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Dance
Thesis Concert: Valerie Henry
January 23-24, 8:00 p.m.
@
Capital Hall Chapel, Tenley Campus
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Much
Ado About Nothing
January 23, 8:00 p.m., open house rehearsal
February 5-7, 12-14, 8:00 p.m.
February 7, 2:00 p.m., "Shake 'N Saturday" youth matinee
American
University's Department of Performing Arts (DPA) presents HIP HOP MUCH
ADO ABOUT NOTHING, adapted and directed by Caleen Sinnette Jennings.
This innovative production of William Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
offers a contemporary take on the classic play. Jennings has transformed
the world of Shakespeare's court into a lively hip hop club, complete
with dance mix created by the popular DJ Moose. The production examines
the battle of the sexes within hip hop culture through the lens of Shakespeare's
famous witty comedy.
The
Friday, February 6th performance
will be followed by the DPA's First Friday
series. Renaissance scholar Dr. Anita Sherman will moderate
a panel featuring Dr. James Carroll, former Helen Hayes Award Judge;
Dr. Jeanne Addison Roberts, Shakespeare scholar; and Dr. William Smith,
ethnomusicologist and musician. The discussion will explore the many
perspectives from which theatre can be interpreted and experienced,
especially in the context of adaptations such as hip hop Shakespeare.
The AU Library will feature a lobby display of the playbills Dr. Carroll
has collected during his many years of theatre attendance all over the
country.
The
Saturday, February 7th matinee
is open to the public. There will be a post show discussion for young
people in attendance, featuring the director and some of the actors
from the production. This adaptation offers students a unique opportunity
to experience Shakespeare in a non-traditional way. Please call the
box office at (202) 885-2587 for group sales.
Directed
by Caleen Sinnette Jennings
Choreographed by Cara Gabriel
Set Design by James Kronzer
Lighting Design by Emily Becher
@
Harold & Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
$15 General Admission; $8 AU Community & Seniors
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Alan
Mandel in Concert
February 9, 7:30 p.m.
Join
master pianist Alan Mandel, Emeritus Professor of Music, in this celebration
of Beethoven. Sponsored by the Department of Performing Arts and the
University Honors Program.
@
Kay Spiritual Life Center, Main Campus
$5 General Admission, available only at the door
Free Admission for AU Students
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Spring
Connections: Roundelays and More
February 27-28, 8:00 p.m.
First
Friday Series production.
A
celebration of movement to usher in spring, featuring a commissioned
work by guest artist Vladimir Angelov and highlighting the creative
work of dance faculty and students.
Directed
by Peter DiMuro
Guest Artist Vladimir Angelov
@
Harold & Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
$15 General Admission; $8 AU Community & Seniors
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Kiss
Me Kate
March 24-27, 8:00 p.m.
Merry,
melodious and sophisticated. This play within a play takes us backstage
and onstage. A cast rehearsing for Shakespeare's The Taming of the
Shrew finds that their lives rival the very content of the play!
Directed
by Karl Kippola
Set Design by James Kronzer
@
Harold & Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
$15 General Admission; $8 AU Community & Seniors
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Words
Wed to Music: Choral Concert
April 2-3, 8:00 p.m.
First
Friday Series production.
When
great authors inspire great composers, the results are the most beautiful
settings for the human voice.
Directed
by Daniel Abraham
@
Harold & Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
$15 General Admission; $8 AU Community & Seniors
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Dance
Thesis Concert: Dana M. Maue & Mary Catherine May
April 2-3, 8:00 p.m.
April 4, 2:00 p.m.
@
Capital Hall Chapel Dance Studio
$10 General Admission; $5 Students, Seniors, & Children
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Dance
Thesis Concert: Sherrill M. Lilly
April 15-17, 8:00 p.m.
Basic Training: A
Dance Thesis Concert
Guest artist, Vonn Turner
@
Capital Hall Chapel Dance Studio
Admission: $5 for students/seniors, and $10 general admission
For more information, contact (240) 475-2890
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AU
Symphony Orchestra Concert
April 16-17, 8:00 p.m.
Brahms:
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Special student performance by the winner of AU Concerto/Aria Competition.
Directed
by A. Scott Wood
@
Harold & Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
$15 General Admission; $8 AU Community & Seniors
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Dance
Thesis Concert: Yvonne Hamm & Hilary White
April 23-24, 7:30pm
$5 - seniors/children
$8 - adults
@
Capital Hall Chapel Dance Studio
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Senior
Capstone: "Guilty as Charged"
April 23-24, 8:00 p.m.
Join
the senior theatre and music theatre majors from the Department of Performing
Arts as they celebrate the culmination of their study at the university
through scenes and songs from their theatrical repertoire. Performances
take place on Friday, April 23rd, and Saturday, April 24th, at 8:00
p.m. in the Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre. The evening, entitled
Guilty as Charged, is a senior capstone project-based course;
students are involved in the development of the final performance in
every aspect including producing, directing, performing, box office,
programs, and public relations. From William Shakespeare to Maria Irene
Fornes, from Irving Berlin to Jason Robert Brown, Guilty As Charged
reflects the energy and commitment of American University theatre and
music theatre majors' collegiate experiences. For more information please
feel free to contact Cara Gabriel at (202) 885-3410 or cgabriel@american.edu.
Directed
by Cara Gabriel
@
Harold & Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
$5 donation requested, tickets available only at the door
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Liz
Lerman Dance Exchange
Scores for Salt and Snow: Dances Since 2002
May 22, 8:00 p.m.
May 23, 2:00 p.m.
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, sponsored in collaboration
with American University, presents Scores for Salt and Snow: Dances
Since 2002, an evening of hauntingly whispered, thought-provoking repertory
dance work at the Greenberg Theater/American University.
Two of the repertory's works are from 2002. Dances at a Cocktail Party
is performed within a score by Leonard Bernstein and Uneasy Dances moves
through a score composed by Alan Hovhaness, Spike Jones, and Andy Teirstein.
Both pieces were originally commissioned by the Tampa Bay Performing
Arts Center for their Age of Anxiety Festival at a time when anxiety
became palpable. Conceived and developed in reaction to the events of
September 11, Dances at a Cocktail Party and Uneasy Dances stand as
deeply personal kinetic investigations of the edge of laughter and tears,
an arrested gasp and sigh of pleasure.
"An artists job is to help people transform the experience [of
September 11, 2001]," said Liz Lerman who was with the working
with artists of the Dance Exchange and community participants in Detroit/Ann
Arbor on that day. "The project inevitably took on the color and
questioning of the uneasy period in all our lives."
The company's third, and newest work in this concert, Nature/Nurture:
Environment and Character, explores the effects of character on environment…and
vice versa. Nature/Nurture carries you from an intimate, almost sacred,
inner world dusted with translucent white paper to extroverted settings
populated by memories of Martha Wittman's Irish Great-Aunts (Salt Pieces)
and Peter DiMuro's Funny Uncle.
Looking for an evening of compelling dance by one of the country's top
15 modern dance companies that just happens to have its studios here
in the DC-area?
Come. Spend a few hours with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.
For more information about this performance,
contact Chuck Schneiderhan at 301.270.6700, x 11 or chucks@danceexchange.org.
@ Harold & Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
$20 General Admission
$10 Students, Seniors, & Children under 17
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Russia's
Volkov Theatre to Perform
The General Inspector, The Coriscan Fury, Even and Wise Man Stumbles
May
27, 8 p.m. - Even a Wise Man Stumbles by Alexander Ostrovsky
May 28, 8 p.m. - The Corsican Fury by Irji Gubach
May 29, 8 p.m. - The General Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
**All plays performed in Russian. English performance summaries will be
provided.
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@ Harold & Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
$15 General Admission
$10 Students and Seniors
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