Performing Arts RSOs

Are you looking for other great ways to get involved with performing arts-related Registered Student Organizations and Clubs? Check out these great University of Illinois student groups!  Even if you’re not interested in performing, many of these groups are looking for students to help with all aspects of producing their performances, from stage management to design to marketing.

Full Listing of Performing Arts RSOs

Theatre & Improv

  • Hive Society Improv
  • Illini Student Musicals
  • Odd Request Improv
  • Penny Dreadful Players
  • Potted Meat Sketch Comedy
  • Spicy Clamato
  • The Phoenix Improv Company
  • The What You Will Shakespeare Company

Dance

  • Afrique Dance Ensemble
  • Barkada (part of the Philippine Student Association at UIUC)
  • Bollywood Dhamaka
  • Dance 2XS Caliente
  • Dance 2XS LUXE
  • Dancing Illini
  • Dheem
  • Fizaa
  • Floor Lovers Illinois
  • Ghungroo Dance Company
  • Hip-Notic Dance Team
  • I-Bhangra Club
  • Illini Dance Sport
  • Illini N Motion
  • Illini Raas Team
  • ImagiNation Dance Crew
  • Legend Dance Company
  • Mixed Motions UIUC (Double M)
  • Raas Mania
  • The Illini Swing Society
  • Urbana Country Dancers
  • Urbana-Champaign West African Dance and Drum Collective (UCWADDC)
  • Velocity Dance
  • Vitality Dance Team
  • Wrapsody Dance Co.

Vocal Music

  • Black Chorus (School of Music)
  • Chai Town A Cappella
  • Girls Next Door A Cappella
  • Illinois Rip Chords
  • No Comment A Cappella
  • No Strings Attached A Cappella
  • The Other Guys (part of Varsity Men’s Glee Club)
  • Varsity Men’s Glee Club (School of Music)
  • Women’s Glee Club (School of Music
  • Xtension Chords A Cappella

Instrumental Music

  • Altgeld Ringers
  • Electronic Music Club
  • Gah Rahk Mah Dahng
  • Illini Saxophone Club
  • Jasmine Field Orchestra
  • Kick Brass – Brass Band
  • Les Claviers
  • Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth
  • Urbana-Champaign West African Dance and Drum Collective (UCWADDC)

Performing Arts – Other

Pizza FM (student-run radio station)
Star Course (concert programming, marketing, and event management)
​WBML Radio (student-run radio station)

Student Alliances/Pre-Professional Groups

American String Teachers Association
Art Education Student Organization
Art Graduate Student Organization
Crescendo (support for underrepresented students in the UI School of Music)
Delta Phi Delta Dance Fraternity, Inc. (Co-Ed)
FAA Ambassadors
Illinois Music Graduate Students
Illinois Student Association of Music Scholars
National Association for Music Education Chapter 164
National Band Association, UIUC Collegiate Chapter
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity
Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity
The Arts Initiative
ACDA UIUC
The Honors Music Composition and Performing Arts Society