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Another thing that separates Harvard Ballroom from other athletic bodies is the way in which the program makes ballroom its mission, rather than merely its business. The team and club became a single entity a year ago, and have made offering free dance classes a major part of its function...
...smattering of people beyond its core fan base. But whereas a sport can thrive on a small but dedicated set of adherents, theater is apt to die from such a situation. Perhaps die is too strong a word, for this death depends on one's vision of the function of theater. If theater is to function strictly as a form of entertainment then it doesn't really matter whether you're entertaining the same 20 people or a different 200 people every week. If theater is strictly a form of self-expression, then again the size and diversity...
...function of theater is to change the world, then the size and diversity of the audience is of the utmost importance. Perhaps in our day of deconstructed meanings and relative truths such a lofty goal for a few actors strutting and fretting their hour upon the stage is laughable. But history, at least, is on the side of such a grand design. It is not without reason that theater attendance in ancient Greece was a civic duty, that of all the means of entertainment and expression in Renaissance England theater was the most closely censored by the crown (and that...
...opinion. This was the year of the video: Douglas Aitken's installation "Electric Earth," which chronicles the nocturnal wanderings of a young black man through the streets of Los Angeles, was widely praised, along with Shirin Neshat's "Fervor." The Biennial is in an unusual position: it has to function as a two-year retrospective of contemporary American art while still keeping up with shows like P.S.1's. Aitken's piece, which was featured on the cover of the exhibition catalogue, embodies this trend. Yet the media buzz prior to the opening of the Biennial was not about Aitken...
...Even at the new prices, long-term treatment therapies could cost as much as $150 a month per patient, which would leave them still beyond the reach of most of the continent's HIV sufferers. And the medical treatment and training infrastructure necessary for the complex drug regimens to function effectively will require billions of dollars of investment. And then there's the question of awareness: The World Bank estimates that only 5 percent of Africa's infected population are actually conscious of their HIV-positive status - which means they're not even seeking treatment - and many of the governments...