Author: Elizabeth Logue As a classically trained ballet dancer, admittedly I've had a longstanding rivalry with the institution of figure skating. While I've never skated myself, I've spent my life defending ballerinas because they are, in my view, as much athletes as figure skaters. Both require stamina, ...
Author: Kate DeForest Claude Frank is a man who deceives in appearance but exceeds expectations.At a performance last Friday night at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Frank walked onto the stage, a smallish man in a slightly wrinkled but elegant tuxedo. With neither a prelude nor a personal introduction, ...
Author: Kate Prouty When a friend congratulates and compliments you after a performance, it is difficult to tell whether he is truly impressed and being sincere or just being your friend. This is the perpetual downfall of always performing in your own safe academic setting.Middlebury College dancers ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller Although most Middlebury students only know Matthew Dickerson, Daniel Scharstein and Bill Frey separately in the classroom as professors — associate professors of mathematics and computer science and former professor of psychology, respectively — together these three men ...
Author: Molly May Introduced by D.E. Axinn Professor of Creative Writing Jay Parini as one of the "most celebrated, attacked and lionized critics of our time," Frank Lentricchia, professor of English at Duke University, faced an audience of eager students and countless literature professors last Thursday ...
Author: Yvonne Chen We have no idea what wonders lie hidden in the people around us. Nor do we have any idea of the wonders that lie hidden in the women around us. Compelling, in addition to courageous, racy and funny, Middlebury College's recent production of Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning play, "The ...
Author: Kate DeForest On Friday night singer/songwriter Reid Genauer played to a large and attentive crowd at The Grille. Backed by his touring band, Reid entertained those lucky enough to be in attendance with his distinctive brand of folk-based songs. The night was particularly special because the ...
Author: Yvonne Chen One should not doubt The New York Times' proclamation that Malian singer Kandia Kouyate, who performed at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall last Wednesday, has the "charisma and vocal power of the most commanding American soul singers."Despite a difference in language and instrumentation, ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller It was with a great sense of anticipation that 14 Middlebury students, myself included, set out for England on Jan. 14, 2002. These students, mainly English and theater majors, had the incomparable opportunity of spending two weeks in London and Stratford studying Shakespeare ...
Author: Kate DeForest On his latest solo endeavor, Stanton Moore, drummer and founding member of the celebrated "steamroller funk" band Galactic, offers something few musicians are ever able to offer during their entire careers: an album comprised of eclectic and varied songs, each with a unique and ...
Author: Kate Prouty The French film industry struggles, and too often fails, to get applause from Hollywood critics and their loyal American audiences. Imported films seldom make it into popular theaters and are even less frequently validated by good reviews or by high attendance rates in the offbeat ...
Author: Liz Logue For the spring term, this former Arts Editor thought it sensible to leave the Middlebury utopia for a while and venture to the center of the universe, New York City. Rest assured that arts — particularly dance and theater and, OK, movies and television too, are in my blood, so I'll ...
Author: Kate DeForest Straddling the rift between the lower and upper classes of England, a disparity that became more and more apparent through the post-World War I years in which the movie takes place, "Gosford Park" settles comfortably within the vision of its director Robert Altman. It is Altman ...
Author: Bryan McQuade Last Wednesday, New Orleans based band Galactic delivered a funk-filled performance to a sold out Higher Ground in Winooski, Vt. The world famous Triple Threat Djs, who are touring with Galactic on their appropriately dubbed "Freezestyle Winter Tour" throughout the Northeast, opened ...
Author: Kate DeForest Open since Jan. 15 and continuing until April 7, "David Bumbeck: Figures of the Imagination," is on display at the Middlebury College Museum of Art. The exhibit, focusing primarily on recent works, spans three decades of work, from the intaglio prints for which Bumbeck is most ...
Author: Kate Prouty A self-described "short faggot with a bald head and a big ass" performed his solo work on Wednesday evening Jan. 23 in the Middlebury College Dance Theater. At least those were the memorable words with which "New York-Rican" (feet in the Bronx, heart in Puerto Rico) dancer Arthur ...
Author: Yvonne Chen As one enters the Middlebury College Museum of Art's exhibition "Charles 'Teenie' Harris: A Legacy in Black and White," the heyday of Pittsburgh's Hill district fills the room. The 60 photographs on display are just a handful of the nearly 100,000 images of photographer Harris's ...
Author: Padma Govindan "Kate and Leopold," a sweet romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman, owes its slender charm to its complete lack of connection to reality. This film makes no bones about being anything other than a fairy tale (albeit with a science fiction twist), and thus makes what ...
Author: Mike Csazar The Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) entertained a sold out Flynn Theatre audience on Saturday night with a trio of Beethoven's most famous works. The program began with a delightful rendition of Beethoven's "Coriolan Overture, Op. 62," a work written to accompany a Heinrich von ...
Author: Kate DeForest This year's offering from the Dance Company of Middlebury is the strongest I have seen in the three years I have been attending their performances. Previewed late last year, and performed in Jan. 18 and 19, "Path" is a journey in dance through the external elements that shape our ...