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BE OUR GUEST: The furniture and other inanimate objects welcome Belle to the Beast’s enchanted castle.
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BE OUR GUEST: The furniture and other inanimate objects welcome Belle to the Beast’s enchanted castle.
This weekend, Brandeis’ Undergraduate Theater Collective presented the classic Disney musical “Beauty and the Beast,” directed by Maia Cataldo ’20. The show was a faithful production of the Alan Menken musical adapted from the 1991 animated film of the same name. The fantasy romance is based on the French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont and tells the story of Belle, a girl who is ostracized for her academic inclinations. She runs off into the woods to look for her father, who is imprisoned in a cursed castle. All of the castle’s inhabitants have been turned into household objects, unable to assume their human forms until their master, who has been transformed into a beast, finds true love.
“You think the glass ceiling is shattered only to realize it’s just been cracked,” said musicologist Liane Curtis in her presentation “Why Amy Beach Matters” last Thursday, in the Women’s Studies Research Center. Amy Beach (1867-1947) was an American composer and pianist. Curtis, who earned her doctorate in musicology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is a resident scholar at the WSRC.
CULTURE CREATIVITY: Performers in Brandeis Bhangra explore their roots through an energetic dance routine.
MUSICAL RE-EDUCATION: Resident scholar Dr. Liane Curtis gave a fascinating presentation about the late composer Amy Beach.
FLASHBACK FILIPINO: Julie Ruiz ’19 sang songs by Bruno Mars and Moira Dela Torre along with fellow students Chris Calimlim ’19 and Maia Reyes ’19.
MASA LALU FUN: Students at AYALA raise awareness of Southeast Asian cultures and traditions.
This week, justArts interviewed Maia Cataldo ’20, who directed this season’s open-cast musical,“Beauty and the Beast.”
On Saturday night, amid several other art events occurring on campus this past weekend, a small but enthusiastic group of students gathered in Pollack Fine Arts Teaching Center for a mid-semester performance by False Advertising, Brandeis’ only musical improvisation group.
On March 12, the American Studies program hosted a film screening of the 1985 Hector Babenco film “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” The program borrowed the 35-mm film from the Library of Congress and was brought to us by its Academy Award-nominated producer, David Weisman, and his brother, Sam Weisman. It was screened for Planet Hollywood: American Cinema in Global Perspective, taught by Prof. Thomas Doherty (AMST), but was open to all students.
On Saturday night, amidst several other art events occurring on campus this past weekend, a small but enthusiastic group of students gathered in Pollack Hall for a mid-semester performance by False Advertising, Brandeis’ only musical improvisation group.
Stop Motion Dance Crew kept the audience enthralled with their video game-themed dance depicting the journey of the protagonist through the different levels, ultimately defeating the evil boss and winning the game.
As BAASA’s APAHM Coordinator, Laura Wei ’20, wrote in the program, the goal of the event was to “try to bring a global audience together to recognize everyone’s similarities and differences, and how that connects us as one community.”
Brandeis Bhangra put on a lively performance, combining Bhangra, an energetic folk dance that originated in the Northern Indian state of Punjab, with contemporary musical influences.
The audience was wowed by performances from Brandeis and off-campus groups who showed off their dance routines, spoken word pieces, musical performances and comedy sets.
The evening began with three “BAASA modern dances” which were led by Vivian Li ’18, Kelyn Zhang ’19 and Amanda Cheung ’20 and featured members of the Brandeis Asian American Student Association.
Emcees Alvin Liu ’18 and Jennifer Taufan ’20 provided commentary for the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month variety show. Liu introduced the theme for this year, “One World, One Community,” by asking the audience to look at the community seated around them.
This week, justArts interviewed Adina Jacobson ’20, who starred as the baker’s wife in “Into the Woods”.
A BOY AND HIS COW: Jack (Seth Wulf ’21) prepares to part with his beloved cow, whom he has sold to the baker (Justin Chimoff ’20).