Dartmouth and the surrounding region has the chance to watch – and learn from – one of the world's most exciting contemporary circuses, as part of the SHIFT festival (June 21 through 30). Based in Brisbane, Australia, and currently touring North America, Circa Contemporary Circus brings its internationally acclaimed show Humans, a heart-stopping exploration of body, space, force and balance. Using only their incredibly trained bodies, this corps of artist-athletes builds towers, flies through the air, twists, turns and tumbles – playing with the laws of physics and ratcheting up the … [Read more...]
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A tale of two collaborations: John Heginbotham’s work shines in Broadway’s “Oklahoma” and Hop’s “Common Fate”
It’s been a big spring for John Heginbotham. Known to Dartmouth and the Upper Valley as director of the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble, he is better known beyond Hanover as director of his own acclaimed ensemble, the Brooklyn-based Dance Heginbotham, as well as increasingly high-profile projects in opera and theater. One of those is experimental theater director Daniel Fish’s boldly reinvented Oklahoma!, which recently won Tony Awards for Best Revival of a musical and Best Featured Actress in a Musical (for Ali Stroker, playing the irrepressible Ado Annie). Heginbotham’s choreography—particularly … [Read more...]
The greatest-ever fish tale splashes onto the Hop stage, June 22 & 23
Get a jump start on your summer reading this June through a theatricalized version of the greatest fish tale of all: Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. The Hopkins Center for the Arts presents Gare St Lazare Ireland's Moby Dick, June 22 and 23, a one-actor distillation Melville's epic. Acclaimed Irish actor Conor Lovett compresses the novel’s details, characters and gigantic themes into one riveting night of theater, reeling us into the harsh world of 19th-century whale hunting. In this battle with nature, the humans are determined to win—but at what cost?. This engrossing, one-man refresh of … [Read more...]
SHIFT: 10 Days of transformative live arts and film
Across the globe, humans struggle to find balance in our relationship with nature. How do we transform what has been a quest for dominance into a sustainable collaboration? The Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College launches its second annual SHIFT festival, a 10-day suite of live, arts, film and discussions that explore the push and pull of that Human/Nature bond. Witness humans contend and cooperate with the forces of nature in a stage version of Moby-Dick, a spectacle of physical theater by Australian company Circa, and film screenings with special guests that probe the oceans … [Read more...]
Cory Henry: From toddler prodigy to solo artist extraordinaire
Question: Who are Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, whose music opens the SHIFT 2019 festival on Friday, June 21, at the Hopkins Center for the Arts? Answer: They are a relatively new outfit, busting out in 2018 with a debut album. But Cory Henry, organ wunderkind, has been blowing minds (and winning Grammy awards) for most of his 32 years. At age three, he was already playing in his family's church, Brooklyn's Unity Temple, as this irresistible video attests. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=iaeGVzgv288 At six, he made his debut at Harlem’s legendary Apollo … [Read more...]
Hop Fellows’ Capstone Experience in Boston
On a beautiful spring day this May, the 2018/2019 Hop Fellows visited the greater Boston area to meet with arts administrators for their fellowship capstone experience. They had the opportunity to learn about arts funding at the New England Foundation for the Arts and gallery management at Mobilia Gallery, and get a glimpse into how the arts operate on other college campuses, at Berklee College of Music and the Office for the Arts at Harvard University. Brandea Turner, Assistant Director for Strategic Initiatives, Hopkins Center for the Arts, and manager of the Hop Fellows Program. STOP … [Read more...]
Self-conscious, Uncertain and Funny: Brooke Goldner talks about her Honors Thesis, “Suspended”
Suspended, an honors thesis production written and performed by Brooke Goldner ‘19, will be shown at the Bentley Theater on May 24 and 25 at 9 pm each night. I asked Brooke some questions about the show: MJ: What was the origin of the project? BG: Before writing Suspended, I had only ever written comedic sketches or funny ideas that I never fully fleshed out and the idea of sharing them with anyone would have absolutely terrified me. I started writing this project after I proposed a completely different show for my thesis. I actually find myself so grateful every single day that I’m … [Read more...]
“Messiah” in its proper season becomes a Dartmouth farewell to Robert Duff
HANOVER, NH—Handel’s Messiah: it’s all about Christmas, right? How many times have you heard its famous “Hallelujah Chorus” in halls decked in green and red? Handel would beg to differ. The proper season for this beloved oratorio is spring. Recounting through song the life of Jesus Christ, Messiah culminates in the Easter story, in which Christ returns to save our souls. Its 1741 debut in Dublin occurred in the month of April, and it very literally redeemed suffering people, raising money to pay the debts of 142 people in debtors’ prisons. “ The Handel Society of Dartmouth … [Read more...]
Bridging the ancient and modern at The Ceramics Studio with Diego Romero
On Thursday, May 2, ceramic artist Diego Romero visited the Hopkins Center Ceramics Studio to demonstrate some of his craft to students. Romero showed us his mastery of hand building a vessel and burnishing another with terra sigillata, a super fine clay that produces a high gloss surface. He quietly explained his process to a circle of observers. From time to time, we asked questions, which he answered haltingly, distracted by the work in progress in his hands, but generously. His wife, the well-known photographer Cara Romero, contributed with her insights from time to time. Diego … [Read more...]
A Farewell to Handel Society Conductor Robert Duff
The Handel Society of Dartmouth College performs Handel's Messiah on May 18 and 19 as its last performances under artistic director Robert Duff before he leaves for positions in Boston. Hop Film Programming Manager Johanna Evans wrote this reflection. By Johanna Evans ’10 Handel’s Messiah is a choral masterwork about beginnings, endings and beginning again—themes which find new emotional resonance as we prepare our final concert with Bob Duff at the baton and reflect on how we’ve grown over these last 15 years together. I have been singing with Bob for most of that time, staring in … [Read more...]
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