Category: Dance

Power Goes

Not just for dance fans, ‘Power Goes’ explores LBJ’s presidential power

The Chicago-based dance company explores the concept of “power” itself, using former president Lyndon B. Johnson’s policies as an unlikely backdrop.

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Members of Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company dress Purdue students in Peking Opera costumes

An Introduction to Jingju with the Actors and Musicians of The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

World Music and Chinese Language and Culture Students Participate in a Lecture and Demonstration on the Art of Jingju (Peking Opera)

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Scene from The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan Coming to Purdue

Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company (Peking Opera) brings reimagined telling of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ to Purdue September 23 at 8 P.M. in Loeb Playhouse.

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The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan program cover

Program: The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan – adapted from Zhu Sheng-Hao’s translation of Hamlet – by Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company, September 23, 2016, Loeb Playhouse

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Children play with hula hoops in a gymnasium as an audience watches from the bleachers. Some kids are spinning or picking up hoops, while a man—reminiscent of Kevin Locke’s hoop dance leadership—guides the activity near the basketball hoop.

Kevin Locke visits South Newton Elementary

Students were eager audience members and hoop dancing participants in two school performances by Kevin Locke, a Lakota flute player and Hoop Dancer.

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Scene from Dido and Aeneas

A Classics Professor’s take on ‘Dido and Aeneas’

Purdue University professor Madeleine Henry provides insight about the story of Dido and Aeneas that will be interpreted by the Mark Morris Dance Group.

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Mark Morris Dance Group: Dido and Aeneas

Fast 4: Mark Morris Dance Group

Here are 4 fast facts to get you ready for the Mark Morris Dance Group’s performance of ‘Dido and Aeneas’ on Saturday, April 2 at 8 p.m.

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Choreographer Mark Morris to bring “Dido and Aeneas” to Purdue

Mark Morris Dance Group brings “Dido and Aeneas,” Henry Purcell’s famous opera, to life under the baton of choreographer Mark Morris. April 2 / Elliott Hall of Music

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students learn from Dance Kaleidoscope instructor Liberty Harris

Newton County Elementary Students Learn to Dance

Liberty Harris, Education Coordinator at Dance Kaleidoscope, took over Newton County gym classes to show students some moves she learned as a little girl.

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About Mark Morris

Meet Choreographer Mark Morris

Learn more about Mark Morris, the accomplished choreographer behind “Dido and Aeneas,” a re-imagining of Henry Purcell’s famous baroque opera.

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