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Although many community members have grown increasingly frustrated with the delays and inconveniences associated with the renovations of the West Union building, some will have the chance to have their artwork displayed when the doors finally open.
Last Spring, Duke’s dance department kicked off the Passion of Flamenco, a year during which the department welcomed world-renowned artists to teach and perform for students.
This winter, Hoof n’ Horn looks to start new conversations about mental illness in Next to Normal. Next to Normal is a rock musical that came out in 2009, which explores the journey of the Goodman family.
Last spring, Duke’s dance department kicked off the Passion of Flamenco, a year during which the department welcomed world-renowned artists to teach and perform for students.
In February, Duke Performances will combine the visual and the musical to produce an experience audiences of all ages won’t be likely to forget. Composer Benoit Charest will lead the nine-piece Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville in a live performance of his score from the critically acclaimed movie Triplets of Belleville, in conjunction with a screening of the movie.
The Duke Wired! group will be examining the intersection of modern technology and the artistic humanities in its Apps, Maps & Models symposium on February 22. The free, one day symposium will feature a number of distinguished speakers and topics ranging from mapping architecture in 1914-24 Germany to the Italian Renaissance Piazza as a social media space.
Although Duke has many print and visual sources of news for University and student life, audio sources do not have a mainstream presence on campus.
When most people think about classic examples of art, Leonardo Da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa" poised on a wall in the Louvre or Michelangelo’s "David" standing proudly commando in Florence probably come to mind.
You may have noticed several art pieces popping up around campus this year, whether it’s the new mural of the Durham skyline in the Bryan Center or the ever-changing graffiti in the East Campus tunnel or the Nasher’s 10 Anniversary #artstigators buses.
Although construction on the Chapel seems like it’ll never end, it will not get in the way of all of Duke’s traditions; the Duke Chapel Choir will perform Handel’s Messiah in Page Auditorium this weekend.
In 1990, Center for Documentary Studies opened its doors, becoming the first institution in the United States solely dedicated to documentary arts.
Stephanie Joe is a senior majoring in Dance and Visual and Media Studies who has choreographed and will be performing in the Dance department’s performances this weekend, November Dances.
If you love classical music and want to experience history in the making, Duke Wind Symphony’s Crowdsource concert this Thurs, Nov 18 is the perfect event for you.
Duke Theater Department Presents “An Experiment with an Air Pump” The Theater Department’s fall mainstage play presents one simple question: “What price would you pay for knowledge?” “An Experiment with an Air Pump,” by Shelagh Stephenson, examines two families—two communities of scientists—who are each struggling with the morals and ethics of medical research in their respective time periods.
If you haven’t heard of Duke’s Awaaz, the person beside you should be able to help. Over six hundred Duke students contribute to this production.
When picturing the term “museum storage”, what comes to mind is probably a dark, warehouse-like building filled with thousands of wooden boxes as pictured in Indiana Jones.
Girlpool Alex G and Eskimeaux at the Coffeehouse! Duke students and Durham music fans of all ages: get ready for East Campus to be crowded this Thurs., Nov.
TC: Did you map out a career plan while at Duke, or did things fall into place after graduating? MP: I had a vision of getting a recording contract and so I took what I thought were the necessary steps to get myself to that.
It’s not our movie anymore; the world has made it their own, which we love.
Rohina Malik, a playwright, and actress raised in London and living in Chicago, will be coming to White Lecture Hall this Saturday to perform her one-woman show “Unveiled.” The performance, which is sponsored by Duke’s Muslim Students Association covers topics of hate crimes, racism, love, Islam and culture, features Malik playing many different characters and focusing on five women who serve different kinds of tea before the audience and reveal their individual stories.