Creativity & Arts Spotlights

Choreographer constructs a concept of time

May 1, 2011

"The latest creation from Catellier Dance Projects," says choreographer Gregory Catellier, "is about time. It's about the difference between how humans experience time within a short lifetime and the realities of geological or evolutionary time."

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A Journey to Ancient Egypt in Eternal Gates

Apr 15, 2011

Hear the sounds of an ancient spiritual journey in the Emory University Symphony Orchestra (EUSO) and the Emory University Chorus' world premiere of Eternal Gates, April 15-16, 2011 at the Schwartz Center of Performing Arts.

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Brave New Works

Apr 1, 2011

Every two years, The Playwriting Center of Theater Emory provides theater professionals and students with the space and resources to conduct creative experimentation, to create new works for the stage, and to test the dramatic product on an audience.

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Joseph Skibell

Feb 1, 2011

Fiction writer, playwright, and screenwriter Joseph Skibell, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory, is the first reader in the spring 2011 Creative Writing Program Reading Series.

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Uplift heart and soul at Celtic Christmas Concert

Dec 1, 2010

18th Annual Atlanta Celtic Christmas Concert
Presented by W.B. Yeats Foundation
Sat., Dec. 18, 8 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 19, 2:30 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

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You Can't Take It With You

Nov 1, 2010

Following the success of "rock opera"RENT, Theater Emory continues its 2010-2011 season with Kaufman and Hart's comedy classic You Can't Take It With You

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University Organist Moonlights as Count Dracula

Oct 15, 2010

Timothy Albrecht (“Count Dracula”) returns amid thunder, lightning, smoke, ghouls and gargoyles for the third rendition of his Halloween organ concert, Scary Ride! , featuring selections from Phantom of the Opera and Messiaen’s The Apparition.

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ETHEL: Not Your Typical String Quartet

Oct 1, 2010

ETHEL, acclaimed as America's premier postclassical string quartet, boldly infuses contemporary concert music with fierce intensity, questioning the boundaries between performer and audience, tradition and technology.

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Rock on with "Rent": An Interview with Bryan Mercer

Sep 15, 2010

Director Bryan Mercer discusses his vision and inspiration for Theater Emory's upcoming concert version of "Rent".

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Creativity & Arts Soiree and Award Winners

Sep 1, 2010

The Third Annual Creativity & Arts Soiree features new activities including the first ever Creativity & Arts Awards.

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'Class Pictures:' An Exhibition of Photography by Dawoud Bey

Mar 1, 2010

In early February photographer Dawoud Bey came to Emory's campus for the opening of Class Pictures, his exhibition of poignant portraits of high school students, on view at the Visual Arts Gallery through March 4. This exhibition has traveled to prominent venues across the United States for the past two years, and its presence at Emory has catalyzed an ambitious collaboration between the Visual Arts Department and the Transforming Community Project (TCP).

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