Updates and reflections from Wesleyan's Center for the Arts in Middletown, Connecticut
New media artist, theater director, and designer Reid Farrington conversed with composer, artist, and performer R. Luke DuBois on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in the CFA Hall.
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Dancer/choreographer Eiko Otake, Visiting Artist in Dance and East Asian Studies, presented a series of intimate performances as part of her solo project “A Body in Places.” She preformed in the Van Vleck Observatory on Friday, November 6, 2015.
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John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce performed the seventh in a series of CD-length recitals of his piano music in the Crowell Concert Hall on Sunday, November 1, 2015.
Special guest Thomas Schuttenhelm performed the world premiere of Bruce’s The Sacred Guitar—seven improvisatory pieces for electric guitar based on tunes from The Sacred Harp.
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On Thursday, October 8, 2015 in the CFA Hall, award-winning actor and writer Daniel Beaty and Wesleyan students held a free spoken word/poetry slam about identity, community, and topics of the day.
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Violinist Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill performed adventurous interpretations of traditional Irish tunes with irresistible rhythm in the Crowell Concert Hall on Saturday, October 17, 2015.
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Student composers of the Wesleyan Music Department presented their original works, featuring compositions by Matthew Stein ’16, and graduate students Tomek Arnold, Hallie Blejewski, Warren Enström, Omar Fraire, Cecilia Lopez, Cleek Schrey, and Ron Shalom in the World Music Hall on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.
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Internationally acclaimed Indian dancer and choreographer Alarmél Valli turned the traditional Bharatanatyam style into subtle, deeply internalized, personal dance poetry in her Connecticut debut in the Crowell Concert Hall on Sunday, October 11, 2015.
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Navaratri Festival’s Bhojanam (Feast) followed the concert by Sri Rajesh Vaidya in the Daniel Family Commons, Usdan University Center on Saturday, October 10, 2015.
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Sri Rajhesh Vaidhya, a highly accomplished veena (plucked string instrument) player and composer from Tamil Nadu, India performed in the Crowell Concert Hall with N. Mohanaraman and R. SriGanesh on mridangam, D. Chandrajit on tabla, and Saihari on gatam on Saturday, October 10, 2015.
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South Asian culture was experienced through henna art and sampling of chaat (savory snacks), hosted by Shakti, Wesleyan’s South Asian Students’ Association, in the Olin Library Lobby on Thursday, October 8, 2015.
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