From directing, choreographing, acting and dancing to designing and technical work to arts management - theatre and dance are highly collaborative art forms at SUNY Potsdam.
Students and professionals engage in creative problem solving requiring the setting and meeting of long-term goals and the analysis and understanding of movement, dramatic literature, and arts administration skills.
Faculty and students work closely in support of our active programs which includes productions and events that are directed, choreographed, and managed by students, faculty members, and guest artists. These include ten-minute play festivals, faculty dance concerts, full-length plays, student choreographers' concerts and TEDx SUNY Potsdam.
*Accreditation: The SUNY Potsdam Department of Theatre and Dance is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre for the B.A. in Theatre, B.A. in Theatre Education and the B.A. in Arts Management https://nast.arts-accredit.org/
Olivia Scata '20 takes us behind-the-scenes during her modern dance class as she discusses her love for dance and her work as a choreographer in SUNY Potsdam's Department of Theatre and Dance.