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Theater of War: Hector, Andromache, and the Death of Astyanax
- February 27, 3 pm, Miller Theatre
- Hector, Andromache, and the Death of Astyanax will present live, dramatic readings of selections from Book VI of Homer’s Iliad and scenes from The Trojan Women by Euripides, featuring acclaimed actors and a chorus of students whose lives have been impacted by war.
The Blue Zone/Dreaming Animals
- February 28, 7:30 pm, Movement Lab
- The Blue Zone is a dance piece created by three Barnumbia students that centers around the sea and individual fulfillment as a contrast to intelligent systems.
- Dreaming Animals is a play by Sophie Craig about two siblings sharing stories of grief, communication, and the sea.
- Together, these companion pieces close out the Movement Lab’s Ae/ei Festival, which is guided by the question, what happens when we close the loop on the constructed binary of nature and technology?
- February 29, 6:30 pm, The Lantern at the Lenfest Center for the Arts
- Claudia Rankine (SOA ‘93) will be the first speaker in a new series, Speak Now, which features artists whose work reaches a broad public and embodies the spirit of adventurous creativity that is the hallmark of the School of the Arts.
- February 29 – March 1, 8 pm, and March 2, 3 pm and 8 pm, Minor Latham Playhouse
- Barnard’s Theatre Department presents Dance Nation—a play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all in through the context of a group of preteen competitive dancers on their path to nationals.
- March 2, 7 pm, Roone Arledge Auditorium
- Every year, Taal organizes Naach Nation to provide a platform for performance groups to celebrate fusion dance choreography and South Asian culture. This year, the proceeds of Naach Nation will be donated to South Asian SOAR, a charity dedicated to raising a national movement to tackle gender-based violence in the South Asian diaspora.
Linda May Han Oh: The Glass Hours
- March 2, 8 pm, Miller Theatre
- Bassist, composer, and bandleader Linda May Han Oh returns to Miller with a vibrant cast of musicians for The Glass Hours—a collection of original works based on abstract themes of the fragility of time and life.
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