Word: concertizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spotlight works of Harvard/Radcliffe alums presented throughout the weekend. Now-successful dancers, choregraphers and directors were invited back on campus earlier in the year to work with students. This weekend, their collaborative efforts will be showcased in gallery exhibits, in dance performances such as Choreographers' Ink's annual spring concert, and in theater productions such as King Kong, The Musical, Part I: Lohengrin. The incredible combination of students and alums is apparent in the emotions expressed by King Kong director Diane Paulus '88, who finds it exciting that, "after leaving Harvard and committing my life to theater, I was able...
...during the Performance Fair. Sample the performers you've always meant to see, whether they're madrigals, Thai dancers, a barbershop quartet, the '02 Steppers, baton twirlers, or a one-man rock band. At night, choose among shows ranging from improv comedy to the Kuumba Singers' 29th Annual Spring Concert. The excitement continues into Sunday, until evening events mark the culmination of a festive weekend that promises...
...concert was supposedly geared towards children, with Roberta Flack providing hip commentary--somehow she managed to parallel Brahms to Puff Daddy and Orff to Michael Jackson--working the audience and attempting to tone down the somber aura of classical music. In a sense, this effort to reach out to people who would otherwise normally not be exposed to classical music was commendable. Though it was sometimes hard to hear over the quiet buzz of audience chatter, especially with the acoustical downfalls of the athletic building, the casual concert setting could not detract from the magic of hearing a live professional...
...more recognized by the name of the movie it was featured in--the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey or Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra?--the professional group has a hard time making an overplayed theme unique. However, when Joseph Lin '00 appeared on stage, violin in hand, the concert began to offer the special excitement that comes with a live performance. Roberta Flack introduced him as a theology concentrator (well, she actually said major) and introduced Tchaikovsky as "that guy who wrote the 1812 Overture." Using the cardboard binoculars that were handed out at the door (one idea that Symphony...
Well, that's what Pat joked he wanted for the title, and after such an uplifting, euphoric concert, how could I refuse this man's even slightest whim...