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ABOUT US
The UL Performing Arts program offers professional training within the context of a comprehensive
liberal arts education garnering a broad field of study while grounded
in core training. The program’s goal is to develop disciplined and
versatile artists through balanced study within their chosen major,
complemented and reinforced by a diverse range of theoretical studies
and performance opportunities. The graduating student will be socially
aware, entrepreneurial in spirit and able to successfully navigate an
artist’s life.
The Performing Arts program at UL
is a highly regarded program where exceptional faculty bridge academic
and professional work. The faculty is comprised of a team of artists
and scholars who have extensive professional performing experience and
academic credentials. Working as an ensemble with aligned sensibilities
and a collaborative approach, the faculty offers students an atmosphere
where they are nurtured and stimulated in their quest for artistic
achievement, technical mastery and scholarly excellence.
During four years as an undergraduate in the UL Performing Arts program, students have the opportunity to develop and refine
their skills as actors, dancers, directors, choreographers or designers
and continue wherever their inspiration and abilities lead them. The
study of the performing arts at UL is intensive and the emphasis on
liberal arts within a laboratory context is unique.
MISSION STATEMENT
As a vibrant community of artists/scholars, the Performing Arts program exists to provide rigorous pre-professional training
within the context of a comprehensive liberal arts education. Focused
on engaged and active training in discipline specific techniques,
academic scholarship, and high personal and professional standards, the
program empowers students with the skills and dispositions needed to
succeed in advanced training, enter the professional arena, and
navigate the life of an artist in service to their world community.
VISION STATEMENT
To be known as “The
Center for Disciplined Training in the Performing Arts"’ and a leading
provider of high quality cultural enrichment of the university and its
greater Acadiana region.
CORE VALUES:
Rigor
Scholarship
Civility (Diversity)
Professionalism
Collaboration
Community Service
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