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...much-praised production of “L’Orfeo,” The Harvard Early Music Society (HEMS) again impressed audiences with polished artistry in the weekend performance of two operatic works: “Les Plaisirs De Versailles” and “Act??on.” True to its origins, the work by composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier was performed entirely in French, preserving its authentic sound and rhythm...
Written in 1682 and 1684 respectively, “Les Plaisirs” is a light comedy set in the court of Louis XIV, while “Act??on” is a tragedy based on the story of Act??on and Diana from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.” Charpentier was often overshadowed by his fellow countryman and contemporary, composer Jean Baptiste-Lully, and many say this led to insufficient recognition during his lifetime. But this weekend, HEMS resurrected his little-known masterpieces in the old style...
...plotline from Hindu mythology hard to follow. Thus, audience understanding of the program might have benefited from written summaries. In the first act of the show, the square surround seating at Lowell Lecture Hall hampered viewing since the dancers only faced one side; in contrast, during the second act??s use of the entire stage, the architecture increased the accessibility of the work, allowing audiences to experience all dimensions of the play. In her story, Chamundeshwari Devi resoundingly defeats the strong and relentless demon Mahisha in a 10-day battle, during which Mahisha transforms from...
...act??routine for Bambi and her colleagues—was shocking to this freshman. One of his friends crawled away on the floor as the stripper said, “I’m supposed to be the one with the pussy.” When she offered classic dildo acts or a one-on-one shower show, the other birthday boy says, “We were like, ‘No, no, no.’” They were all “traumatized...
...Harvard witnessed one of the most unusual acts of protest I’ve ever heard of. As representatives of the Central Intellgence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urged Harvard students to join up, a student forced himself to vomit into a bag. This act??supposed to symbolize the student’s disgust with the shoddy human rights record of America’s intelligence community—has become the subject of more discussion than any other puke in Harvard’s history. One man’s vomit has become...