Performance Response - due 09/30 by 5:00pm

"The brilliant classicism of imperial Vienna meets the mythic-poetic splendor of ancient Angkor in Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute. In this powerful work by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, performed by the acclaimed Khmer Arts Ensemble from Phnom Penh, Mozart's fantastical opera is transformed into the refined and elaborate movement language of Cambodian classical dance and music. Cultures meld as 32 dancers, musicians, and singers depict Pamina's arduous efforts to transcend the rivalries and betrayals from which she is born and seek out a middle path of justice, tolerance, and love. The piece was commissioned by Peter Sellars for his New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna" (Rachel's Cambodian Blog).

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http://britishdrama.pbwiki.com/Pamina-Devi%3A-A-Cambodian-Magic-Flute

Phormio - due 09/23 by 5:00pm

"Terence's Comedies influenced Hrotswitha's Comedies, influenced the Fleury Liturgical Dramas, influenced Dante 's Commedia, influenced Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, influenced the delightful comic elements in the Wakefield Master's Cycle Plays. It was Terence who gave to Latin a human face, the voice of the slave, the voice of the woman, Christ preaching to publicans and prostitutes, Christianity being the 'religion of women and slaves', and it was Terence's Comedies which were used in medieval monasteries and in Renaissance grammar schools for teaching Latin to men and women both"
Latin with Laughter: Terence through Time

The Clouds - due 09/16 by 5:00pm

Prometheus Bound- due 09/09 by 5:00pm

Prometheus Fountain (1934)- Paul Manship, Rockefeller Center, New York City
Prometheus bringing fire to humanity.

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