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...transmission of emotion through dance is a daunting task, especially when the artist has a bare stage, minimalist costumes, and no props to actualize his vision. Yet the visualization of the human soul through movement is the root of modern dance. It is an art whose realization demands nothing less than the seamless fusion of creative construction, flawless technical execution, and flashes of spontaneity in performance. The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater’s fall production, which featured Conservatory upperclassmen in three world premieres as well as an excerpt from Martha Graham’s classic “Chronicle...
...Liberty Bell. The bell’s clapper has been fixed, a caption explains, so that the bell (and liberty) can only ring when women can vote. Suffragists drove the bell to every county in Pennsylvania, about 4,000 miles in total. Such events were important in solidifying the movement. “The bell was one of the reasons people paid attention,” said Matthews K. Mmopi ’11, a student intern at the Center who helped Castro Samayoa organize the exhibit. “It wasn’t too out there...
...stool in the spotlight, adjusted the microphone towards his instrument, and began to play.There are few living guitarists who could consider themselves equal to Leo Kottke. Over the last four decades, he has established himself as an innovator, not only of the acoustic guitar but of a movement whose interlocking eclecticism and traditionalism have informed generations of music makers. The novel musical themes of his 1969 debut—an entirely instrumental album called “6- And 12-String Guitar”—are only surpassed by the technical skill necessary to execute them. Kottke...
...theater community. For Vartikar-McCullough, a play goes beyond just text and characters. “There’s more to theater than just scenarios,” he says. A Visual and Environmental Studies concentrator, he is keenly aware of how set design, costumes, and movement not only accompany the text but also act as entertainment in their own right. This coming weekend, Harvard students will get the chance to see Vartikar-McCullough’s fresh and creative interpretation of Tenessee Williams’s play “Suddenly, Last Summer.” This...
...their focus from counterinsurgency operations to defending Iraq's borders. The Iraqi air force, for example, announced this week that it has ordered French- and American-made fighters, but its planned 32 squadrons won't be fully up and flying until 2015. The former insurgents who joined the "Awakening" movement or neighborhood watch programs are being partially integrated into the Iraqi security forces, but this remains a point of tension amid continuing mutual mistrust between these Sunni groups and the Shi'ite-dominated government. Al-Qaeda in Iraq, meanwhile, continues to find sanctuary in and around the northern city...