Updates and reflections from Wesleyan's Center for the Arts in Middletown, Connecticut
Samantha Speis, Dancer and Associate Artistic Director of Urban Bush Women, taught a Master Class that explored diverse dance techniques on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in the Cross Street Dance Studio during DanceMasters Weekend. Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
A Choreographers Conversation was held on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in the Woodhead Lounge with choreographers Brian Brooks, Ronald K. Brown, David Dorfman, Allison Orr, and Max Pollak. Moderated by Chair and Associate Professor of Dance, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Environmental Studies Nicole Stanton. Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
Allysen Hooks, dancer at Gallim Dance, taught a Master Class on Gallim Dance’s movement language and Gallim Dance repertory on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in the Bessie Schönberg Dance Studio as part of DanceMasters Weekend. Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
Choreographer Allison Orr, the Menakka and Essel Bailey ’66 Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the College of the Environment, conducted a special program with the children at the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center’s AfterSchool program on Monday March 7, 2016. Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
The Shanghai Quartet—violinists Weigang Li and Yi-Wen Jiang, violist Honggang Li, and cellist Nicholas Tzavaras—returned to Wesleyan for their Connecticut debut with pipa (Chinese lute) virtuosa Wu Man to perform “A Night in Ancient and New China,” featuring Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95; traditional folk songs; and the Connecticut premiere of the new quintet "Red Lantern" by eminent Chinese film composer Zhao Jiping (Raise the Red Lantern, To Live, and Farewell My Concubine) in collaboration with his son Zhao Lin. The concert was held on Friday April 1st in the Crowell Concert Hall. Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
An opening reception was held to view the talents of the seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History. Works featured by Milo Farley, Molly Grund, Nathan Harris, Caroline MacNeille, and Evan Ortiz were on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery from Tuesday, March 29 through Sunday, April 3, 2016. Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
