Word: tango
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...Rosario, Argentina. Working in a lab suggested to her by a Harvard professor, she also found a non-Harvard affiliated program through the OIP that allowed her to take classes in Spanish and Argentinian art and literature. While living with her host family, Clapham also took lessons in tango and squash. “I wanted to live somewhere different, somewhere that took me out of my comfort zone,” Clapham says. “I wanted to improve my Spanish. All these factors, combined with the opportunity to work with this professor who worked on the same...
...second act. Tam, who starred in last term’s production of “Urinetown,” successfully managed to belt out a number of Yiddish songs while prancing about. Caplan, whose roles in the play ranged from Jewish immigrant father to wannabe tango star, deserves a special mention for his performance as well. Caplan was especially adept in his role as a disgruntled Jewish husband, demanding variety from his wife’s constant culinary reliance on potatoes. Unfortunately for him—but to the audience’s amusement—his wife appeared...
...fallen,falling,” opens the show. “I was having an e.e. cummings moment,” she says of the title. The piece, which was performed in its first incarnation two years ago, is performed to a song by famed king of the tango Astor Piazzolla. Koch tried to pair the song with choreography that’s not explicitly tango-based, but that rather “evokes the weight” that she felt in the song.The show also includes a dance to the music of country singer Loretta Lynn by celebrated choreographer...
...version of Ghostbusters; and soon everyone in town is clamoring for the guys' rickety remakes of favorite movies, including The Lion King, Rush Hour 2, RoboCop, Boyz N The Hood, Driving Miss Daisy (with Black in the Jessica Tandy role), King Kong, Carrie, Men in Black, Boogie Nights, Last Tango in Paris, the 2001 sequel 2010 and It's a Wonderful Life...
...Hsin-Bei Lee, a professional pianist and MIT affiliate, performed three pieces: Benjamin Britten’s “Cello Sonata,” Frederic Chopin’s “Cello Sonata,” and Astor Piazzolla’s “Le Grande Tango...