The following events are scheduled in support of DCF’s 2009-2010 “Conflict and Reconciliation” theme. When available we will provide the post-event coverage on the “Conflict and Reconciliation” page.
Please check this page frequently for events sponsored by the Dartmouth Centers Forum and its members in support of ongoing themes.
 Sarah Chayes
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Sarah Chayes, "The Re-Talibanization of Afghanistan"
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
Sarah Chayes has been living and working in Kandahar, Afghanistan since 2001, when she covered the fall of the Taliban for National Public Radio. In 2002 she decided to leave journalism to help rebuild the shattered country, whose fate will help determine the shape of the 21st century.
Currently she runs a cooperative in the former Taliban stronghold, producing fine skin-care products from local fruits, nuts, and botanicals (www.arghand.org). The aim is to discourage opium production by helping farmers earn a living from licit crops, as well as to encourage collective decision-making. From this position, deeply embedded in Kandahar’s everyday life, Ms. Chayes has gained unparalleled insights into a troubled region. Her book about Afghanistan since the Taliban is The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban (New York: Penguin, 2006).
The Hopkins Center for the Arts will present the following events during the 2009-10 season in support of the DCF's "Conflict and Reconciliation" theme.
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| Hotel Modern |
Hotel Modern "The Great War"
Friday & Saturday, January 15 & 16, 2010 at 8 pm
The Moore Theater
$26
Dartmouth students $10
18 & under $14
On the screen, rains pour, hand grenades sizzle, and boots slog through mired trenches as the quiet French countryside undergoes the tragedy of World War I. Incredibly, it is all created and filmed live, onstage, by members of this Dutch theater collective, in a tour-de-force combination of puppetry, camera work and scenic and sound effects. Accompanied by live music and spoken excerpts from actual soldiers' letters, The Great War is "poignant, powerful and yet so simple that, at times, it brings tears to the eyes" (Liverpool Daily Post).
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| Jonathan Kozol |
Jonathan Kozol
Monday, February 8
at 4 pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
Jonathan Kozol is the founder of Education Action, a non-profit dedicated to grassroots organizing of teachers across the country who wish to help create a single, excellent, unified system of American public schools. The author of numerous books, Kozol's presentations expose the tragedy of childhood poverty and sub-standard education.
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| Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company |
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company "Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray"
Tuesday-Thursday, April 6-8, 2010 at 7 pm
The Moore Theater
$40
Dartmouth students $10
Tony, Obie and MacArthur Award winner Bill T. Jones continues his legacy of exploring truth, justice, beauty and strength in his newest dance/theater work, commissioned for the Lincoln bicentennial. Through song, spoken narrative, live music, emotionally stirring movement--and an uplifting libretto drawn from Shakespeare, the Old Testament, Walt Whitman and the 16th President's own words--this internationally treasured choreographer delivers a provocative piece whose stated aim is to "see [Lincoln's] expansive vision as a mirror for our time."
"Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away...With malice toward none, with charity for all...let us strive on to...bind up the nation's wounds."
-Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865
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| Universes |
Universes "Ameriville"
Directed by Chay Yew
Written & performed by Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Steven Sapp, Gamal Chasten & William Ruiz a.k.a. Ninja
Tuesday & Wednesday, April 13 & 14, 2010 at 7 pm
The Moore Theater
$26
Dartmouth students $10
New Orleans is the lens for Ameriville, a driving, multimedia performance piece fusing song and spoken poetry to scrutinize poverty and politics in America. Even as news coverage of Hurricane Katrina's destruction recedes, the award-winning Bronx-based group UNIVERSES--which helped pioneer the hip-hop theater movement--exposes the still-chilling reality of broken lives in this powerful wakeup call for social justice.
"They broke their fingers breaking through rooftops, and as they look up to the sky, all they see is Air Force One just flying by..."
-From "Ameriville"
