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The Rose Art Museum certainly has a lot of unique art works. Upon visiting the museum, I saw a lot of designs and objects, such as sponges, that I wouldn’t really expect to be used in art. One piece that I was really drawn to was the “Untitled” (1972) by Joe Overstreet.
The damsel in distress, the cold villainess and the femme fatale: these are all popular tropes that female characters tend to fall into. Rarely do we see a nuanced role for women because most stories are not told by women. This made Eurydice a breath of fresh air.
The Club Cantonese @ Brandeis presented their annual culture show on Friday in Levin Ballroom. The theme of this year’s culture show was “Tsum Zao Seoi Yuet,” which means “looking for Cantonese Culture through time” in Cantonese. C2B chose this title because it represents the many different cultures and traditions that make up Cantonese culture and shows the progression of them through time.
When I walked into the Slosberg Music Center for the Fall 2019 “Undergraduate Composers’ Collective” concert on Friday night, I did not know what to expect. I knew that the concert was a collaboration between students in the MUS 106A class and the Undergraduate Composers’ Collective and would be co-directed by Aaron Newitt ’21 and Leah Samantha Chanen ’20. The purpose of the concert was to showcase Brandeis students’ original compositions written over the course of this semester, as well as a composition written by Jake Sibley ’19, former president of the UCC, who died by suicide in August.
The Brandeis Ballet Club performed its fourth annual production of The Nutcracker last Saturday and Sunday in the Carl J. Shapiro Campus Center Theater.
TAKE A BOW: During the curtain call, the Nutcracker, played by Simon Botbol ’23, lifts Clara, played by Emma Belkin ’21, into a fish pose.
Joe Overstreet “Untitled” 1972, Courtesy of the Rose Art Museum
GAME BREAK: During the intermission, the hosts interacted with the audience by hosting game shows.
GUESTS FROM BOSTON: The Great Boston Chinese Culture Association’s Music Ensemble was invited to perform with a variety of traditional instruments.
SNOWFLAKES: The Snow Queen, portrayed by Marissa Small ’21, dances alongside her angels and snowflakes to guide Clara, played by Hannah DeRoche ’19, ’20 MA, to the Land of the Sweets. In an interview with the Justice, Deroche said, “My favorite piece in the production is our adaptation of “Snow,” as it is very unique in the way we use both modern and classical music and pair this juxtaposition of sound with changing shoes from flat to pointe and changing skirts from classical romantic tutus to modern dip dyed skirts.”
THE BATTLE: After the mice attempt to steal Clara’s nutcracker, the toy comes to life. Played by Ballet Club President Polina Potochevska ’20, the Nutcracker fights off the mice and Rat Queen with the help of Clara, who ultimately saves the Nutcracker from the Rat Queen with a fatal blow of Clara’s pointe shoe to the Queen’s head.
IT’S PARTY TIME: Siena DeBendittis ’21, casted as Clara’s older brother Fritz, danced to music composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky during the party scene of the Nutcracker performance. In this scene, Clara receives her Christmas gift, a nutcracker, at a party in her house.
LAND OF THE SWEETS: In the land of the sweets, Clara was greeted by many characters. Two performed an acrobatic number called “Coffee,” performed by Hannah Borgida ’21 and Alyssa Rittenberg ’21.
CHORUS AND CAST: Throughout the show, a group of nameless stones moved around to interact with the actors and the audiance.
AMICABLY SCARY: Garret Tordo ’21 took on a challenging role as the antagonist and delivered an impressive performance.
THE NUTCRACKER: Emma Rivellese ’22 danced as Clara as she gets ready to go to sleep before being interrupted by the mice, along with their leader the Rat Queen, who tries to steal Clara’s Nutcracker.
This past weekend the Undergraduate Theater Collective put on “Little Women.” The musical is adapted from Louisa May Alcott’s eponymous 1868 novel. As someone who grew up in a family of many sisters, I have loved and related to this story since I first encountered the book in elementary school. This novel has touched the lives of so many young women, and I’m not alone in identifying with the four March sisters in different ways. At times I’m the hopeful Beth, the indignant Amy, the romantic Meg or the headstrong Jo. Watching the actresses play these archetypal American sisters was cathartic, breathtaking and sometimes humorous and surprising.
This week, justArts&Culture spoke with Pascale Florestal, the director of “We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915.” The show tells the story of a group of six students trying to tell the story of the Herero and Namaqua genocide, which happened between 1904 and 1908 under the occupation of the German Empire. During the interview, Florestal talked about her relationship with this production, the historical meaning behind the script, the challenge of discussing such a sensitive topic through theater and what it was like to work with college students the past month and half.