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Just Dance

For Duke seniors and lifelong dancers Courtney Hunter and Lindsay Kunkle, choreographing performances for the November Dances was a new challenge.

Dumpster Diving the Lower Depths

For nearly a decade, director Jay O’Berski wanted to stage at Duke the Russian play “The Lower Depths” by Maxim Gorky. Written in 1902, the play follows a group of Russian derelicts living in a flophouse as they cope with the bleak reality of their condition. When he got the chance to direct the play this semester, O’Berski decided to set it not in Russia but in Lagos, Nigeria – and to do so with a minimal budget.

Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids

Andy Warhol bought a Polaroid Big Shot around 1970.

The gray plastic camera had just one button to push and no settings to adjust except for a ring on the lens for light and dark. The Big Shot, with a focal length fixed at three feet, was ideal for Warhol to use as studies for his famous portraits on canvas.

The Bathers: A Photographer Looks at Female Beauty

Jennette Williams, a photography instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York, spent seven years photographing women in public baths in Hungary and Turkey.

Duke Arts Weekend: A Slideshow

Duke Arts Weekend was a great success! Here are some pictures of the exhibition of student artwork and the reception and performances that went with it last Friday night.

Duke Arts Weekend is Underway!

The work of more than 50 artists in the Duke community is now on display, and today and tomorrow there will be video, dance, and music. Bryan Center is full of art made by Duke students, so get yourself down there!

Special Duke Arts Weekend Event: Through the Night

Def Jam poet and Obie Award-winning actor and playwright Daniel Beaty is bringing his one-man play to Reynolds Theater on Thursday, Nov. 5.

Events Celebrate Ariel Dorfman's 25 Years at Duke

Duke University’s Center for International Studies (DUCIS) hosts a year-long series of events celebrating playwright and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman’s 25th anniversary at Duke.

Duke Arts Weekend

As a part of the Duke Student Arts Initiative, Duke University's Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts is hosting a campus-wide Student Arts Showcase to be held on Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7 in the Bryan Center on Duke's West Campus. Read on for schedule, registration, and submission information.

Alumni of the Yale Russian Chorus Perform at Duke

The Alumni of the Yale Russian Chorus will perform a concert of Russian liturgical and secular music at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Duke Chapel.

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