Alice – The New Opera
“Dodgson himself wrote that he imagined his work as musical theater — an “operetta”.”– Gary Bachlund Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska are scheduled to reprise their roles as the Mad Hatter and Alice, respectively, in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland 2 on May 27th, 2016. Unfortunately, the sequel to the original blockbuster (the sixth movie to earn more than $1 billion worldwide) will, in the...
Alice — Wotcha! Gotcha! Alice?
“Alice in Wonderland is one of the earliest books written with the intention of entertaining children and not improving or educating them. It is still a breath of fresh air. I like to think that my version of Alice Liddell in Wotcha! Gotcha!, speaks and acts more like the Alice of the books than various other recent versions.” — Gareth Jones Wotcha! Gotcha!, a very British style of pantomime (or panto), is...
ALICE – The Legacy
Judi Dench and Ruby Bentall in the World Premiere of Peter and Alice “So long as men can breathe and eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.” – William Shakespeare Alice Liddell Hargreaves died on November 16, 1934, but her legacy — and its inextricable link to Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland tales — refuses to die. Who was the little girl that inspired...
The Global Search for Education: Where Is the Next Martha Graham?
“Dance education cannot just be about learning a system of physical moves. It has to include ways to practice thinking, improvising, risk taking, using your imagination” — Janet Eilber How important is dance to life? How important is oxygen to life? In American culture today, Martha Graham’s legacy serves as a constant reminder of the importance of dance in our lives. Graham, who died in 1991,...
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