Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Edwidge Danticat
“Danticat is a marvelous writer, blending personal anecdotes, history, and larger reflections without turning the immigrant writer into a victim, misunderstood by all.”
April 19, 20, 21, 2012, 8 p.m.
The Compromise: 1895
by Gabriel M. Emeka
During the decades following the Civil War, teachers and administrators of black schools in the South faced one of the most profound educational challenges in the history of the United States. The Compromise: 1895, a new play by Gabriel Emeka, explores the emergence of a prominent black college and its dynamic founder whose words and works come to capture the attention of the entire nation. What begins as an ordinary school term in 1895 Alabama proves to be a year of extraordinary opportunities—but for whom? To what end? And at what cost?
May 11 & 12, 2012, 8 p.m.
Oberlin Dance Company & The Contemporary Ensemble
Two revivals and a premiere
The Oberlin Dance Company and the Contemporary Music Ensemble (CME) unite for two performances of revivals and a premiere showcasing six of Oberlin’s faculty composers. Reich’s Eight Lines requires the orchestra to break with tradition and move about the stage as they perform on their instruments. Honey on My Lips, featuring Cleveland Arts Prize winner and Visiting Professor of Percussion Jamey Haddad, is choreographed for 12 dancers and is set to music by four African composers. The premiere consists of six captivating scores—each by an Oberlin faculty composer—on a 1959 home recording of Carter McAdams’s father playing popular songs on stride piano. This special collaboration between two of Oberlin’s highly regarded departments will be a treat not to be missed!
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