition in queer communities of coming out, calling in and confronting power by sharing our lived experiences. Honoring National Coming Out Day, we pay homage to all acts of courage and queer brilliance. This virtual open mic event serves as a space to celebrate authenticity in any form. Join us for a night of community and performance and a special appearance by our featured artist Alicia Ortiz.

Interested in performing? Be sure to indicate at the bottom of this form! Registrations are due Tue, Oct 13 for folx interested in performing.

Registrants will receive access links the day of the event.

Free, Registration Required, Online here.

Clarice Smith presents Hip-Hop in the White Space, Sep 29, 5:30PM, Online

Clarice Smith presents Hip-Hop in the White Space, Sep 29, 5:30PM, Online

ACTNow with Far From The Norm
Hip-Hop in the White Space
Tariq O’Meally, moderator
Botis Seva, artistic director – Far From The Norm

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 . 5:30PM

By: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Click here.

If beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, then the person who is observing gets to decide what is beautiful. This Arts Citizenship Talk evaluates what it means to make a dance about hardship and struggle under the gaze of whiteness. Dance iconoclast Botis Seva and his UK-based dance company Far From The Norm doggedly explore the individual psyche and the sociopolitical soul through their works. Through them, they also strive to understand what humans do to persevere.

From themes of racial violence and cultural appropriation to multiculturalism and gender equality, the work of The Clarice’s 2020-21 visiting artists is complex, provocative and deeply sensitive. Arts Citizenship Talks (ACTnow) are opportunities to hear from these artists about the issues reflected in their works. These conversations are an invitation to act now!

Artist Engagement on Campus and in the Community: Throughout Fall 2020, Botis Seva and members of Far From The Norm will virtually visit students in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies to discuss their work and choreographic technique.

This event is part of The Clarice’s BlackLight Summit.

Free, No Tickets Required, Online here.

Maryland Opera Studio and Clarice Smith present Make Our Garden Grow on Youtube

Maryland Opera Studio and Clarice Smith present Make Our Garden Grow on Youtube

Clarice Smith and
Maryland Opera Studio present

Make our Garden Grow
From Candide
By Leonard Bernstein

By: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on Youtube. Click here.

Beginning June 26, 2020

School of Music opera singers virtually perform Leonard Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow” from “Candide.”
With their in-person performance for outgoing UMD President Wallace Loh canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, singers from the Maryland Opera Studio came together for a virtual farewell to thank him for ten years of support and patronage.

Video editing by David Andrews.

Clarice Smith presents Homebound on Youtube

Clarice Smith presents Homebound on Youtube

Clarice Smith presents
Homebound
RoundHouseTheatre

By: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on Youtube. Click here.

College of Arts and Humanities | College Park Scholars-Arts Monday, June 29, 2020 12:00 am

Presented by Round House Theatre

Round House Theatre is bringing together DC-area playwrights, actors and designers (including College Park Scholars – Art director Harold Burgess II) for Homebound, an original web series that explores life under Stay-at-Home orders in the Nation’s Capital. These ten-minute episodes will air over ten weeks between April 27 and June 29.

The Muses – Original Works Project at Clarice Smith online live performance, May 9

The Muses – Original Works Project at Clarice Smith online live performance, May 9

The Muses – Original Works Project
Saturday, May 9, 2020. 5PM

Special Announcement:

Due to COVID-19 this event will be an online performance on Saturday, May 9 at 5:00PM. Watch the livestream here.

Watch Livestream.

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Online live performance.

The Muses proudly present their Original Works Projects, a memorable night of short plays created and produced by students.

Free, no tickets required