Dancers in A Different Drum dance company rehearse for “A Different Circus,” which will open Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Off-Broadway Theater.
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OBT to host two dance groups this weekend

April 17, 2013 • 0
Had enough of Claire’s cake and prefrosh? Worry not, there’s dance to be watched.
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Belly dancers combat hunger

April 3, 2013 • 0
On April 5, the Yale Belly Dance Society will perform its annual “Hips Against Hunger” belly dance show, which raises funds for New Haven’s Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen.
“Arthur” translates the emotions surrounding the King Arthur legend into movement.
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‘Arthur’ mixes ballet and myth

April 3, 2013 • 0
The April 5 debut of the ballet “Arthur" will mark the first time the story of King Arthur and his court at Camelot are performed as a ballet.
Yale Dance Theater dancers act as researchers, investigating the synthesis of cultural forms in Wilson’s work.
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Dance lab takes the stage

March 6, 2013 • 0
In one Yale laboratory, experiments are performed on the researchers by the researchers themselves.
The new Himalayan Collection exhibit in Sterling Memorial Library is a sign of growing interest in the region over the past few years at Yale.
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Himalayan exhibit unites regional artifacts

February 6, 2013 • 0
There’s a revolution brewing beneath the Stacks.
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‘Cloud Nine’ brings sex and sexuality to the stage

January 23, 2013 • 0
Mitt Romney can’t keep women in binders forever. “Cloud Nine” hopes to challenge the status quo and social norms of sex and sexuality through theater.
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‘Once Removed’ examines contemporary sculptures

January 16, 2013 • 0
The toilet brush: used expressly for cleaning purposes. Right? Wrong.
The production of “SIC Beatz” seeks to push back against the increasingly common perception of classical music as being inaccessible or elitist.
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‘SIC Beatz’ full of flair

December 5, 2012 • 0
What if the music of Beethoven and Mick Jagger had a love child? The collaboration by SIC InC and the Yale Bands Percussion Group might be the outcome.
At Carmen Lund’s “Big Brush” painting workshop, students discovered their inner creativity.
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The business of creativity

November 14, 2012 • 928
The secret for securing that elusive consulting job: Put down those textbooks and paint.
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Senate spending gap examined

November 1, 2012 • 274
As the Connecticut Senate race enters the final stretch, the disparity in campaign spending between candidates is as pronounced as ever. The most recent reports filed with the Senate reveal that Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon has now spent $42.6 million on her bid for public office. Her rival, Democrat Chris Murphy has spent approximately »
Sandy caused widespread, yet minimal damage throughout New Haven, including the destruction of 195 trees.
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City, state clean up after storm

October 31, 2012 • 0
Though New Haven’s encounter with Hurricane Sandy was milder than some predicted, the city was left with a daunting relief project Tuesday morning. A day after Hurricane Sandy brought winds and flooding to New Haven, President Obama declared an expedited major disaster in New Haven County — along with Fairfield, Middlesex and New London — »
The pop-up Occupy art exhibit features a makeshift tent constructed out of printer paper.
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Pictures document Occupy movement

October 23, 2012 • 6
The Occupy Wall Street movement has resurfaced in New Haven. A spontaneous exhibit of Occupy-inspired artwork went up in the School of Art’s Green Hall exhibition space this Saturday. Dean Robert Storr organized the show to commemorate the anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement that began on Sept. 17, 2011 in New York City. »