Loyola University Chicago
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
The Department of Fine and Performing Arts continues to prefer email as a primary form of communication as we gradually return to campus. Please visit the DFPA Faculty and Staff Directory for detailed contact information. For general questions, please contiue to email us at dfpa@luc.edu.
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Dance Major Auditions (2022-2023)
Dance major auditions for academic year 2022-2023 will be conducted through video submission and a required zoom interview on Saturday, February 5, 2022.
Loyola University Chicago's Bachelor of Arts in Dance requires a two part application process: an application for admission to the University and an application to audition for the major.
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Fine Arts Portfolio Review and Advising Day (2022-2023)
Join us Saturday, February 5, 2022 for our inaugural Fine Arts Portfolio Review and Advising Day for prospective and incoming students for academic year 2022-2023. This event is hosted by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts and will take place virtually. Application closes January 31, 2022. DETAILS -
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Music Major Auditions (2022-2023)
Application to the Music Major is a two-part process: an application for admission to the University and an application to audition for the major. If you have not completed the general application, please do so.
Music Major auditions will be conducted through video submissions and are due no later than April 1, 2022.
All students seeking admission to the Music Major must audition.
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2022 Theatre Scholarship Auditions
The Theatre Scholarship Audition application for academic year 2022-2023 is now available.
To be considered for the theatre scholarship at Loyola University Chicago, students must attend a virtual audition/interview on Saturday, February 5, 2022.
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In the Media
How College Dancers Can Marry Their Passion to Activism
The Loyola Dance Program and it's student-led Dance Honor Society are featured in a Dance Magazine article that surveys undergraduate programs that merge the arts and social justice.
“Why should I be dancing now? Shouldn’t I be doing something more ‘serious?’ ”
In the midst of a turbulent political climate, racial injustices and a global pandemic, a lot of dancers might find themselves asking the same questions. But rather than abandoning the arts, college dancers are discovering ways to marry their schoolwork with activism, using movement to respond to the world around them.
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In the Media
After School Matters on theMART
Fine Arts faculty Lisa Armstrong was featured on NBC 5 Chicago on her transformative work with Chicago teens on their creation of Shaping the Future, After School Matters’ Art on theMART projection celebrating 30 years of providing Chicago teens the opportunity to discover their passion and find their future.WATCH -
Alumni
An Unexpected Calling
Bob Newhart's improbable journey from Loyola business student to American comedy iconREAD -
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Alumni
Alumnus Featured at the Chicago Cultural Center
Karolis Usonis is currently featured in Furtive, a three-person exhibition curated by Jennifer Murray, Loyola faculty and Executive Director of Filter Photo, at the Chicago Cultural Center. Usonis presents work alongside Daniel Hojnacki and Krista Wortendyke.
