Harvard University Gazette: Arts stories

Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Maestro Previn guides students with expertise, wit

Oct 9, 2008

Music great Sir André Previn's motto, listed on his official Web site, reads, 'A day without music is a wasted day.' Several Harvard students and two classical master composers put their day with the maestro to good …
Davis explains how he makes his operas swing

Oct 9, 2008

A former Harvard professor returned to campus last week to explain how he makes opera swing.
Professionals step lively in dance class

Oct 3, 2008

Light footfalls and nervous laughter broke the pre-class silence in the Harvard Dance Studio last Tuesday (Sept. 23). Five students faced the mirror, carefully working through the dance steps to 'One,' the finale from …
Du Bois fellow makes 'Little Fugitive,' take two

Oct 3, 2008

The wonder of Brooklyn's iconic amusement park Coney Island as seen through the eyes of a young runaway is at the heart of the 1953 classic film 'Little Fugitive' by the directing team of Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and …
Heaney 'catches the heart off guard'

Oct 3, 2008

Over the years, readings by poet Seamus Heaney have been so wildly popular that his fans are called 'Heaneyboppers.'