The young man at the window turns to the American, the older man on a half-official visit, and says ‘did you learn anything about my country before you came here?’ And the question echoes through the play.
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Dancers re-imagine contemporary American experiences
Dancers have told stories of Shiva and Kali for hundreds of years, and on a summer night, Mythili Prakash will embody them both … as Jacobs Pillow asks what it means to be American.
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Terrance Simien swings with Zydeco on Junteenth
The washboard is flicking a quick carrying beat that shakes through you and pulls you to your feet — the accordion is rocking warm, and a low voice coasts over it, laughing …
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What does it take to surprise you with pleasure? (#this weekend)
An accordion player started to play Quebeçois reels, the kind of music I learned to play at fiddle jams 15 years ago …
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Finding waterfalls along the Appalachian Trail
I came to the waterfall almost by accident. I didn’t know I was close — I just wanted to get into the woods on a sunny morning …
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Bright Half Life weaves a love story through time
We’re on a ferris wheel in 1986, and it’s dusk, and two women are sitting close together. They’re holding hands and talking over the bolts rattling in the wind … and they’re in a long and deep relationship.
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We’re gathering summer rhythm together (#this weekend)
The beat rises over a low humming note — people around me are singing, and someone behind me comes in with a rhythmic run of strings.
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QDance channels the energy of contemporary Nigeria
Ten dancers stretch alive with the energy of a party in Lagos. From their city of 16 million people on the coast of Nigeria, they are performing on a world stage.
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Memorial Day brings Solid Sound and fluid color
The world is warming up this week, in some ways. Summer seasons are opening, and the Solid Sound festival is coming to Mass MoCA …
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Tomm El-Saieh paints labyrinths in Imaginary Cities
From a distance, the colors shimmer like a crazy quilt of neighborhoods seen from the air, scarlet and blue and yellow, as though the houses were painted as bright as tropical birds …
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Frantz Zéphirin’s paintings dream and dance among the Spirits
Two beings are moving between water and air — they may be floating on the foam of a wave or hovering over the water in a light like a storm at dawn. …
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