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...fresher and bolder adaptation of the original ballet would have better served as celebration of the Ballet Russes. Although the choreography did at times add its own creative flair—with the passionate scenes depicting two ancestors fighting over the fate of the “chosen one?? or the possessed movements of the pagan tribe as they come in contact with powerful ancestors—it seemed to rely heavily on the movements and themes of the original “Rite of Spring” performance. The artistic vision and purpose of Blanc?...
...follow scholars whose work might one day prove promising. Each is an expert in his or her field. “We’re lapsed academics,” says Elizabeth Knoll, an acquisition editor for Behavior Sciences, Education and Law. Just like getting into Harvard itself, getting one??s work into the Press is a struggle. “I had had a professional dream of publishing with them for years. I had to convince them that they should publish me,” Dr. Mark S. Micale says. Micale, a History professor at the University...
...notoriously critical approach. Bennett perceives this as having an indirectly positive effect. “The English Department discourages writing on the side, but not explicitly,” Bennett says. “Those who take writing seriously learn it’s best to do it on one??s own.”Despite holding an MFA, Bennett is lukewarm about creative writing programs. “MFA programs seem unrelated to excellent writing...Writing programs are gratifying, but there should be no inflated expectations about how one will advance a career...
...stand, a jumble of videotapes and a Sega Genesis in a pile under it, halfway boxed-up as if they’d been taken to a tag sale and then brought back unsold. Maybe Andrew’s little brother still uses this room sometimes, but no one??s around at the moment. In a cardboard box they have Starfox, Sonic, Super Mario 2 and Mortal Kombat II. It takes a minute to find the right TV/video setting, but eventually it all works. I play a few rounds of Mortal Kombat against the computer, lose, and turn...
Jamaica Kincaid sees writing as an “accompaniment” to the rest of one??s life. “You can do anything and still be devoted to writing,” the visiting lecturer in English says. Her thesis advisee Uzodinma C. Iweala ’04 is living proof of that belief—Iweala’s creative senior thesis was published as the well-received novel “Beasts of No Nation.” And if writing a novel during college isn’t impressive enough...