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Pinocchio, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1998-1999 Season

When the woodworker Geppetto sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just finished, Pinocchio, could become a real boy. In the night, the Blue Fairy grants Geppetto's wish and asks Jiminy Cricket to serve as the wooden boy's conscience. But the naive and trusting Pinocchio falls into the clutches of the wicked Honest John, who leads him astray to the sinful Pleasure Island.

“The Butler Did It”

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1998 performance of “The Butler Did It” by Tim Kelly.

Dance Concert (November 12-15, 1998), Lindenwood University

Student Dance Programs

Event program for Dance Concert (November 12-15, 1998).

Fall Dance Concert 1998 Foldable Flier, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

'64 Hall

Fall Dance Concert 1998

October 30, 1998, 8pm

October 31, 1998, 1pm

Fall Dance Concert 1998 Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

'64 Hall

Fall Dance Concert 1998

October 30, 1998, 8pm

October 31, 1998, 1pm

Fall Dance Concert 1998 Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

'64 Hall, Slavin Center

Fall Dance Concert 1998

October 30, 1998, 8pm

October 31, 1998, 1pm

Choreography: Christie Jacobs, Elizabeth Judge, Sarah Wade, Wendy Oliver, Sara Beaverstock, Monique Ouimette, Kendall Strok, Elizabeth J. Ramos, Adrienne Larsen-Silva, Melissa Melone, Nicole Filipponi, Kristin Gicas, Laurie Plant, Gretchen Hummrich, Lindsay Deneault, Lisa Partello, Megan Talarico, Brooke Sullivan, Danielle Wall, Jennifer Wiley, Rachel Arthur, Erica Lyons, Monique Plourde, Donald Acevedo

Dancers: Christie Jacobs, Elizabeth Judge, Sarah Wade, Sara Beaverstock, Beth Judge, Adrienne Larsen-Silva, Laurie Plant, Megan Talarico, Danielle Wall, Monique Ouimette, Kendall Strok, Kristin Gicas, Gretchen …

Moon Over Buffalo, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1998-1999 Season

In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950's. At the moment, they're playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with 5 actors. www.kenludwig.com/moon_over_buffalo/moon_over_buffalo.php

Providence College Dance Company Press Release, Wendy Oliver

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Providence College Dance Company Fall Dance Concert press release

October 1998

Theatre Arts Department 1998 Faculty And Staff, Providence College

Promotion Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Theatre Arts Department 1998 faculty and staff

Providence College Dance Company Auditions Flier, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Dance Studio (Located behind Sullivan Hall)

Providence College Dance Company auditions

Tuesday, September 15, 1998, 7:30-9:00pm

Laughter On The 23rd Floor, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1998 Summer Theatre

Inspired by the playwright's youthful experience as a staff writer on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, with all the attendant comic drama as the harried writing staff frantically scrambles to top each other with gags while competing for the attention of star madman "Max Prince".

Steel Magnolias, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1998 Summer Theatre

The play opens with discussion of Shelby's wedding day to her fiancé, Jackson, in the fictional northwestern Louisiana parish of Chinquapin at Truvy's in-home beauty parlour where the women regularly gather. It covers events over the next three years with Shelby's Type 1 diabetes and how the women interact at times with conflict but in the end resolved friends: Shelby's decision to have a child despite the complication that could result from her condition, Clairee's friendship with the curmudgeon Ouiser; Annelle's transformation from a shy, anxious newcomer in town to a good-time girl then repentant revival-tent Christian; and Truvy's relationships …

The Mousetrap, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1998 Summer Theatre

The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. The Mousetrap opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has been running continuously since then. It has the longest initial run of any play in history, with over 24,500 performances so far. It is the longest running show (of any type) of the modern era. The play is also known for its twist ending, which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre. http://agathachristie.wikia.com/wiki/The_Mousetrap

Thirst, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1997-1998 Season

Thirst was inspired by an early Henry James novel titled Roderick Hudson, first published in 1875.

A Midsummer Night’S Dream

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1998 performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.

Crazy For You, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1997-1998 Season

Crazy for You is a romantic comedy musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but incorporates songs from several other productions as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_for_You_(musical)

Providence College Dance Company Audition Flier, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Dance Studio (Behind Sullivan Hall)

Providence College Dance Company audition

Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 7:30-9:00pm

The Providence College Dance Company Press Release, Wendy Oliver

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Press release about the Spring Dance Concert.

A Kinematic And Kinetic Analysis Of First, Fourth, And Fifth Positions In The Classical Ballet Method, Mary Sue Hill

Masters Theses

The problem of the study was to compare electromyography (EMG) responses, ground reaction forces, and torques on female college-age dancers' knees in selected positions. Subjects were 18 female dancers, aged 18 to 30 years, with 6 subjects from each of three levels: Ballet Technique I, II, and III. The rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, and vastus medialis were analyzed in a grande plie in three positions, (1) first, (2) fourth, and (3) fifth, with two phases: (1) eccentric, and (2) concentric. No differences in force or EMG data were found for the concentric phases of the three positions. Significant differences were …

Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth, And The Soviet Government, Bianca Nicole Dudeck-Wiseman

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Dmitri Shostakovich's opera, Lady Macbeth of Misenk, has suffered through more social changes than any other work in Russian music history. It brought Shostakovich unprecedented fame, and also brought about his downfall by the Soviet Government The story behind Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth, and the Soviet Government is one of power, as well as the evolution of a nation and how it affected the struggling individual. Here, the artist, his art, the government, and the people are all inextricably linked.

Spring Dance Concert 1998 Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

'64 Hall, Slavin Center

Spring Dance Concert 1998

March 21 & 22, 1998, 8pm

Review Of Marche Des Arts Du Spectacle Africain (Masa '97), Sharon E. Friedler

Dance Faculty Works

A panoply of over fifty dance, music, and theatre events from twenty African countries was performed at seven different venues, including indoor and outdoor theatres, clubs, concert halls, courtyards, gardens, and a sports stadium. The Moroccan company Ballet-Théâtre Zinoun presented Psyché Ou La Légende D'Adonis, a revisiting of the Adonis legend in which the balletic movement vocabulary and neoclassical choreographic techniques were interspersed with scenes in which a narrator alternated the words of Arab poets with riffs on his soprano saxophone.

The Cabaret Of Dead Souls: Harvesting Russian History, Agnieszka Taborska, Jake Mahaffy, Szymon Bojko, Gella Alhassid, So-Hee Cheong, Matthew Cottam, Dawn Danby, Lorreine Fedor, Andrew Gardner, Carl Henschel, Michael Hoard, Kevin Lang, Eric Leichner, Michael Libby, April Lin, Pia Restina, Markus Reyes, James Sanders, Nicholas Scappaticci, Brett Shagen, Michael Shih, Aika Tong, Araby Williams

Programs

Program for the eleventh annual RISD Cabaret held in the Cellar at the top of the Waterman Building. Graphic design: Mia Moran, Matt Murphy, James Wynn and Katia Popova.

Spring Dance Concert 1998 Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

'64 Hall Slavin Center

Spring Dance Concert 1998

Saturday & Sunday, March 21 & 22, 1998

Choreography: Marty Sprague, Kim Marcoccio, Wendy Oliver, Michelle Brien, Jennifer Wiley, Gretchen Hummrich, Elizabeth J. Ramos, Danielle Wall, Sally Mayo, Deirdre Morris, Leanne Deneault

Dancers: Carla Arena, Michelle Brien, Leanne Deneault, Gretchen Hummrich, Elizabeth J. Ramos, Nicole Pelaggi-Dyer, Sarah Wade, Sara Beaverstock, Christie Jacobs, Elizabeth Judge, Kim Marcoccio, Kara McNamara, Monique Ouimette, Karen Skoog, Mary Teresa Soltis, Jennifer Wiley, Kimberly Errato, Laura Haberkorn, Monique Plourde, Brooke Sullivan, Danielle Wall, Corey Delaney, Deirdre Morris

All My Sons

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1998 performance of All My Sons by Arthur Miller.

Providence College Dance Company Audition Flier, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Providence College Dance Company audition.

Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 7:30-9:00 pm

Danse Du Ventre, Anthony Shay

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

Danse du ventre (also called belly dance or danse orientale) most probably derived its name from one or both of two sources: (1) a corruption of the Arabic raqs al-baladi, meaning "dance from the countryside," and (2) a reference to the highly developed movement articulations of the torso and abdomen, which are the most characteristic movement practices of this widespread dance genre. Arabs outside Egypt often call it raqs al-sharq ("Oriental dance") or raqs al-misri ("Egyptian dance"), underscoring the widespread notion that this dance tradition originated in ancient Egypt. No historical documentation exists for the origins of …

Arabian Peninsula, Anthony Shay

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

The regional dances of the vast but sparsely populated peninsula that includes Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and emirates, and Yemen are--due to political, religious, economic, and other reasons of access--among the least studied. Historically, the gulf region is one of the most ancient marketplaces, with traders from India, Mesopotamia, Africa, and the Arabian hinterland meeting here for centuries. Influences from all these groups may be discerned in the dancing.

Afghanistan, Anthony Shay

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

A very conservative Islamic country, Afghanistan lies on the eastern edge of the Middle East, to the west of Pakistan and India. Afghanistan is at the confluence of Iranian, Central Asian, and Indian cultural currents, and most groups within Afghanistan have ethnic ties across the borders. Indian elements are the least felt, but the rhythmic footwork of some solo dancing is highly reminiscent of classical Indian traditions. A variety of ethnic and linguistic groups, each with its own choreographic tradition, reflects Afghanistan's enormous cultural diversity. Its dance traditions, however, are scarcely documented. As in most Islamic countries, dancers are paid …

Lebanon, Anthony Shay

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

In many respects, Lebanon is unique among the Arab states of the Middle East, and this uniqueness is reflected in its dance traditions, particularly in the number of professional performances given. Lebanon is a country more urban than rural, although most residents of Beirut, its capital, have some village relations or associations. Because the nation is small, no village is more than a few miles from Beirut or from such urban centers as Sidon or Tripoli. Lebanon's population is highly educated, and nomads (bedouins) account for only a miniscule percentage. The country's many religious groups and sects--mainly Christian and Islamic--seem …