{"id":1360,"date":"2019-04-16T18:22:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T18:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-theater-and-dance\/?page_id=1360"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:03:12","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/student-opportunities\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Theater and Dance Department gives the following annual student awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given to a j<\/span>unior or senior who has shown enthusiasm, creativity, and sincerity towards theater to help with the cost of creating and producing work.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Given to a sophomore, junior or senior who has demonstrated a strong level of skill and artistic depth in theater performance (acting, design, directing, playwriting, technologies).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Given to a graduating senior who has excelled, through coursework and applied stage work, as a scholar and artist; invested time and energy into guiding other students; contributed to productions; and acted as a role model for commitment to theater.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n David Wick \u201891 established these awards to recognize THDA majors and minors\u2019 accomplishments in the areas of performance, choreography, and leadership in dance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Given to a sophomore, junior, or senior who has demonstrated a strong level of skill and artistic depth in dance performance to support further studies in dance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Given to a junior or senior who has shown enthusiasm, creativity and sincerity towards dance to help with the cost of creating and producing a major choreographic work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Given to a junior or senior who has invested time and energy into guiding other students, contributing to the functioning of the dance program, and serving as a role model for commitment to dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Theater and Dance Department gives the following annual student awards: Ruth Easton Awards Ruth Easton Merit Award Given to a junior or senior who has shown enthusiasm, creativity, and sincerity towards theater to help with the cost of creating and producing work. Ruth Easton Performance Award Given to a sophomore, junior or senior who […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":0,"parent":1611,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1360","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10049,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1360\/revisions\/10049"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Ruth Easton Performance Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ruth Easton Leadership Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Previous Ruth Easton Award Recipients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nDavid Wick Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
David Wick Endowed Prize for Excellence in Performance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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David Wick Endowed Prize for Excellence in Choreography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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David Wick Endowed Prize for Excellence in Leadership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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