By SABRINA TANBARA

"We cannot walk alone." These words resonated in Paul Hall as a recording of Dr. King was played at the start of the 16th annual M.L.K. Celebration. This year, participants were asked to dig deep within themselves and share their thoughts on this sentence through their art. On Monday, January 19, 2004, they did just that. Sabrina Tanbara, the director of student affairs, elaborates. More...

Back in October, the M.L.K. Celebration Committee asked members of the Juilliard community to reflect on the sentence from Dr. King's famous speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 that became the theme for the 2004 Celebration. Daniel Morgan Shelley, a second-year drama student, wrote this piece as he contemplated Dr. King's words. More... At the annual M.L.K. concert, African boot dancing was one of the offerings on the program. Fourth-year drama student François Battiste explains the origins of this exhilarating form of dance. More...