School of Creative and Performing Arts
Why Creative and Performing Arts?
Our aim is to reimagine artistry for the 21st century through a careful balance of tradition and innovation. We explore both disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on dance, drama and music. We engage with history and the contemporary world in order to become rigorously trained and intellectually agile.
Explore our programs
Undergraduate programs
Dance
Combine intensive studio training and rigour with experimentation. Inspire intellectual inquiry. Nurture your passion and share your love of dance with others.
Undergraduate programs
Drama
Design your own program of study. Combine rigorous artistic creation with advanced academic inquiry.
Undergraduate programs
Music
Unleash your creativity and explore how ideas and emotions are communicated through sound. Experience focus, discipline, collaboration and independence.
Explore graduate programs in Drama and Music
in the School of Creative and Performing Arts
University Theatre Services
See a show. Book a venue. Organize a conference. Get production assistance.
News and Announcements
Critically acclaimed satire brings Métis voices to UCalgary stage
Women of the Fur Trade explores identity, friendship, and history in Alberta’s first production of Frances Koncan’s celebrated play
Indigenous Graduate Award spotlights student excellence at UCalgary
With record applications and more than $940,000 in funding, the annual competition is now open
In Memoriam: Bernard Grant Reddick, Faculty of Arts
UCalgary campus flag to be lowered on May 21
Outstanding members of UCalgary Arts honoured
Faculty awards recognize Arts community's achievements and influence
In the media
In the News Rod Squance, School of Creative & Performing Arts, in SooToday.com
Algoma Conservatory hosting trio that offers a musical fusion
In the News Ryan Gladstone (Alumnus), SCPA (Drama), in Winnipeg Free Press
The monster lives
In the News arch magazine
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
In the News Melanie Kloetzel, SCPA, in CBC Homestretch
Dance Research Conference
In the News Marie France Forcier, SCPA, in CBC Radio-Canada
Quand les traumatismes psychologiques s'invitent dans la danse
In the News The Conversation Canada
The theatre we want in 2040? We used ‘strategic foresight’ to plan on the Prairies
Highlander Lecture: Defending Canada’s interests from global trade to Arctic sovereignty
Join the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies for a talk by Dr. Martha Hall Findlay on Canada’s role in global trade, defence and Arctic sovereignty.
Date: November 20, 2025
Location: The Military Museums
