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The November 2007 Research at Indiana University site highlights the latest research news.
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Field of Vision: Contemporary Jewelry and Holloware
Now through Nov. 17, SoFA Gallery, Fine Arts 123, Bloomington -- "Field of Vision" will be a significant international exhibition of contemporary jewelry and holloware. The exhibition will feature works created by North American and international artists. The exhibition includes an accompanying symposium and workshop.
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IU Ballet Theater presents annual performance of "The Nutcracker"
The Indiana University Ballet Theater continues its tradition of holiday excellence this year by introducing its classic The Nutcracker with a new twist. The 49th annual production, opening Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center, will feature new choreography by Michael Vernon, chair of the Jacobs School of Music Ballet Department, following a nine-year run of choreography by Jacobs School of Music professor Jacques Cesbron.
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A new book takes readers through the 1967 Indiana University football team's historic season. Written by Bloomington's Bill Murphy, one of the Hoosiers' biggest fans, "The Cardiac Kids: A Season to Remember," includes inside stories of the 1967 Hoosier football team. Murphy, along with several players from the '67 team, will be available for autographs at the Rose Bowl team's 40th Anniversary Celebration before the Purdue game on Nov. 17.
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Described as "a piercing story of one man's quest for redemption," Kevin James Daly's latest play "Jimmy Cory" might, according to its author, make you laugh. "But it's definitely not a comedy," said Daly, a third-year MFA student in Indiana University's Playwriting program in the Department of Theatre and Drama. Daly will have several productions of his work under his belt, including the world premiere of "Jimmy Cory" at the Wells-Metz Theatre in Bloomington on Nov. 30, when he receives his degree in May.
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The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is in its 20th year of touring America with its unique blend of Chinese culture and American dance. The Company will give one performance on the IU Auditorium stage tonight (Nov. 15). Through creative props, colorful costumes and innovative choreography, the dance troupe will perform the dances inspired by traditional Chinese festivals and rituals. When not on stage, Nai-Ni Chen works with dance majors in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, teaching them how to dance Chinese calligraphy, such as the Chinese symbol for "heart."
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In some ways, Samrat Upadhyay had to come to Indiana in order to write about his native Nepal. "To write about a culture, you need to know it quite well -- but you also have to be removed from it," said Upadhyay, a professor of creative writing at Indiana University and 2007 winner of the Asian American Literary Award.
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Audiences will experience Giacomo Puccini's classic La Bohème like never before when they attend the Indiana University Opera Theater's all new production, which continues this weekend in the Musical Arts Center on the IU Bloomington campus. A cutting-edge set by IU Jacobs School of Music master designer C. David Higgins recreates the streets of 19th-century Paris on three towering, intricately detailed, rotating stages, offering audiences an awe-inspiring visual experience equaled only by the beauty of the opera itself.
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Critics have called Jeannette Walls' memoir, The Glass Castle, "spectacular," "extraordinary," "incredible" and "riveting." It has been a New York Times bestseller for more than 75 weeks, has sold more than 1.5 million copies, been translated into 16 languages, and is being made into a movie by Paramount. The best-selling author will visit IU East to give a free reading Nov. 28.
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The Nov. 1, 2007, issue of Live at IU featured IU Professor and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Alex Kerr. Also highlighted in this issue were stories about the top classic books everyone should read, details on the new book Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II, a preview to Grammy-award winning violinist Hilary Hahn's performance at IU Auditorium, information on the newly acquired Oktoberfest book at the Lilly Library, and details on the campus-community graffiti project that is part of the Moveable Feast of the Arts series. Also included in this issue is the second installment of a three-part series that follows two IU Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design students through their senior projects.
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