Student Blogs
By Robert Lee Wolfe III
The one show I've made sure not to miss through my four years of undergraduate education has been the Choreographers' Showcase. Every year I have been impressed with the originality of the pieces and the pure talent of the dancers.
By Peter Liu
On the evening of February 4th, my family and I had the unique opportunity of attending the first performance of the Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra in America. Accompanied by a translator, the announcer described to the audience that the night would be filled with Chinese music that expressed a friendship from China with the United States. With the festivity of the Chinese New Year still being celebrated, he informed us that the orchestra would play some of the most ancient music using some of the oldest music instruments from China.
By Peter Liu
On the evening of February 4th, I braved the cold weather to attend the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company's second showing of their East Coast premiere of Light Moves at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. The audience had the pleasure of hearing Margaret Jenkins herself speak before the show. She exclaimed that this would be the third time her company performed at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and that her company had started working on the Light Moves project over a year ago. She explained that the show was inspired by the element of inquiry and tried to answer questions through dance.