Tag: Dance

A ballet instructor and students from the Chicago-based dance group The Seldoms practice in a dance studio, all performing an arabesque pose with one leg raised behind them, arms extended gracefully among mirrors, ballet barres, and dancers in leotards and tights.

Chicago-based dance group The Seldoms offer Purdue students workshops

As part of The Seldoms dance company artist residency, Purdue Modern Dance and Ballet classes participated in master class workshops ahead of “Power Goes”.

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Two older men in suits stand face-to-face in a formal room with a fireplace and portrait, engaged in an intense conversation about how to get power, surrounded by empty chairs.

How to Get Power

WHAT I BELIEVE IS ALWAYS TRUE ABOUT POWER IS THAT POWER ALWAYS REVEALS. —Robert Caro, Lyndon Baines Johnson biographer This essay by Michael J. Kramer was originally published by Purdue Convocations in Spring 2016. Lyndon Baines Johnson was an imposing man....
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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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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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The Triplets of Belleville, Ken Burns, Safety Last

“Moving Images” Collection Focuses on Powerful Imagery

The “Moving Images” platform includes a compelling investigation of powerful images and ideas that have shaped culture and society.

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Ashley Bathgate paddling a canoe with a cello

Purdue Convocations 2016-17 Season Announced

Purdue Convocations’ 2016-17 season will feature more than 30 events, including an array of Broadway musicals, lectures, theatre, music and concerts.

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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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Coming in April to Purdue

Dance, Music, Broadway, and lectures in April at Purdue

April features NYC’s Mark Morris Dance Group, Once the Musical, Canada’s Les Violons du Roy, members of British Parliament, Panic! at the Disco, and more!

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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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