The young-adult book-to-movie adaptation has been booming for the past decade and a half, but new to the screens are a group of six kids with wings known as “The Flock” from James Patterson’s young adult series, “Maximum Ride” (2005-2015). The nine-book series has been transformed into manga graphic novels, a mobile app and, more recently, a graphic novel through Marvel. I wasn’t expecting the same high quality of the “Harry Potter” or “Hunger Games” movies.
This week, justArts spoke with Karina Wen ’20, who played Gabriella Montez, the lead role in “High School Musical,” the 24-Hour Musical this year.
A musical, start-to-finish, in 24 hours seems mad. Perhaps, it is. However, this does not stop Brandeisians from attempting this feat each year.
Magic is a game about presentation and perspective. Through charisma and showmanship, a great magician doesn’t control supernatural powers that make the impossible a reality,but instead controls the audience’s attention at any given moment.
In a word, stunning. From within an animation industry churning out CG film after CG film, “Kubo and the Two Strings” swept onto the summer screen Aug.
George Watsky is an artist who responds to his fans’ comments on Facebook, gives away his own car to a fan in promotion of his latest album and jokingly challenges himself to rap more aggressively by rapping over a loop of the words “don’t be nice” on “x Infinity’s” “Don’t Be Nice.” What George Watsky is not is static. Fans who came to know rapper and slam poet Watsky from his viral Youtube video “Pale Kid Raps Fast” are in for what should be a welcome surprise with “x Infinity,” his latest show of dynamism.
This week, justArts spoke with Jessie Eichinger ’17, who is co-directing the 24-Hour Musical that will be performed this weekend. justArts: How has it been preparing for the 24-Hour? Jessie Eichinger: Well, there is very little we can do over the summer, because we are not all in one place, so we’ve had a ton of meetings this weekend, and we have another one later today.
The Rose Art Museum announced its first-ever acquisition under the brand new Sam Hunter Emerging Artists Fund on May 19: David Schutter’s “MMA 636 a2” is the first of what the Rose hopes will be a large collection of works acquired under the new initiative aimed at emerging artistic voices.
Chris Bedford, the Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose Art Museum, will be leaving on July 31 to pursue a new position as the director of the Baltimore Museum of Art. On Monday, May 2, Interim President Lisa Lynch emailed the Brandeis community to announce the bittersweet news.
‘Dog Sees God’ Weeks after the death of a student rocked the Brandeis campus in March, director Carly Chernomorets’ ’16 production of “Dog Sees God” faced the difficult task of creating art about teenagers struggling with depression, sexuality, social dynamics and even suicide.
This week, justArts spoke with Dylan Hoffman ’18, who directed “The Lesson,” a one-act absurd play for Festival of the Arts. justArts: How did you come across the opportunity to direct “The Lesson”? Dylan Hoffman: I took a directing class with Professor Dmitry Troyanovksy in the Theater department.
“We are going to see the universe,” artist JJ PEET explained to the Justice on Friday night after he had successfully found a team of students with whom to complete his newest project “FIELD_WORK.” Standing under the bright lights of Chris Burden’s “Light of Reason” just before sunset, PEET (as he prefers to stylize his name) had just completed one of his “BARTER_STATIONS” on the Brandeis campus.
This week, justArts spoke with Prof. Susan Dibble (THA) who wrote and directed “Shoes On, Shoes Off.” justArts: What inspired you to write “Shoes On, Shoes Off?” Susan Dibble: What inspired me was to take the idea of a small shoe store and create a dance — a village of people, characters — who come and buy shoes, but also the idea that wearing shoes in dances is one thing, and then taking shoes off and dancing bare feet is another thing, so that was kind of a thing [...] to celebrate those two things. JA: Is this your first time directing a piece without spoken words? SD: No, I’ve been doing this for quite a while.
On Sunday afternoon, the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra enthralled a full audience in Slosberg Music Center with their spring concert.
An artist is nothing without his printmaker. Printmaking is unique in the art world. It relies largely on what master printmaker Dan Welden said is “a love for process” while other art forms, such as painting, rely on perfecting the piece.
Cholmondeley’s Coffee House was different on Sunday afternoon. The usual hotspot for live music and slam poetry was quiet with an easy calm; even the painted buzz of words on the walls seemed to succumb to the peace.
Zephry Wright ’17 enters the stage dressed up as a bucket of oatmeal. As comical and out-of-the-ordinary as this sounds, it is a typical opening of a Boris’ Kitchen show.
Every shoe has a story. “Shoes On, Shoes Off,” written and choreographed by Prof. Susan Dibble (THA) this year, is a collection of sixteen dance scenes centered around shoes.
So, why doesn’t Brandeis have a football team? There’s probably a proper answer for that, but hey, who needs a varsity football team when you have the Adagio Dance Company?
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