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MOVEMENTS journal seeks to create culture of collaboration, bridge theory, art – The Brown Daily Herald
The first volume of the Brown Arts Institute’s MOVEMENTS arts journal, titled “Dissonance,” launched online Friday. “Dissonance” seeks to activate “radical theoretical flows that reconnect us with each other, nature and the world” — and serves as a “poetic remixing of freedom movements and their live manifestations in community, experimentation and creativity,” according to the…
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Roberta Pereira to Leave Playwrights Realm to Lead NY Performing Arts Library
NEW YORK CITY: The Playwrights Realm has announced that executive director Roberta Pereira will depart the organization at the end of this year to become the new Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman executive director of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. She will succeed Linda Murray in the position, who has served…
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AI art talk at Manetti Shrem Museum, auditions at DMTC
Digital artist and educator Nettrice Gaskins will be giving a talk titled “Theory, Content and Style for the AI Revolution” at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis. In her presentation Gaskins will explain her methods, motivations and cultural critiques through her art. Her work centers on African Americans,…
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Robert Brustein, Passionate Force in Nonprofit Theater, Dies at 96
A critic and dramatist himself, he started repertory companies at Yale and Harvard and fiercely defended the art form, even if it meant feuding with playwrights. Robert Brustein, an erudite and contentious advocate for profit-indifferent theater, in the service of which he wore many hats — critic, teacher, producer, director, playwright and even actor —…
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Indian Women’s Association host its annual Celebration of Indian Culture event
Members from the Yakshahejje School of Yakshagana and Performing Arts of Indianapolis perform a traditional folk dance of Karnataka and Kerela at the 2023 Greater Lafayette’s Indian Women’s Association event, on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Lafayette, Ind. Noe Padilla/Journal & Courier Members from the Yakshahejje School of Yakshagana and Performing Arts of Indianapolis perform…
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Robert Brustein, a giant of the American theater, dies at 96
There was nothing shy about Robert Brustein, who died Sunday, Oct. 29, at the age of 96. The American Repertory Theater founder was fearless about taking on all comers be they Tom Stoppard, August Wilson or Tony Kushner. He would rail, in his erudite way, about the perceived sins of the A.R.T.’s main rival in…
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Dramatic comedy opens Thursday at SCCC
The fantasy-filled, dramatic comedy “She Kills Monsters” is the fall production at Sussex County Community College’s (SCCC) Performing Arts Center. “She Kills Monsters” tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio after the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she finds…
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Yellow Brick Road performance planned for Chocolate Church Arts Center
Gerald Brann as Elton John of the Yellow Brick Road tribute band. Photo courtesy of Yellow Brick Road A Yellow Brick Road 2023 A Tribute To Elton John show is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. in Bath.Brann not only bears an uncanny resemblance to the…
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CULTURE: THE SLOW DEATH OF CLASSICAL DANCE
Sassi is ready to endure every difficulty to prove her loyalty and to protect her love. She is left stranded in a deserted forest, seeking out her lover. She roams with a parched throat and teary eyes between the worn-out tree trunks. Yet, despite all the difficulties, she does not give up. In a parallel…
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Decorated St. Louis dance company focusing on ‘becoming’ in new season
The ensemble will kick off its run with a gala in the first week in November where it will preview some of its diverse works. ST. LOUIS — Contemporary dance is one of many forms that make up the St. Louis performing arts scene. The highly decorated Big Muddy Dance Company, which has been around since…