Word: performancy
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Pineda has answered her calling to leadership this year, assuming co-directorship of both BFA and Presencia Latina, as well as choreographing two pieces—“Jesusita” and “La Bamba”—which BFA will perform in the show. In choreographing “Jesusita,” a traditional Mexican piece from the era of the Mexican Revolution, Pinada has been able to return to the women’s dancing she loved so much as a child. She emphasizes the presence of “several twirls...
...onstage in the BFA pieces—since she is managing the show from backstage she won’t be able to spare the hour and a half necessary to create the traditional updo and makeup required of a Ballet Folklórico dancer—she will perform in the Danza Azteca piece “El Águila.” Wearing feathers and dancing as an eagle as a performance for the Aztec gods she will take part in a “tradition carried over for generations and generations...
...people who were considered outsiders, whether lepers or political prisoners, were kept” or evoking complex South African language politics through a piece about fig trees, Stopforth’s remarkable skill as storyteller, political actor, and artist shines throughout. His work and his words perform a kind of near-alchemic synesthesia, drawing together the colors of light, the sounds of protest, and the rough texture of nations. And in the end, the quality of his art is met only by the clarity of his words: he states simply, “Drawing is one way of articulating...
...area. It is probably a simpler show than the original,” says Samuel C. Brondfield ’08, who plays Tony, the show’s male lead. Singing and stage presence promise to be the highlight of the show, as both leading actors sing and perform regularly for Harvard’s a capella groups. Brondfield is a member of the Din and Tonics, and Rachel C. Porter ’07, who plays Maria, is a member of the Callbacks. “I’ve been in choirs for a really long time...
...Only Turn 250 Once. Sunday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m. Memorial Church. Tickets at the Harvard Box Office. $10; $5 students and seniors. How else could Mozart celebrate his 250th birthday year but by having his music performed by practically every classical music group in the world? There have been entire concert seasons dedicated to him and tons of his lesser-known works have surfaced. Birthday cakes have even been frosted lovingly with his portrait. What’s more, he only hit the big day in January, which means—fortunately for audiences everywhere—that...