{"id":124,"date":"2016-06-07T16:49:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2016-06-07T16:52:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:52:06","slug":"ub-unveils-new-performance-studies-baltimore-partnership-with-everyman-and-hippodrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/2016\/06\/07\/ub-unveils-new-performance-studies-baltimore-partnership-with-everyman-and-hippodrome\/","title":{"rendered":"UB unveils new Performance Studies: Baltimore partnership with Everyman and Hippodrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, June 6, UB hosted a special introduction to\u00a0<strong>Performance Studies: Baltimore<\/strong>, a new partnership with <strong>Everyman Theatre<\/strong> and <strong>Hippodrome Foundation<\/strong> that will create new college opportunities for\u00a0students interested in theater arts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2016\/06\/Joseph.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-125\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-image-125\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2016\/06\/Joseph.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph\" width=\"246\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UB student Marshall Glaze during a Spotlight UB performance<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Performance Studies: Baltimore will be a specialization under UB&#8217;s existing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubalt.edu\/integratedarts\" target=\"_blank\">Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Arts<\/a> program.\u00a0UB will be responsible for the curriculum, which will focus on the experiential potential of a guided, performative ensemble. Everyman Theatre and the Hippodrome Foundation will offer mentoring opportunities, lectures and residencies with artists on a visiting basis. The Performance Studies: Baltimore curriculum will focus on the &#8220;teach to performance&#8221; model; the University\u2019s performing arts series, Spotlight UB, will promote each ensemble\u2019s spring semester performances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mentoring is a respected tradition in education and nowhere is this more important than in the arts,&#8221; said <strong>Donald Hicken<\/strong>, retiring chair of the drama department at Baltimore School for the Arts and the originator of the idea for Performance Studies: Baltimore. &#8220;Our program will unite young gifted performing artists with experienced, respected, practicing professionals whose artistic tap root is in Maryland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s\u00a0unveiling was covered by WJZ-TV. \u00a0Watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/baltimore.cbslocal.com\/2016\/06\/06\/baltimore-program-will-help-theater-students-go-to-college\/\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubalt.edu\/performancestudies\" target=\"_blank\">Performance Studies: Baltimore<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, June 6, UB hosted a special introduction to\u00a0Performance Studies: Baltimore, a new partnership with Everyman Theatre and Hippodrome Foundation that will create new college opportunities for\u00a0students interested in theater arts. Performance Studies: Baltimore will be a specialization under UB&#8217;s existing Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Arts program.\u00a0UB will be responsible for the curriculum, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/casblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}