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Joyfull - Compagnie Hervé Koubi Edition

The Joyfull
Compagnie Hervé Koubi Edition

Date: 
6:00 pm Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium Lobby (program) and the Verne M. Willaman Gateway to the Sciences (dinner)

The Center for the Performing Arts and Student Affairs invite you to replenish.

Food is much more than what sits on our plates. Food intersects with nearly every aspect of our lives—from the communities and cultures we come from to issues of climate, food security, and our personal relationships with food.

PURPLE Sydnie L. Mosley Dances

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

What Does PURPLE Sound Like?
A multimedia art installation with excerpt performances from PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells
By Sydnie L. Mosley Dances

Date: 
7:00 pm Tuesday, February 4, 2025
7:00 pm Wednesday, February 5, 2025
2:00 pm Thursday, February 6, 2025
Event Description: 

What Does PURPLE Sound Like? is a visual and performance art installation that celebrates older adults, women, and Black communities throughout central Pennsylvania.

PASCP The Nutcracker 2024

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts
Performing Arts School of Central Pennsylvania
An illustration of the Nutcracker swordfighting the Rat King atop Christmas gift boxes. A crowd of rats watch from the floor around them. Poster design by Mars Sparrow.

Performing Arts School of Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Ballet
The Nutcracker

Date: 
7:00 pm Saturday, December 14, 2024
2:00 pm Sunday, December 15, 2024
Event Description: 

A beloved holiday tradition, Nittany Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker will transport you to a magical world where life-sized toy soldiers fight giant mice, snowflakes dance, and the Sugar Plum Fairy welcomes young Clara to the Nutcracker's kingdom to meet the characters from the Lan

Step Dance Workshop

Stepping Workshop

Date: 
6:00 pm Monday, November 11, 2024
Location: 

Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center

Artists of Step Afrika! will lead a workshop focusing on the artform of stepping. All ages are welcome, and no experience is required. Just come ready to move, and wear your sneakers! 

Step Afrika! at The Palmer

Step Afrika! @ The Palmer

Date: 
6:00 pm Thursday, November 14, 2024
Location: 

Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Lobby and Event Space, Palmer Museum of Art

Registration is closed for this event.

 

The Center for the Performing Arts, in partnership with the Palmer Museum of Art, hosts Step Afrika! for an interactive, engaging program.

Hear from the group’s leadership about connecting the artform of stepping to the work of renowned visual artist Jacob Lawrence, and enjoy a brief demonstration by dancers in the company.

Songwriting with Supaman

An Indigenous Peoples’ Day Songwriting Workshop

Date: 
2:00 pm Monday, October 14, 2024
Location: 

Dewey Room, Pattee Collaboration Commons, Penn State University Libraries

This event has reached capacity. Registration is closed.

Supaman will conduct a songwriting workshop. Lunch will be provided. 

Attendance will be limited to 30 people.

The workshop is a part of the University Libraries’ 2024–25 Political Song Series, celebrating the history and legacy of political and protest songs. Since 2022, the annual series highlights music of many nations and time periods that has contributed to political dialogue, shaped cultural landscapes, and inspired movements of social and political change worldwide.

Fancy Dance Workshop

Fancy Dance Workshop
with Supaman

Date: 
4:00 pm Sunday, October 13, 2024
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

This event has reached capacity. Registration is closed.

Fancy dance is a dance created by the Ponca Tribe and is one of the most popular forms of Native American dance, commonly performed at powwows.

Supaman (Chris Takes Gun Parris) will lead the fancy dance workshop highlighting powwow styles. He will speak about the history of powwow styles and the men’s fancy war dance. He also will teach the basic steps for the dances and the different styles of music.

Indigenous Peoples Resistance Day Rally 2024

Indigenous Peoples Resistance Day Rally

Date: 
12:00 pm Monday, October 14, 2024
Location: 

Old Main Patio

Indigenous student, faculty, and staff leaders will speak, and artists will perform in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Resistance. The Jake George Family will perform a smoke dance to welcome guests. Supaman will perform at approximately 1 p.m.

Presented by the Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with Penn State Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance, Indigenous Peoples’ Student Association, and Student Affairs.

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