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David Marchant, a professor of practice, tests his balance on a small tree limb at Tyson Research Center.

David Marchant, professor of the practice in dance, spent five weeks as "Artist in Residence" at WU Tyson Research Center exploring site-specific performance art and mindful movement in natural landscapes.

Toni Morrison meets with students and faculty in African and African-American Studies in Arts & Sciences in 1985. (Photo: Washington University Archives)

Rhaisa Williams, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts, on Morrison's 'magnificent wield of imagination'

Stanley Andrisse, assistant professor at the Howard University College of Medicine, delivers the Commencement address. (All photos: Joe Angeles/Washington University in St. Louis)

Washington University graduates its first class of students in prison

"True West" directed by William Whitaker enjoys critical success.

David Dorfman, 2019 United States Artists Fellow

David Dorfman ('77), named a 2019 United States Artists Fellow

Joanna Dee Das - Assistant Professor of Dance

Joanna Dee Das named as a 2019 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellow

Ting-Ting Chang Dance Close Up 2008

In Memoriam: Ting-Ting Chang

Lesley Malin at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.

"Mothering a Theatre" by Alum Lesley Malin

Dwayen McCowan and Brandi Threatt in The Black Rep's "Milk Like Sugar"

Dwayne McCowan (LA '20) steps on to The Black Rep stage.

Mona Jahani (LA '20) is the costume designer for the Performing Arts Department's current production of "Angels in America, Part One: Millenium Approaches."

Costuming "Angels in America"

Kaia Lyons (LA '19) is a featured playwright at NYC's The Black Box Project

Carter Lewis, Senior Lecturer, Playwright-in-Residence

Carter Lewis named Shakespeare Festival St. Louis 2019 Playwriting Fellow