By Sydney Held

The Harlem Renaissance is known for its smooth jazz music and inspiring literature of a cultural revolution. I expected to feel overly immersed in the culture of this time period and was pleased instead to encounter a timeless story of the bonds of sisterhood and family loyalty in this production of The Old Settler. The production stayed true to its time period with costuming, scenery, music and the impeccable accents of the cast, but place this story in 2012 College Park and the story's message rings just as true.

By Ethan Rosenberg

The title for Margaret Jenkins' latest production, Light Moves, works on a number of levels. For one, it plays on the fact that the show features moving paintings by multimedia artist Naomie Kremer that are projected onto a number of panels on-stage. The title also alludes to the light moves of the dancers who elegantly sweep across the stage.

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 Sarah Houge

Each of the six performances in the 29th Annual Choreographer's Showcase had the ability to resonate deeply with the audience on a multitude of levels, which made them all entertaining and sometimes very moving.

By Hannah Morgan

Imagine perfecting a piece of music and then performing it to an audience- only to have members immediately climb onstage and critique the performance.

The University of Maryland's graduate fellowship wind quintet, SIREN, began playing together this past September. The five talented musicians, hailing from all over the states, led the audience through a cultural journey Wednesday night.