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  • Award-winning filmmaker, Lauren Wolkstein, to visit F&M

  • Written 02/01/13

    On February 28, award-winning filmmaker Lauren Wolkstein joins Professor Andy Bragen and his "Writing the Short Film" class. Wolkstein will present three short films; Cigarette Candy, The Strange Ones, and Social Butterfly, followed by a discussion exploring the relationship between the scripts and the films. 

    Lauren Wolkstein was named one of the top twenty-five emerging filmmakers through The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Independent Filmmaker Project's inaugural Emerging Visions Program at the 2011 New York Film Festival. Wolkstein received her MFA in film directing at Columbia University where her thesis film, Cigarette Candy, received the Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director, Plum Pictures Most Promising Filmmaker Award, and Best Narrative Short at multiple film festivals including SXSW and Palm Springs International ShortFest. 

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  • Award-winning playwright, Sarah Ruhl, to visit F&M

  • Written 02/01/13

    On February 19, we welcome Sarah Ruhl as the 2013 Lapine Family Distinguished Dramatist. Sarah Ruhl, a MacArthur Genius Award winner and Pulitzer finalist, is one of America’s most important mid-career dramatists.

    Her plays have been produced internationally in London, Germany, Australia, Canada and Israel, and have been translated into Polish, Russian, Spanish, Norwegian, Korean, German and Arabic. She was recently the recipient of the PEN center award for a mid-career playwright, the Feminist Press’ Forty under Forty award, and the 2010 Lilly award.  She has been teaching playwriting at the Yale School of Drama this past year, and she lives in Brooklyn with her family.

    Ms. Ruhl will give a lecture at 7:30 PM in Schader Theater in the Roschel Performing Arts Center. This event is sponsored by the Lapine Family Visiting Theatre Artist Fund. 

    There is no charge but tickets are required for entry. Tickets may be picked up at the Box Office (open Monday through Friday noon to 6 PM), located in the Roschel Performing Arts Center off of College Avenue. Tickets can be reserved over the phone or via email but must be picked up at the Box Office by 6 PM Tuesday, February 19. 

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  • VINEGAR TOM Set

  • 9/27/2012 30,000 feet (5.68 miles!) cut into 1200 25' lengths of hanging cord are used for the show. Vinegar Tom opens October 25. Tickets

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  • Ali Strohm '12, Emily Grossner '12, and Anna Dean '12 in "Trio B," choreographed by Ali Strohm '12.

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  • Emily Grossner '12, Ali Strohm '12, and Gwen LeBar '14 in "Riley and the Mazarines," choreographed by Anna Dean '12. 

    Award for Achievement in Choreography: Ali Strohm

    05/03/2012 "Dance at F&M has been my favorite part of college. The dance department’s wonderful classes have helped me grow as a writer, thinker, and creator. I was fortunate enough to do an independent senior dance project combining both scholarly and movement research. I am so thankful for the countless opportunities the department and company have given me to choreograph since it is something I love to do. Dance Company has nurtured me as both a choreographer and performer. I have enjoyed every performance with Dance Company and I look forward to coming back to see their future concerts. Although I will be doing Teach for America in Las Vegas next year, I plan to continue dancing, choreographing, and creating for as long as I can."

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  • Munson Award for Excellence in Dance: Kate Hoffman

    05/03/2012 "Coming to F&M, I was looking for a way to keep dance in my everyday life while also pursuing other academic interests. As a Dance minor, past President of the F&M Dance Club, and 4-year Dance Company Member, the experiences I have had throughout my years here have far surpassed anything I could have expected. In the classroom, I have benefitted from the individualized attention of my professors on a technical and analytical level. The Dance Company has given me opportunity to perform in both faculty- and student-choreography, and also to stage my own choreography twice for the Spring Dance Concert. Most of all, I have had the chance to collaborate with fellow students and professors to further my education and my love of dance. I have truly benefitted as a writer, a thinker, a dancer, and a person from these experiences. As I head to the University of Delaware for my M.A. and Ed.S. in School Psychology this fall, I will continue to watch, write, and talk about dance in my everyday life."  

  • 04/12/2012 Professor Lynn Brooks' research on early American dance and theatre resulted in the publication of her book, John Durang: Man of the American Stage (Cambria Press). The book reveals the story of the first native-born American stage professional, dancer-actor-manager-teacher John Durang, and his dancing family. In telling Durang's story, narratives of early American politics, society, and theatre come to life.

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  • 04/12/2012 Senior Dania Gelfond, who double-majored in dance and anthropology, performed her senior independent dance project, INSCRIBED, on April 1 anf 5 at the New College House. Her work investigated body modification techniques in four cultures around the world, incorporating anthropological research, art, live music, and the spoken word. Photo credit: NCH

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  • 04/10/2012 We are excited to announce that Amber Wong '14 was awarded a full merit scholarship to the 2012 Bates Dance Festival, a prestigious annual summer dance festival in Maine that brings together an international community of choreographers, performers, educators and students in a cooperative community to study, perform and create new work. It is sure to be an incredible experience for her. Congratulations Amber!

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  • Northeast Region American College Dance Festival

  • 03/2012: Pamela Vail (assistant professor of dance) took 18 students to the Northeast region American College Dance Festival at Penn State March 2-5, and her piece Pretense was selected for the gala concert! Pictured is the cast with Vail backstage (left to right):  Jesse Pignatelli, Kate Hoffman, Amber Wong, Pamela Vail, Ashley Carbino, Kat Sullivan.