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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first act of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Lysander tells Hermia, “The course of true love never did run smooth.” Likewise, the course towards a stunning performance of the ballet adapted from this play is full of potholes and detours...

Author: By Giselle Barcia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dancers' 'Dream' a Very Real Success | 2/19/2007 | See Source »

...quartet of lovers. The rivals Demetrius and Lysander come into the forest armed with flick knives. Later, under the influence of a love potion, they are ready to fight and die for love of Helena, whom hours before they both had ignored, and are almost willing to kill Hermia, to whom they both had sworn undying devotion. Even after a restorative drug has returned them to orderly pairings, all four eye one another uneasily: they have lost the sweet certainty of first love. At the curtain call, the pairs come out again mismatched. Only as they start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Moonbeams and Menaces | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

There were bright spots in the production worth mentioning, however. Newly-promoted soloist Sarah Lamb was a beautiful Hermia. Her acting skills met the requirements of the role, and her dancing showed great technique and artistry...

Author: By Erin K. Kelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Miscast ‘Midsummer’ Far from a Dreamy Night | 9/28/2001 | See Source »

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