At Dearest Home by Kyle Abraham’s Abraham.In.Motion, the audience was offered the choice of listening to an original score along with the show or listening in silence. In my past experience, a dance performance is intimately intertwined with music and is oftentimes the impetus for a dancer’s movement. Music not only has the power to add to choreography but it has the power to transform it and alter it. The choice to select music or not made the show from the beginning feel like interactive performance art. My choice would directly impact my experience of the show. I chose to take the … [Read more...]
Meet a Hop intern: Caroline Filan ’18
Each fall, the Hop welcomes a new batch of Dartmouth student interns. For the next academic year, these six juniors and seniors will spend 10 hours a week embedded in various Hop departments, learning the ropes in production, marketing, educational outreach, box office, house management, graphic design and more, and taking on important responsibilities in those Hop arenas. We asked this year's interns to introduce themselves and tell us what Hop events they most look forward to this fall. Caroline Filan '18, from Alpharetta, GA, is majoring in biomedical engineering and minoring in … [Read more...]
Who’s coming to the Hop in 2017-18?
(June, 30, 2017) The Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College today revealed its 2017-2018 series of Visiting Performing Artists—an exciting, diverse line-up of internationally known artists whose work celebrates cultural migration, the Global South and the power of song, among other qualities. All events are now on the Hop website. Artists cover all realms of music plus choice dance and theater companies; and include household names like Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis and Leslie Odom, Jr.; well established, widely acclaimed ensembles like the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Pink … [Read more...]
