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...much of her time was spent in New Haven’s community theater and in drama-heavy summer camps; and throughout high school, she dedicated three hours each afternoon to a performing arts conservatory, where, as a senior, she began making the change from actor to director.This extensive background and dedication to the craft of theater has served her well in her time at Harvard, where she has had a large impact on the theater community as both an actor and a director. This fall, “Slavs!,” her third show as director and first...
...Initiative and came up with this group. I think we have around 30 or 35 people in the ensemble. We have about five to eight percussionists, and everyone else dances.” Ogunnaike describes drumming as a learning experience and encourages others to try it regardless of their background. “Everyone should try drumming. Drumming is just good for you, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. And there’s a lot you can learn from it. Drumming has helped me to shift my perspective from trying to advance myself and my own agenda to trying to live...
Lurking in the background, however, are the usual suspects, threats as familiar and ominous as the Three Bears. The worldwide supply of oil can barely keep pace with the huge surge in demand that has been driving up prices to more than $60 per bbl.--which puts supply at the mercy of politically fickle energy producers like Russia and Iran. "We will have some shocks because supply is so tight," warned Zhu Min, executive assistant president of the Bank of China. He also expects a surge in volatility in financial markets this year and, like the other panelists, worries about...
Martin did so, learning German and Russian along the way to conduct background research. Martin was intrigued enough to continue pursuing Soviet history...
...seems as if director Sanaa Hamri has just slapped new characters and a new background into the generic formula for romantic comedy. Not to say that the formula doesn’t work. “Something New” is definitely enjoyable. While perhaps it does not boast the most creative of plots, it emanates a happy tingle that makes up for a good deal of its deficiencies in originality...