Theater-by-the-Grove and Dance Theater are produced by the Department of Theater and Dance and present several productions each year. This includes at least three plays, two dance performances, and co-production with Music Theater of a major musical.

Ovations!, Indiana's premier touring performing arts series, also offers additional theater, dance, and music events.

Theater-by-the-Grove, Dance Theater, and Music Theater are funded, in part, by the ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â Student Cooperative Association.

View the Events Calendar for Lively Arts.

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The Lively Arts is the umbrella for all performing and visual arts events presented by the College of Fine Arts.

Find an event to attend on our calendar:

The Alan Parsons Movement Project

October 28 and 29, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. and October 30 at 2:00 p.m.; Zink Hall Dance Theater

Dance Theater's fall concert, the powerful, poetic, and often melancholic music of the Alan Parson's Project brought to the stage.

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Three Sisters

November 9–12 and 15–17, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. and November 13 at 2:00 p.m.; Waller Hall Mainstage, ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â Performing Arts Center

Chekov's popular tragi-comic masterpiece about longing for the past and fantasies of the future

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Chess

February 23–25 and February 29–March 3, 2012, 8:00 p.m. and February 26 at 2:00 p.m.; Waller Hall Mainstage, ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â Performing Arts Center

Music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, lyrics by Tim Rice, book by Richard Nelson, and directed by Jeannie Marie Brown with musical direction by Sarah Mantel.

A Theater-by-the-Grove and Music Theater co-production, a rock-scored metaphor for rivalry, gamesmanship, and political maneuvering

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Wind Dances

April 1, 2012; 2:00 p.m.; Fisher Auditorium, ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â Performing Arts Center

Modern dance to the chamber wind music of Gordon Jacob and Igor Stravinsky and performed by ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â Dance Theater and Chamber Winds Ensemble

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The Gentleman Dancing Master

April 19–21 and 25–28, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. and April 22 at 2:00 p.m.; Waller Hall Mainstage, ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â Performing Arts Center

A delightfully silly restoration comedy filled with sly wit, colorful language, and unforgettable characters

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Lindsey's Oyster

October 6–8 and 12–15, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. and October 9 at 2:00 p.m.; Waller Hall Mainstage, ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â Performing Arts Center

Confronting societal delusion and personal trauma, a teenage girl awakens to the beauty and fragility of her inmost nature.

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