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The Cambrians presents Clover

The Cambrians presents CLOVER sponsored by The Department of Music and Dance and the William J. Cooper Foundation at Swarthmore College.Cambrians

The Cambrians is an intimate contemporary dance and storytelling venture created in collaboration by Benjamin Wardell, Michel Rodriquez Cintra and Melinda Jean Myers. The Cambrians [KAYM-bree-uns] is a global dance production network, based out of Chicago, that treats its dance performers as the primary drivers of choreographic quality and innovation.

PERFORMANCE
Friday, March 17, 2017
8:00PM
LPAC Pearson-Hall Theater (Main Stage).

COMPANY MASTER CLASSES
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
11:30AM and 4:30PM
LPAC Boyer Dance Studio
And,
Thursday, March 16, 2017
11:20AM
LPAC Boyer Dance Studio

Courtyard Dancers presents “120 Square Feet”

Asian Arts Initiative March 25th 6:00pm to 7:00pm

“An evening of Kathak daSlide1nce, video, and community engagement. We are a grassroots organization in Philadelphia but our roots travel far to a little-known location where dance thrives among the underprivileged. Please join us to support the community arts initiative at Subhasgram in the outskirts of Kolkata.”

Courtyard Dancers presents “120 Square Feet”

Asian Arts Initiative March 25th 6:00pm to 7:00pm

“An evening of Kathak daSlide1nce, video, and community engagement. We are a grassroots organization in Philadelphia but our roots travel far to a little-known location where dance thrives among the underprivileged. Please join us to support the community arts initiative at Subhasgram in the outskirts of Kolkata.”

Acting Capstone presents REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. (2/24 -2/26)

Revolt4WebRevolt. She Said. Revolt Again. by Alice Birch breaks our notions of language and theatrical expectation to explore the ways women in the 21st century are stereotyped by words, labels, and cultural representation. Wildly funny and deeply subversive, Revolt careens between surreality and self-awareness in attempt to understand the glories and difficulties of daily revolution in our complex, contemporary world. This fierce new work takes on gender politics, power dynamics, and societal expectations in an unforgettable forum of dialogues. Directed by Alex Torra with Sarah Branch ’17, Rex Chang ’17, Citlali Pizarro ’20, and Emily Uhlmann ’19. Costume design by Laila Swanson, Lighting Design by Amanda Jensen.

 

Friday, Feb. 24 at 8PM
Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2PM and 8PM
Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2PM
LPAC Frear Ensemble Theater

Sydney Dance Company (2/24 @ 8PM, LPAC)

Sydney Dance Company is the most renowned contemporary dance company in Australia. The company has performed across the globe in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, the Joyce Theater in New York, the Shanghai Grand Theatre, and the Stanislavsky in Moscow, and is the first Western contemporary dance company to perform in the People’s Republic of China. The company is known for its dancers’ high level of technical ability; its integrity and precision as an ensemble; the choreography of its director, Spanish-born Rafael Bonachela; and the international array of its visiting artists. Bonachela’s 2 One Another won Australian Dance Awards in 2013 for choreography and for performance by a company.
LPAC Pearson Hall Theatre
8PM
February 24, 2017
Free and Open to the public. No reservations or tickets needed. Seating is first come, first served.

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In addition to the Friday evening performance on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, Sydney Dance Company will offer a Q and A discussion with the company from noon—1 p.m in the Boyer Dance Studio ande, a Master Class from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Troy Lab Studio both in the Lang Performing Arts Center. These are designed for interested intermediate and advanced dance students to learn choreography from the company’s repertory pieces.

 

Sydney Dance Company (2/24 @ 8PM, LPAC)

Sydney Dance Company is the most renowned contemporary dance company in Australia. The company has performed across the globe in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, the Joyce Theater in New York, the Shanghai Grand Theatre, and the Stanislavsky in Moscow, and is the first Western contemporary dance company to perform in the People’s Republic of China. The company is known for its dancers’ high level of technical ability; its integrity and precision as an ensemble; the choreography of its director, Spanish-born Rafael Bonachela; and the international array of its visiting artists. Bonachela’s 2 One Another won Australian Dance Awards in 2013 for choreography and for performance by a company.
LPAC Pearson Hall Theatre
8PM
February 24, 2017
Free and Open to the public. No reservations or tickets needed. Seating is first come, first served.

SYDNEYPosterFinal
In addition to the Friday evening performance on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, Sydney Dance Company will offer a Q and A discussion with the company from noon—1 p.m in the Boyer Dance Studio ande, a Master Class from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Troy Lab Studio both in the Lang Performing Arts Center. These are designed for interested intermediate and advanced dance students to learn choreography from the company’s repertory pieces.

 

GREAT PIECE OF TURF (Sound Design THEA 014E) by Anna Marfleet ’19

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The Department of Theater presents an Independent Study in Sound Design (THEA 014E) by Anna Marfleet ’19, GREAT PIECE OF TURF (OR, KING OF THE KITCHEN), a multimedia concept album.

GREAT PIECE OF TURF (OR, KING OF THE KITCHEN) follows the life of Joel, an excellent cook, gifted gardener, avid CCR fan, and infamous host, and his unfortunate relationship with his father. Composed of half original songs and half non-musical ambient auditory “scenes” (as well as a booklet of visual accompaniments) this project gives us a window into both Joel’s childhood in the rural south touring with a youth choir, and his old age in an extravagant yet quickly crumbling country house in upstate New York.

Album Release Date: 12/13/16
https://amarfleet.bandcamp.com/album/great-piece-of-turf

Prof. Olivia Sabee debuts choreography in DC (12/10 @ Dance Place)

2016_1023_agoradance_thekindofthing_cleanimage_v1The Kind of Thing That Would Happen, a new piece by Olivia Sabee, at Washington DC’s Dance Place 

The Kind of Thing That Would Happen asks the audience whether or not they believe what they are seeing and harks back to Aristotle’s precept of theater as making real not what has happened, but rather, the kind of thing that would happen. The performance—with choreography by Olivia Sabee, original sound designs by DeLesslin George-Warren, and new sets by Ben Levine—features choreography that ranges from happy-go-lucky dances to contemplative solo work set to a rhythmically driving score, as the enduring love of the main characters unfolds, interwoven with monologues from an inquisitive, insightful poetess.

The Kind of Thing That Would Happen
December 10 at 8 p.m. and December 11 at 7 p.m.
3225 8th St. NE, Washington, DC.
Running time: 45 minutes with no intermission

Prof. Olivia Sabee debuts choreography in DC (12/10 @ Dance Place)

2016_1023_agoradance_thekindofthing_cleanimage_v1The Kind of Thing That Would Happen, a new piece by Olivia Sabee, at Washington DC’s Dance Place 

The Kind of Thing That Would Happen asks the audience whether or not they believe what they are seeing and harks back to Aristotle’s precept of theater as making real not what has happened, but rather, the kind of thing that would happen. The performance—with choreography by Olivia Sabee, original sound designs by DeLesslin George-Warren, and new sets by Ben Levine—features choreography that ranges from happy-go-lucky dances to contemplative solo work set to a rhythmically driving score, as the enduring love of the main characters unfolds, interwoven with monologues from an inquisitive, insightful poetess.

The Kind of Thing That Would Happen
December 10 at 8 p.m. and December 11 at 7 p.m.
3225 8th St. NE, Washington, DC.
Running time: 45 minutes with no intermission

NIGHT OF SCENES from the Directing I Workshop (12/7 + 12/8)

Directing I Workshop (THEA 035) &nosforweb6
Lighting Design (THEA 004B)
present 
A NIGHT OF SCENES

Directed by
Wesley Han
Oliver Lipton

Yoshifumi Nomura
Emily Uhlmann
John Wojciehowski

with excerpts and one acts from
Annie Baker,
Maria Irene Fornes,
Tony Kushner,
Martin McDonagh,
and Sarah Ruhl

LPAC Frear Ensemble Theater
Wed 12/7 at 8PM
Thurs 12/ 8 at 8PM

Free!