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The Old Versus The New Equestrian Circus: Demonstrating And Promoting Equine Welfare, Veronica Painter

Theses and Dissertations

Circus is an art form that was originally considered as a humanitarian art, promoting equine welfare by shedding a new light on the horse and human relationship. During a time where horses were used for war, work, and transportation; fancy riding and liberty stood as the framework for a new togetherness between man and beast. The animal activist revolution centered on exotic animals in circus, yet the effects of these demanding pressures caused a major blow to the equestrian circus. This comparative study examines possible improvements to the industry in order to keep this art alive. Keeping up with eclectic …

Co-Creating Our Lives, Performing Our Multi-Cultural Worlds, Aidah Nalubowa

Theses and Dissertations

In his Foreword for Theatre and Migration (Cox 2014), director Peter Sellars writes, “None of us are the picture in our passports” (viii). Neither are we the person that we look or sound like at first glance or the first meeting. Rather, who we are is shaped by among other factors our environment and cultural upbringing. Because traditionally people from different places perform and participate in social and cultural events that are naturally “scripted” differently, we are so much more than the pictures and names we carry on our identification documents. Migration, Sellars continues, is “one of the most basic …

2018 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

41st Season. The Theatre at Ewing. The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. Henry V by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare in Love based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.

Women Of The Future: The Performative Personhood Of Elizabeth Robins, Djuna Barnes, And The Baroness Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven, Michelle Feda

Theses and Dissertations

The New Woman is the term used to describe the changing social norms around women's involvement in public life during the fin-de-siècle. New Women were bold and brash, educated and independent, and, importantly young; the term encapsulated any particular woman who stepped outside of her mother's Victorian social norms. The New Woman was as much a construct of the time as it was a description. The playwright and suffragette Elizabeth Robins performs "new womanhood" on the stage, and her play Votes for Women! enacts this struggle between New Women and the older generation. Djuna Barnes started her career as a …

Spring Dance Concert, 2018, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Productions took place April 26-29, 2018

Cosi Fan Tutte, School Of Theatre And Dance, School Of Music

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

English Version by: Ruth and Thomas Martin

Productions took place March 2-4, 6-9, 2018

Balm In Gilead, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Lanford Wilson

Productions took place April 13-21, 2018

The Illusion, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Tony Kushner

Adapted from L'Illusion Comique by Pierre Corneille

Productions took place March 30-April 7, 2018