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Department of Theatre & Dance

Whether you're interested in the classics or modern musicals, Hip-Hop or contemporary dance—or perhaps a bit of it all—remarkable performances are the heart of CU Theatre & Dance. The cutting-edge works brought to you by faculty, guest artists, and the stars of tomorrow appeal to the heart of every performing arts enthusiast.

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Catapult

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Feb 4-6, 2022

Catapult

A BFA dance concert
Tickets $18

BFA choreographers present intimate and stirring meditations on memory, body understanding, and community across an athletic symphony of contemporary ...

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Gallathea

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Feb 16-20, 2022

Gallathea

A queer love story in the woods
Tickets $18

In this timeless Elizabethan romance, two women disguise themselves as men and take to the woods to avoid being their town’s latest human sacrif...

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Open Space

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Feb 25-27, 2022

Open Space

Curated by CU Dance Connection
Tickets $18

Be moved by dance works that lilt, groove and tumble across a spectrum of styles in this student-produced and CU Dance Connection-curated series. Tic...

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Airness

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Mar 4-13, 2022

Airness

A comedy about air guitar, competition and finding the airness in yourself
Tickets $22

An exuberant comedy about competition, completion—and the mission to shred or be shredded. When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, sh...

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The Current

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Apr 7-10, 2022

The Current

Dance works by faculty and guest artists
Tickets $22

Experience the dynamic works of CU Boulder dance faculty and the Roser Visiting Artist. From the micro-undulations of transnational fusion to the swee...

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They Promised Her the Moon

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Apr 15-24, 2022

They Promised Her the Moon

The unknown true story of aviator Jerrie Cobb
Tickets $18

Many people know the history of the space race and the Mercury Seven. But few have ever heard the ill-fated story of Jerrie Cobb and the Mercury 13: a...

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Latest Theatre & Dance news View all news items

Oct 14, 2021

The 7 spine-tingling ghost stories…

An impossible visit from a deceased family member. Unexplainable movement just out…

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Sep 28, 2021

Transformation without robbery: global citizenship…

Dance is as old as human history itself. Throughout the centuries, its…

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Sep 14, 2021

‘Climate Cabaret’ hopes to give…

We can’t escape the climate crisis. California is on fire; the east…

Learn More - ‘Climate Cabaret’ hopes to give audiences ‘simple, actionable solutions’ to combat the climate crisis