Department of Performing and Media Arts
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Bachelor of Arts in Performing and Media Arts Minor in Performing and Media Arts Doctor of Philosophy in Performing and Media Arts
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As a PMA major, you will take courses in four rubric areas: Creative Authorship, Design, Embodied Performance and History/Theory/Criticism (see further descriptions below). You will also specialize by pursuing a sequence of courses in the rubric area of primary interest to you. Production laboratories provide practical experience building, running and managing theatre productions, dance concerts and film shoots. Across these courses and labs, our majors benefit from the synergies between the study and practice of dance and movement, live theatre and media arts.
Notable Alumni Include:
Sam Gold, Antoinette Lavecchia, Jenny Schwartz, Ethan Phillip, Lauren Feldman, Esosa Edosomwan, Barrie Kreinik, Ed Schiff
Faculty Info:
P.A. Angelopoulos, Christine Bacareza Balance, Sarah E. Bernstein, Theo Black, Austin Bunn, Jumay Ruth Chu, Warren Dennis Cross, David M Feldshuh, Veronica Fitzpatrick, J. Ellen Gainor, Carolyn Goelzer, https://pma.cornell.edu/kent-lynn-goetz, Sabine Haenni, Karen Jaime, Bruce A Levitt, Rebekah Maggor, Beth Frances Milles, Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Jeffrey Palmer, Natasha Raheja, Nick Salvato, Samantha Noelle Sheppard, Jason Simms, Aoise Stratford, Byron Suber, Stewart Thorndike, Amy Villarejo, Sara Warner.
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