Storyteller Videos
Celebrating 10 years in the company of extraordinary minds
Throughout our 2011–2012 season, artists, scholars, students, patrons, donors and community members — people like you — share their stories.
Return to this page throughout the season to find new stories, perhaps even your own!
Share your story:
Tell us who you are and what makes you that way.
Our video booth in the Grand Pavilion will be open one hour before select performances.
Meet our 2011–2012 storytellers:
Watch or read the stories of some extraordinary people who represent the spirit of the Center.
What makes them who they are? How have they been changed by the power of the arts? And what kind of extraordinary person are you?
Meet intrepid explorers, culture bearers, serious kidders, provocateurs, keepers of the flame, soul stirrers and just plain art nuts.
Simple, complex and “bare-bottom naked” — Eiko & Koma reveal a multitude of meanings in their work and in their lives.
Watch their story…
Lifelong learners, divine divas, culture bearers and more — they all came together at the Center in November 2010 for
Water Is Rising: Music and Dance Amid Climate Change. Watch their stories…
“So happy to be here!” In October 2011, patrons talked about
RENT, the arts and themselves.
Watch their stories…
Our patrons go beyond the norm, connect with other cultures and listen to the spirit within. In September 2010, our patrons expressed their enthusiasm before a performance by the Mongolian folk ensemble AnDa Union.
Watch their stories…
After graduating from the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies in 2007, Sarah Levitt joined the Dance Exchange, where she continues to find new, exciting ways to search for answers.
Watch her story…
David Samuel is a Shift Supervisor in our Ticket Office who changed majors from biology to theatre, opening avenues for him to express his creativity.
Watch his story…
As the Executive Director of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Susie Farr is devoted to the creative process.
Watch her story…
“Having my name on a building where learning takes place every day is a wonderful thing,” Clarice Smith says.
Watch her story…
As a composer, singer, teacher and author, Dr. Ysaye Barnwell has a full palette to choose from when she wants to share her love of culture.
Watch her story…
Director, playwright, musician, photographer, teacher — UMD faculty member Walter Dallas does it all and he believes the power of the performing arts can turn lives around.
Watch his story…
Donors and UMD Professors of Mathematics Denny and Frances Gulick love teaching, love music and love art — and they live to make a difference in this world.
Watch their story…
DMA Candidate Ethan Watermeier says making people laugh is the greatest feeling ever — but there’s always a serious side to art.
Watch his story…
Say what? Members of the Clarice Smith Center community testify that humor opens all kinds of doors
and makes the universe a better place. Hear what some of our Serious Kidders had to say on Maryland
Day 2011.
Watch their stories…
Members of the Clarice Smith Center community agree: belief in something bigger than themselves
lights up their worlds. They told us all about it on Maryland Day 2011.
Watch their stories…
They love the arts and they’re not ashamed. Members of the Clarice Smith Center community told us
why on Maryland Day 2011.
Watch their stories…
Laura Scott and son David recall when kidding the way into a difficult conversation opened a new level in their relationship.
Watch their story…
Choreographer Margaret Jenkins finds that making dance is a provocative journey requiring a special kind of vulnerability.
Watch her story…
As the Artistic Director of the Kronos Quartet, David Harrington keeps his eyes and ears open, constantly in search of new, inspiring ways to push aside boundaries.
Watch his story…
2011–2012 Season:
Learn more about our 10th anniversary season.
