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 "State of LA Danse" FA 08
FACILITIES
The Performing Arts program utilizes Burke-Hawthorne Hall
for its mainstage productions and McLaurin Hall for
its main post of study and laboratory work for both Dance and Theatre.
Burke-Hawthorne Hall was first named for Walter Burke of New Iberia, a
former member of the state Board of Education and was renamed
Burke-Hawthorne Hall in 1997 in honor of Doris Hawthorne, a generous
benefactor to UL Lafayette. McLaurin Hall was named for Miss Hugh D.
McLaurin, a pioneer in the field of health and physical education in
Louisiana who began teaching at UL Lafayette in 1902. Both buildings
were completed in 1940.
Beginning in 2007, Burke-Hawthorne Hall and McLaurin Hall have both
undergone multi-million dollar renovations positioning the UL
Performing Arts program as one of the finest education facilities
for arts education in the United States. Upon completion, the Performing Arts program will have primary use of five performance
and rehearsal spaces as well as studio classrooms, support facilities
and computer labs.
Burke-Hawthorne Hall is a 200 seat proscenium theatre which will be
equipped with a computer lighting system and state-of-the-art sound
system. Sound effects are mixed through a Diamond Pro 24-4-3 Studio
Master mixer and cued through a Tascam DA-30 MKII DAT machine.
Multi-track capability exists and recorded on a Alesis XT20 ADAT
Digital Audio Recorder. Burke Theatre received a 100% renovation of its
fly system in the spring of 1998.
Along with the support of fully equipped lighting and sound systems,
all performance spaces are supported by professional costume, lighting
and scene shops, as well as a production staff. In addition, all dance
studios are equipped with sprung floors, mirrors, barres, pianos and
sound systems.
Angelle Hall, home to the UL Lafayette
School of Music and Performing Arts, often works in collaboration with the Performing Arts
program for its yearly Dance Concerts and selected musical season.
Angelle Hall received a 100% fly system renovation in the spring of
1998 along with a $150,000+ lighting system renovation in fall of 1999.
In support of the performing arts, the four-story Edith Garland Dupre
Library is centrally situated on the main campus and houses a theater
and arts library collective, a video library, as well as an
audio/visual center.
Students also have the opportunity to
perform in Lafayette's 2,220 seat Heymann Performing Arts
& Convention Center as well as other performance venues
in the Acadiana Region.
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