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breakdancer performs a move where he grabs his foot with one hand while standing on the other hand.
The Arts
February 12, 2019 | 02:02 pm

Be inspired to dance

The ninth annual inspireDance Festival features more than 30 events, performances, and master classes covering many dance styles, for newcomers and experienced dancers alike.

topics: events, inspireDANCE Festival, Institute for the Performing Arts, Program of Dance and Movement,
Nigel Maister, sorting through pages of a script scattered across a table.
The Arts
February 12, 2019 | 01:23 pm

‘Working on small things’

Nigel Maister has a foothold in music, theater, writing, and visual arts. In the first of a series of interviews with performing arts leaders, the theater program director describes how curiosity keeps his work fresh.

topics: Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program, Nigel Maister, School of Arts and Sciences,
black-and-white movie still of a small boy is seen in the surrounding software interface of a film editing program
The Arts
November 29, 2018 | 12:57 pm

Digital scholars rescue lost Japanese film

A 1929 Japanese silent film inspired by a classic O. Henry short story was long thought lost until Rochester researchers collaborated to bring it back to the big screen.

topics: Department of English, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Digital Scholarship Lab, Film and Media Studies Program, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
four women in work jumpsuits with a megaphone, an axe, a cleaver and a bat
The Arts
November 26, 2018 | 02:56 pm

Conversation with visiting director Christina Roussos

Christina Roussos, visiting Rochester from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, talks about directing students from diverse backgrounds in the play “Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again,” which opens November 29 for a two-weekend run.

topics: Department of English, humanities, Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,
sample of needlework showing a domestic scene
The Arts
November 14, 2018 | 01:41 pm

Needlework artist evokes detail of tragic history

The intricate needlework and fabric panels Esther Nisenthal Krinitz created for her two daughters, simply to record her memories, are the subject of a Memorial Art Gallery exhibit evoking both beauty and tragedy in rich detail.

topics: events, Memorial Art Gallery,
an oil painting of Vincent van Gogh
The Arts
November 1, 2018 | 04:23 pm

Drama and history mark the 2018 Polish Film Festival

Now in its 21st year, the Polish Film Festival features nine films that tackle universal themes of human struggle, triumph, and love.

topics: events, featured-post-side, Polish Film Festival, Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies,
portrait of D'jean Vasciannie standing between two tall windows in Hochstein School of Music
The Arts
October 24, 2018 | 08:45 am

Internships prepare new generation of arts and humanities leaders

Traditionally, arts and cultural institutions don’t have funding for student internships, which leaves interested students having to choose between paying jobs and exploring career options.

topics: Department of English, Eastman School of Music, featured-post, grant, Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections, humanities, Humanities Center, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences,