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Musical trailblazer Mavis Staples makes her Center debut, November 8

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CONTACT: Sarah Snyder
ssnyder3@umd.edu
301.405.8151

College Park, MD— Rhythm and blues and gospel legend Mavis Staples makes her debut at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center with a performance in the Kay Theatre on November 8 at 8 pm. From her start with the Staple Singers to her dynamic solo career, Staples has continued to raise social consciousness through music for six decades. Yvonne Staples, Mavis Staples’ sister and original member of the Staple Sisters, will provide backing vocals.

This performance is part of the Clarice Smith Center’s involvement in The National Civil War Project. The Center is examining the Civil War through the lens of civil and human rights, with a special focus on the Civil Rights Movement.

Anda Union: The Wind Horse

This post is by Lisa Driscoll, a Junior Vocal Performance and Broadcast Journalism double major. You can read more of her writing on her blog.

Anda Union​

Anda Union
 

Mongolian music group Anda Union shared a taste of their homeland in an evening filled with folk songs and nostalgic original compositions, all performed in traditional clothing, on September 20 at the Clarice Smith Center. The steady percussive drive mixed with the many string and wind instruments made for a lively and memorable musical performance.

By the end, the energy was so high that I was practically rocking out — certainly not a reaction I expected of myself.

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David Dorfman Dance: Come, and Back Again, November 1-2

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CONTACT: Sarah Snyder
ssnyder3@umd.edu
301.405.8151

College Park, MD— Choreographer David Dorfman explores the vulnerability, virtuosity and mortality of daily life in Come, and Back Again at the Kay Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center November 1 and 2 at 8 pm.  Inspired by the stimulating poetry and unapologetic, raw ferocity of the underground 90’s Atlanta band “Smoke,” five dancers and a band of musicians create a kinetic anthem of reckless personal abandon. Dorfman plays the role of both dancer and saxophonist in this striking work that contemplates how time and memory influence and define our changeable human existence.

Join the artists for a Talk Back following the Friday, November 1 performance.

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