Dartmouth Summer Arts Festival 2007
Taking its cue from Ovid's celebrated poem Metamorphoses, this festival will pursue the theme of metamorphoses (changes) in various artistic media and in differing cultural contexts over time. The theme is one that has challenged artists from Ovid through the present, and the festival hopes to capture some of the creative excitement it has generated. The program will include a performance of Ovid's Metamorphoses, but other performances, some organized in conjunction with the Hopkins Center, will attest to the diverse ways in which metamorphoses have been envisioned in theater, music and visual art.
| June 6 - October 28, 2007 |
Wenda Gu: The Green House. Baker-Berry Library. Part of his ongoing global United Nations hair monuments project, The Green House is a massive sculpture created from hair collected from thousands of Dartmouth students, faculty and staff and Upper Valley community members. Free and open to the public.
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| June 22, 2007 |
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Exploring Creativity: Panel Discussion with Aurelia Thierree. Using the production "Aurelia's Oratorio" as a springboard for discussion, (performances on 6/23 and 6/24 at the Hop) this panel will explore creativity, illusion, surrealism and imagination. Sources of inspiration, solo vs. ensemble creation, cultural influences, nature vs. nurture, and conscious vs. unconscious thought will all be touched upon. What is creativity and how do we harness it? What happens to us on a biological level when engaged in creative activity? |
| June 23-24, 2007 |
 Aurélia's Oratorio. Directed and designed by Victoria Thierrée-Chaplin and performed by Aurélia Thierrée. Leave the world of normalcy at the door and enter a magical, toy-like universe that's equal parts circus, theater of illusion and silent comedy.
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| June 25, 2007 |
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Auditions for Ovid's Metamorphoses. Actors, Musicians, Studio Artist, Dramaturges and Production Staff needed for Summer Arts/Northern Stage Ovid Project. Actors should email casting@northernstage.org to reserve a 5 minute audition
time slot. Non-actors please e-mail casting@northernstage.org for details on an informational session that will be held on June 26th. |
| June 27, 2007 |
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Running with the Bulls: A Workshop in Absurdity. Let your imagination run wild with Strange Fruit in this fast-paced workshop exploring creativity through theater games, movement, acrobatics, and fun!
No experience necessary. Each session limited to 25. |
| June 28, 2007 |
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Strange Fruit, SWOON! Dramatic Australian outdoor artists who perform atop giant flexible poles. Resembling a field of wheat swaying in the breeze, bending at impossible angles, these performers create an utterly captivating spectacle.
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| June 28, 2007 |
Summer Arts Kick off Party with free tours of the Wenda Gu Exhibition. Tours starts from Baker Lawn 4.30pm, 5.30pm and 6.30pm. Free refreshments. |
| June 30, 2007 |
Stroke - A Performance Piece by Chin Woon Ping . A stroke victim recounts her medical experience and through her anger, helplessness and sense of the absurd, uncovers its connections to the political crisis around her.
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| July 6, 2007 (July 7 rain date) |
 The "O Myths" - Ovid's Metamorphoses - Twilight (7.30pm) production on the Dartmouth Green with Dartmouth students in collaboration with Northern Stage. Free and open to the public. Not recommended for children under 12.
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| July 18, 2007 |
Virginia Heffernan - The Lonely Girl, The Guitar God and the Hanged Man: How Online Video Has Already Changed Your Life. 4.30pm. Haldeman Center Kreindler Conf. Hall (Room 041). |
| July 26, 2007 |
Opening Ceremony: Mandala Sand Painting with Drepung Loseling Monks. Before millions of grains of colored sand are painstakingly laid into place to form an intricate design, the monks perform a ritual featuring music and dance. |
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Community Sand Mandala Painting Drepung Loseling Monks. You are invited to participate in a community sand painting adjacent to the monks' sand mandala, during these times:
Collis Center Lower Level. Free and open to the public. |
| July 28, 2007 |
The Mystical Arts of Tibet, Sacred Music Sacred Dance. The famed multiphonic singers of Tibet's Drepung Loseling Monastery perform ancient temple music and mystical masked dances drawn from sacred festivals. |
| August 18, 2007 |
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Metamorphosis: From Myth to Music - featuring R.H.Thomson, actor. Ovid's stirring tales of transformation have inspired the concert by Toronto's famed Tafelmusik, "one of the world's top baroque orchestras" (Gramophone Magazine). |