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...book’s characterization as the first “modern” African novel, though Achebe eschews the title. “Categorizations are difficult always,” he says. “If you say, ‘This is a modern African novel,’ then you tell us what you mean by ‘modern’ and ‘African.’” Achebe says that stories, regardless of categories, still must do the work of narratives.The novel, which examines the social and political implications of colonialism...
...Show your best body part and hide what’s not flattering.” Indeed, her loose silhouettes embody easy comfort and simplicity, as do the cotton and linen materials she chooses to work with. A combination of East and West, Gao’s clothes offer modern shapes that flatteringly fit and drape the body, at the same time evoking the linen shifts peasant-farmers wore in the late imperial period of China. Though Gao verbalized a distinction between Asian and American style, her ability to blend East and West seamlessly in her design aesthetic suggests that...
...Pointes of Departure” demonstrates its versatility. The aptly titled show—which starts today and will run through Sunday, November 23—showcases the work of student, alumni, and professional choreographers, using classical ballet as a point of departure into the world of modern and contemporary movement. Larissa D. Koch ’08-’09 and Matthew L. Mendez ’09 worked to create the first piece by a student choreographer and student composer to premiere on the stage of the New College Theatre. The partnership has been a unique opportunity...
...rope walkers, and myriad other images, set to the sounds of Ottorino Respighi’s “The Pines of Rome.” Its narrative framework, to the extent that there is one, is fleeting. Conner takes pains to thwart any clear interpretation, but motifs of modern warfare, performitivity, the Freudian return to the womb, and the sex and death drives all figure heavily in “A Movie.”It’s difficult, well-nigh impossible, to summarize satisfactorily the vision or intention behind any of Conner’s films...
...what had gone on. But starting from then, he began to paint quite differently.” And soon enough, he is brushing shoulders with the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, exhibiting his work in the Musée d’Orsay and the Museum of Modern Art. When Zollner meets him, all Kaminski lacks is a biography that will solidify his reputation as an artist with lasting significance, hopefully disproving Kaminski’s own fatalistic prediction that “first one’s unknown, then one’s famous, then one?...