It is that time of year once more: the weekend where the December Dance Concert takes Pickard Theater by storm. Six fall semester classes—Making Dances in the Digital Age, Introduction to Hip Hop, Introduction to Modern Dance, Modern II: Repertory …
Last weekend, students and community members gathered in Wish Theater for a performance of “Liturgy|Order|Bridge” by regional creative arts group Scapegoat Garden. Inspired by Black church traditions, the dance performance drew on faith, nature, fashion and experimentation to bring the …
The other day in dance class, I stopped dancing and laid on the floor. My peers continued to swirl around me, and my professor stood watchful in the corner. But I stayed there on the floor, unmoving, allowing the curve …
Last Saturday night, Smith Union transformed into a runway and stage, replete with rigged lighting and sound, as the Asian Student Alliance (ASA) hosted the Pan-Asian Fashion Show. The show incorporated a mix of student models sporting culturally derived and …
Last Friday, music was played, dance was performed and art was displayed—all underneath the domed ceiling of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) Rotunda. Student band Night Hawk performed six original songs inspired by Edward Hopper’s paintings in matinee …
Last Saturday, Dylan Richmond ’24 transformed Pickard Theater into a portal, inviting a packed crowd to join him in exploring an emergence out of oppression and toward joy. His performance, entitled “I am Bearing Myself in the Mouth of the …
Tonight and tomorrow night, the Department of Theater and Dance will put on the winter dance concert in Pickard Theater at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature performances from the Advanced Repertory and Performance, Making Dances in the Digital Age, …
Bright lights, a disco ball, a swing and a two-foot layer of fog accompanied Assistant Professor of Dance Aretha Aoki as she took to the stage last Saturday in her multidisciplinary dance performance: IzumonookunI. On either side of Aoki were …
This year, hip hop celebrates its 50th anniversary. From basement block parties in the South Bronx to the Olympics at Paris 2024, hip hop as a culture has come incredibly far. This poses the exciting question of what more innovation …
Next week, dance and a cappella groups will perform in a joint winter concert for the first time in the College’s history. Featuring six a cappella troupes and four dance troupes, the show will be held on Wednesday in Pickard …