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Creative Sparks, Creative Steps
By LAWRENCE RHODES
New Dances at Juilliard Edition 2003 will be unveiled in the Juilliard Theater on December 11-13. This brand-new initiative in the Dance Division that is scheduled to become an annual event is already causing a stir for the entire division, students and faculty alike. Lawrence Rhodes, director of the Dance Division, and four students, one from each class, explain what the excitement is all about.
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Belle: Ringing Out Loud and Strong
By MAHIRA KAKKAR
Canadian playwright Florence Gibson describes her play Belle as “a reconstruction of the Reconstruction era of the United States." The play, which is being given its U.S. premiere in December here at Juilliard, is, in essence, a poetic metaphor for a period of American history. The characters in it scream, fight, shout, run, rally, march, and laugh unashamedly in their full-hearted protest against “eternal dictates.”
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All About Ives—Half a Century Later
By JOEL SACHS
Charles Ives is still known largely through a handful of works that are played repeatedly while his other music languishes. This year's Focus! Festival aims to rectify that unfortunate situation by offering just about every piece of music the misunderstood composer from Connecticut ever wrote.
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The Zen of Touring
By GILLIAN BROWN
When Juilliard jazz students go on tour, students wonder about plenty. From the concrete details (Do I have to bring my suit? Is there a vegan option?), to the more abstract questions that emerge from personal concerns (How do I tolerate the inevitable frustrations? The unfamiliar mattresses? The waiting in airports?), many questions arise. Here are some answers.
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An Artist Who Defies Categorization
By RACHEL TESS
How can you introduce Meredith Monk? Bruce Brubaker faced this daunting task when she visited Juilliard on November 5 to be interviewed in his InterArts seminar. As she herself has written, her nearly four-decade-long career has been dedicated to creating “an art that breaks down the boundaries between the disciplines. An art, which in turn becomes a metaphor for opening up thought, perception, experience. ..."
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