Facilities
The University of Oklahoma Rupel J. Jones Fine Arts Center opened in 1965 to house the School of Dance and the School of Drama. Besides two fully equipped dance studios, the Rupel J. Jones Fine Arts Center also contains the newly renovated Elsie C. Brackett Theatre, our 570-seat performance facility with state-of-the-art computerized lighting and sound equipment; an adjacent scene shop and design lab; costume shop, dye room and storage rooms; makeup room; men’s and women’s dressing rooms; and the intimate Weitzenhoffer Theatre.
In 2005, the School of Dance moved into its new home at the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center. This space contains two additional large dance studios, a body conditioning studio, warm-up areas, administrative offices, gallery and houses our Ballets Russes Archive. This second, complete theatrical and educational facility provides our students extensive performance and technical opportunities as they learn about dance as a performing and theatrical art.
Historic Holmberg Hall, a stunning European-style opera house also housed in this facility, provides a second performance home for our companies with a 680-seat capacity.
The University of Oklahoma Rupel J. Jones Fine Arts Center opened in 1965 to house the School of Dance and the School of Drama. Besides two fully equipped dance studios, the Rupel J. Jones Fine Arts Center also contains the newly renovated Elsie C. Brackett Theatre, our 570-seat performance facility with state-of-the-art computerized lighting and sound equipment; an adjacent scene shop and design lab; costume shop, dye room and storage rooms; makeup room; men’s and women’s dressing rooms; and the intimate Weitzenhoffer Theatre.
In 2005, the School of Dance moved into its new home at the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center. This space contains two additional large dance studios, a body conditioning studio, warm-up areas, administrative offices, gallery and houses our Ballets Russes Archive. This second, complete theatrical and educational facility provides our students extensive performance and technical opportunities as they learn about dance as a performing and theatrical art.
Historic Holmberg Hall, a stunning European-style opera house also housed in this facility, provides a second performance home for our companies with a 680-seat capacity.
