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‘ve a extraoreinary perormance of Maa Fone’ State
tare ndony ae week ago, we werbackn Dance
ance choreography No Heo. In between, we opened the
ew Rable Stud Theatr with Hany Eis peduction ot
ifort kin, Berto rect Salon othe Soyo,
‘ected by ou PRD student Jel Peg. This winter we
‘Stoespeoe's The Tempest we hate eminent schol and
Proto ho vite us forthe Cr Weber Merl ectie
This yar, we ate celbating an extraordinary snerton of
TAPS undergadiate and gasuate students. Our uncer
Tike the work of amulttude. Maddie Bxe's production of her
that our students bring wt them wel a of ures they
proached these same questions from a diferent perpective
Inner honors thet Life nthe io Acodeny The Peromance
her ria pays er eapstane pice in New Yor ty Buk
wanted do more. she wrateyet anther orga ply space
poston of worn nse community, opie on which
$e further elaborated inher honors theses Sherwood
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the beach of researc and pacic that we nrture our
doce program. ner daseretion Choreapophe egies:
Feature Hitoesof Peformance, Rebecca Cle ead provoe
ely ares lbaly averse range of choreography and
‘realtone of eporc fusions of West lrcan and Western
Aan. order to question how perornce. captain nd
thedemthof an ri. tie sn instan conrbtion toe fl
for which she was recognized with the prestigious UC Ri
1 Stanford Raezan Trax dred to make erator perfor
Imancesin unity paces, sucha the tage of Pigg Theater
‘of heron body hed her writs her isertaton Duo
Practice Having done numerous tage design andi no
Dect: Response ofthe Men Scns, Angee Melo
‘hey wns about wehiteture's ute and unvadee nots
ett of eve resstance to that tat. In hi esraton
Toncctonie Becta, Inpel Whines, Kelen Hoot
works nt only through text an archives bt lo tvoush
‘enbodedrepertes materal cultures. andaetv pubs.
‘hip in he Deparment of Tester at Oarmauth Coles.
bution tat oe long standing ast n residence Chere
Moraga made tour department Nex yea shevil continse
I tenure facut We wi ery uch mss Cheri's oie 3s
1 poets of theater, he inceness an eta be
her last year his tme. during her work onthe reduction of
The Mathes Love in wich se told me about ate
pressor tht fe generation and minty sents oper
fe, fom an expectation to “sueceed to the need 10 find
students who took Cheri's asses spoke about how she
hlped thm in recncing tha backgrounds wth the wld
‘peskng and opesring nub to beter nderstnding of
{he historia sources of sacl an economic pressures that
rer much hpe tha even witout ter moet, Chee
el hat ayfobleGymnasunopenedts doorinsesh Oued WY EL COME TO THE NEW
in the Spanish Eclectic syn by ateiect Arthur
Soon ROBLE GYMNASIUM
thet fc Tencluded 2 pol basketball ayn, nd
‘The perormingarts-trough dance csses—have had
presence in ble Gym for aver 70 yeas. In 2002,
Departmant ow Theatr & Perormance Stuis, or
since been managed bythe Departent.
vent» §28 milion doa renouton, Without com
proméing the hoi character ofthe bul,
cf thener pd dance paces,
nd the TAPS administrative ofces, Robe Gym nv
haute the band ew Rabe Stu Theater, The the
tevin lrg 6540 square-foot blsk-bor theter with
‘exbie seating rangement nd eate-oF hea per:
teenance equipment
‘The 2016-2017 TAPS performance season “New
Worlds celebrate cur nw beginnings here at TAPS,
‘ith Sins Awakening the Masa ete theater in
{ugural redueton Other season performances in Ro
Ble Gym were Malia Fereys Slate of Darkrss and
Mai and Ghost Artec Plinpertin the Fl and
‘San Joan ote Stclyards and No Her in the SingFeo ly apprenticeship wth Cred Fire Theses, | worked on AT of
CROWDED FIRE
THEATER
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
the amature an plait ave me renewedSPRING
AWAKENING
THE MUSICAL
COMMUNAL RESILIENCY
BY HARRY ELAM, VICE PRESIDENT FOR ARTS.
AND SENIOR VICE PROVOSTIN VOLU
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the immense wealth rad ne ad the tug aig
my loved nes back home bcame cee fo me that
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Another speci etueof the event was the creation ofa fest program, Chaclte
publch a festschift for Relea collection of writings usualy dane in honor of a schol for
2 awiversary or momentous ocason. We contacted at east ane former o curent dance
that had nlunced tat student personally professional. Wohopedn ths Woy tnot
We invited lcs maser teachers in varous modern dance styles tring in the 1990,
‘th agora Duncan teacher Melinda McGee who ad aught me ig my undead
1960s. Inga Weis had ben the ast rota of Mary Wignan and influent longtime
rector of he MFADancein Education program. Thatunfergetable evening esis
‘eres and voabuary wa 3 eombination of master cy, tortling seein and MP
Dance renin a red into ae alo crested an inde impression upon the students
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‘when ustaes ang Imovetes upon varcus kamodfoms ina ring process
Fencing and oxerise wer inserted nto ou performance painpsest. Fencing anddanc hed
ooustd in ble Gym since 1982, We had several seins wth Stanford fencing cosh
‘only document the erforanc event ut shone and mck the work that has occured in
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THERE IS NO ONE LIKE CARL
BY HARRY ELAM. VICE PRESIDENT FOR ARTS AND SENIOR VICE PROVOST
THESE WORDS WERE WRITTEN FOR TAPS'S MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CARL ON JANUARY 19, 2017
There ws no an ke Cad Weber nhs workon anf theta, von ofthe thet,
Ini commitment to teaching ana tthe aad, Ca Weber etomied te onuneton
0 theory and rate that has come to serve a the cntzal conception of Tester an er
formance Stes a Stanford. Cr no ny understood but exemplified Row the ty and
‘alt of heats pertoranc infra isntrmod bythe race Cal ebacied
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had already caved out an extraordinary en and acomphed test.
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BY DIANE FRANK. DANCE
LECTURER + STUDENT DANCERS.
Amuse concert with dancers «supe istatoton
Sted wrt porte tone. tothe tig one
the specifciyof ng Concert Hal Arum athe enone.
‘The calsbrationinistited the shared senate elements
of Wil cits gece saulpture, Diane ak’ choreon
ly and rk Kapuso’ muse: nei of bla,
talonee and bested connection wtnan eve hing en
Virrmor The wrk as shaped by Japanese estes nd
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{yb intense intrval of me and apace that enon in
and between bjs and ven Breath ar ameaste of time
the Gaga music forthe sho played in hes perermances
Dy lopanese master musician Ko shana,
Cit rated landscape of five large scale works, each
onssting of several intecking parts that stood o were
impermanence was the drvngimpule ofthe corer.
The dance unfolded Inthe open fll ofthe Bing Aum,
with mule fot and ras hits of lnc within the
indvdal dancing boy a oi the proprestionconfe
lon ef the dance Ree. Sines eld he movement in
and cis appesrance Both sup and movement were er
\eloped in sani enironment composed of sounds rm
Folded ito te offerings of the Pan-Asian Musk Festal
the projet was se generously seported by Stanford At,
Stanford Uv, the Center for Eat Aon Stig, Art & At
istry, and TAPS
| ke line vith ane ane a coupe others in Ju cre
‘ing new mateal and re-creating ob phase work By he
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Ae slow the process tal On he convay, the alton of
newt dancers tthe lee and the arivalfthe frat selpture
Seemed to add enewed enerzy othe work
‘istic mperince that apr interest rom the ore
Sing nd ny oid 1 at an lence
‘work in the Bing Alum, the pce seemed toe ito he
Spoce natural. When Ko came to work with us, the muse
eprowded seemed to flint place, ings dynamic char
actor the piece. At tines the musi seemed to dive the
movement at thers seemed to cradle tn combnton,
the musi and the Aum created space that felt whe
soma a rou. In hnking back on A Wire arden,
Tremembe the yl wonder f dancing withthe sculpture
{ortho Sate, remember hours of demanding, ard work
inthe sud, | emember hw rate fee inhabit te
the muse ang other dancers. and I rememe tng move
ten that had become 20 fanart me nf tally 2
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oil A winter Gorden was an immecsve experience
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our bodes bult and tansletd pars that elected ap
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in poerinted but never truncated shapes. struck for 3
moment before asppearing Topsy embecy te co
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Ireeptan in Winer Garden snot a werk bul fer bo
ice slo integrating moverent with Wi Ci’ balancing
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frente of sculpture became extensions of eur bodies, nd
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landscape of ever-changing Sound and sutures Tobe ptt
tment bit oto have orc o elements oui of our
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ON DANCE
STUDIES
BY HEATHER RASTOVAC AK@ARZADEH,
MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN.
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QUESTIONS ABOUT POWER,
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WHITE, MASCULINITY, ART
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IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
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ing to pacts schol eto the Univesity ofthe At in Berns Scale Wine
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aes | would make werkywithin the sino, work that cera and innate ae
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isnothine We blew tht nothingness ent an eption”CELEBRATING
MICHAEL
RAMSAUR
46 YEARS OF SERVICETO CHERRIE
MORAGA
WITH GRATITUDE
BY KARINA GUTIERREZ, PhD STUDENT1 > a FACULTY NEWS
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