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Clapp Looks Back on 13 Years in Dean's Office
By TONI MARIE MARCHIONI
Stephen Clapp admits that, as a fiddle teacher all his life, he had always mistrusted administrators—then he found himself, as he says, “wearing that jacket”! After 13 years as Juilliard’s dean, Clapp steps down from that position at the end of this month to devote more time to teaching and other pursuits. Oboe master’s student Toni Marie Marchioni chats with him about his years as dean and his plans.
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Diving Into the Bard
By SUSAN REITER
Juilliard’s third-year drama students have been getting a double dose of the Bard—rehearsing two plays at once, all the better to soak up his language and techniques and conquer their fear of Shakespeare’s complexity. Harris Yulin directs the students in A Winter’s Tale this month and Jesse Berger directs Twelfth Night, with the Drama Theater transformed into a modern-day version of the Globe Theater.
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7 Honorary Doctorates To Be Awarded at Commencement
Seven honorary doctorates will be presented at Juilliard’s 102nd commencement ceremony on May 25. Receiving the degrees will be singer and actress Audra McDonald (who will deliver the commencement address); retiring dean of the School, Stephen Clapp; dancer and ballet master Frederic Franklin C.B.E.; jazz legend Benny Golson; philanthropist Dan W. Lufkin; Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim; and playwright, actor, and director Sam Shepard.
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Year in Review
The proliferation of jackhammers, saws, drills, and cranes did nothing to slow down Juilliard’s 101st season, which was as jam-packed with dance, drama, and music events as any other. From the rollicking Offenbach opera Orphée aux enfers to the Dance Division’s offering of classic works by Twyla Tharp and Jiri Kylian (along with a premiere), our annual slide show covers the highlights of the year.
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ARTreach Helps Rebuild Homes—and Hope—in New Orleans
By LAURA CARELESS
Art may restore the soul—but restoring a ravaged city calls for some hard and dirty labor. Twenty Juilliard students were moved to spend their spring break joining a host of volunteers in New Orleans, gutting and rebuilding houses that suffered the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. They also worked with local children to provide a creative outlet for the bottled-up trauma of what they had experienced … and found that art has a role in restoring New Orleans, after all.
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