{"id":19562,"date":"2024-02-22T17:14:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=19562"},"modified":"2024-02-22T17:32:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:32:05","slug":"prospective-students-experience-variety-of-academic-presentations-and-performances-during-aggieland-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/22\/prospective-students-experience-variety-of-academic-presentations-and-performances-during-aggieland-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Students Experience Variety Of Academic Presentations And Performances During Aggieland Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Hopeful future Aggies explored the Texas A&M School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a> with their friends and families during Aggieland Saturday on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of families braved a driving rain and were guided through the Liberal Arts and Arts and Humanities Building for a tour of the Performance Studies<\/a> and Dance Science<\/a> programs, and across Langford Architecture Center for the Visualization<\/a> program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interim Dean Tim McLaughlin<\/a> gave opening remarks in Geren Auditorium to welcome the students and families. He said the school was brought together for a common goal: create a space for the arts in a significant way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is this mixing of performance, technology and visual art \u2014 and importantly, an understanding of the reasoning and the history of why we do these things,\u201d McLaughlin said. \u201cNo other school that I am aware of in the country is putting that all together the way this school is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n McLaughlin, who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Environmental Design and a master\u2019s degree in Visualization Sciences from Texas A&M, described how the school teaches across disciplines, so students can adapt to changes and overcome challenges in their industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat I learned here at Texas A&M is how to approach critical thinking,\u201d he said. \u201cHow to approach that in a fearless way \u2014 what technology does and how to blend it with art. Whether that art is performance or visual, the idea is to think about the next idea that comes along \u2014 and not shut it out, but embrace it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carisa Armstrong<\/a>, program director and associate professor, held a presentation about the Dance Science program, which offers training in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop and improvisation. Students are required to audition to be in the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Armstrong said they are looking at expanding what can be offered through technology, as they investigate where dance will be in the next 20 years. Five new faculty members have been hired during this school year, which provides new learning opportunities for students, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith new faculty, we can offer more courses for our students, which is amazing, because versatility is basically what dance is now,\u201d she said. \u201cThis diversity strengthens our program and the students\u2019 education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To showcase some of the work produced in the program, guests were able to view a duet performed by students and choreographed by Jessica Boone<\/a>, visiting lecturer, in the Black Box Theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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