Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College

Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College Performing arts center at Dartmouth College, igniting and sustaining a passion for the arts. Art facilities include workshops, studios, and galleries.
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The Hopkins Center, designed by Wallace Harrison, the architect of Lincoln Center and the United Nations Building in New York City, has served as the cultural hub of the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, NH, since it first opened in November 1962. In 1988 the “Hop” was named by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the nation’s exemplary performing arts centers. Each year the Hop sells

over 125,000 tickets to 100 or more live performances in virtually all genres of music, theater and dance, plus well over 200 film screenings and other events. The Hop also houses classrooms, studios and other facilities, as well as the offices of the Departments of Music, Theater, Film & Media Studies, and Studio Art. The Hop offers a wide variety of co-curricular activities for arts majors and non-majors alike, and all Dartmouth students are eligible to participate on stage or behind the scenes. The Hop produces and presents the work of 8 professionally directed student music and dance ensembles. The Hop’s Student Workshops program provides well-equipped woodworking, jewelry and pottery studio facilities, and offers professional instruction from beginning to advanced levels. Venues at the Hopkins Center include the 900-seat Spaulding Auditorium, the 480-seat Moore Theater, the Warner Bentley Theater, a flexible “black box” space with up to 180 seats, a small recital hall, plus rehearsal and practice rooms for music and drama.

Hop Fellow applications are now open! Join us to make art happen 🙂‍↕️ Applications here 👉 https://bit.ly/3Sk9PcL
06/01/2026

Hop Fellow applications are now open! Join us to make art happen 🙂‍↕️ Applications here 👉 https://bit.ly/3Sk9PcL

Join us to celebrate outstanding Dartmouth student artists featuring keynote speaker, singer, digital artist and Roth Vi...
05/29/2026

Join us to celebrate outstanding Dartmouth student artists featuring keynote speaker, singer, digital artist and Roth Visiting Scholar Nona Hendryx 🎉 Free food and drink at the reception after

🗓️ Jun 3 at 4:30 pm
📍The Moore Theater

Creating connections in NYC 🗽 Dartmouth alumni in the arts shared their career journeys with our students, helping inspi...
05/28/2026

Creating connections in NYC 🗽 Dartmouth alumni in the arts shared their career journeys with our students, helping inspire and build pathways for the next generation of creatives!

Thanks to the Hop Fellowship program and for making this event happen. Learn more about careers in the arts at

📷 Sofia Pavan Macias

Green Day's American Idiot hits the stage this week 🤘  brings this two-time Tony Award-winning musical to The hop with a...
05/26/2026

Green Day's American Idiot hits the stage this week 🤘 brings this two-time Tony Award-winning musical to The hop with an electrifying story and music from the album 'American Idiot' and '21st Century Breakdown'. 🎟️ Get tickets in our bio!

📷 Katie Lenhart

Composer Nubia Jaime Donjuan on how nature and Mexican traditional forms inspire her. Her latest work was commissioned b...
05/20/2026

Composer Nubia Jaime Donjuan on how nature and Mexican traditional forms inspire her. Her latest work was commissioned by the Hop premiered this winter as part of the Mexican Repertoire Initiative. And this Saturday, the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble will expand the initiative with the world premiere by Arturo Márquez!

La compositora Nubia Jaime Donjuan habla sobre cómo la naturaleza y las formas tradicionales mexicanas la inspiran. Su obra más reciente fue encargada por el Hop y estrenada este invierno como parte de la Iniciativa del Repertorio Mexicano. Y este sábado, el Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble ampliará la iniciativa con el estreno mundial de Arturo Márquez.

This article appears in our Spring 2026 issue of Hop Fwd (Link in bio)

📷 Katie Lenhart & Michael Bodel

05/19/2026

Announcing the 26/27 season at The Hop 📣 We bring you a world of art under one roof. Shows that challenge, move and stay with you. And the breadth of creativity, yours to experience. Discover our season in the link in bio!

05/19/2026

Today we launch our 26/27 season 🎉 on the final day of our season launch countdown we are featuring 's breathtaking aerial dance that challenges us to “be not afraid.”

05/18/2026

Going full Baroque on our last day of our season countdown. Bold and expressive, discover the transformative power of Monteverdi’s music through the artistry of Les Arts Florissants directed by William Christie and Paul Agnew

05/17/2026

Day 5 of our season launch countdown and we’re basking in the big band brilliance of . The pioneering jazz vocalist gathers a powerhouse group for an evening of expansive jazz, melded with Native stories. Follow along as we reveal an artist a day!

05/16/2026

Day 4 of our season launch countdown ✨ The Grammy Award-winning violinist and soprano ‘s are bringing their creative chemistry to the Hop. Follow along as we reveal an artist a day!

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4 E Wheelock Street
Hanover, NH
03755

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