A Story of Environmental Sustainability from Ethiopia’s Gamo Highlands
By Rishi Mulloth The people of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley are a unique group that has been isolated from the modern world, but have remained culturally and biologically unscathed. These people have been growing their society for 10,000 years, and have done so in a sustainable manner, living with their surroundings rather than in spite of them. From Director Stephen Marshall, A Thousand Suns (curated for the...
Ming Ming’s Magical Friend Helps Her Fit Into Her New Community
By Rishi Mulloth Moving homes can be a scary and daunting transition for a young child to embark on. However, the new challenge can also lead to positive change. Lucky, from Director Alexis Wong, is an animated short film that tells the story of a young girl named Ming Ming who isn’t feeling too great with her new home and neighborhood. While rummaging through some of the moving boxes, Ming Ming finds a book on ancient lion...
Danglin’ Pangolin: The Alarming Plight of the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal
By Alex Silverman From Adam Hersko-Ronatas and Elodie Freymann comes a short animated film, Danglin’ Pangolin, about the most heavily trafficked mammal in the world, the pangolin. Voice by Felege Gebru. Music by Warner Meadows and Ezemdi Akalonu. Pangolins are often described as “scaly anteaters” because they are heavily trafficked for their scales. Oftentimes, scales are used for food and aphrodisiacs. They have long been used in...
Jonathan Comfort and Szu-Ying Huang Perform Music by Claude Debussy to the Poems of François Villon
By Grace Madover From the Bard Conservatory, Trois Ballades de François Villon is a performance of three different ballades, written by François Villon. The music is composed by one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Each ballade is harmoniously performed by vocalist Jonathan Comfort, and pianist Szu-Ying Huang. These two talented musicians come together for the 12-minute performance....
Leslie Andrea Williams, Anne Souder, and Xin Yang Perform a Classic Ballet by Martha Graham
By Grace Madover Prelude to Action (from Chronicle) is a classic dance performance, originally choreographed by modern dance pioneer, Martha Graham. The ballet’s score was composed by Wallingford Riegger. This performance is an integral part of a three part work called “Chronicle.” The performance debuted in 1936 at Guild Theater in New York City when the menace of facism was looming over Europe. The intent of the dance was to...
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