Dance & Drama Archives — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Arts

Sincere Stagefemmes production navigates inconvenient love

To enter the theater, audience members had to climb over the stage and walk across the set to their seats. Before the lights… Read More

by Ulysses Yarber
May 3, 2018
Section: Arts

Contact improv class brings photographs to life with dance

Rania Matar’s SHE came to life Tuesday morning when the “Contact Improvisation” class broke the barrier between photography and dance. They explored the… Read More

by Dylan Manning
April 19, 2018
Section: Arts

Annapurna offers a captivating performance of failed love

From the view of his trailer home in Colorado, Ulysses likes to watch mountain climbers give up halfway up the cliff. He is… Read More

by Justin Sun
April 5, 2018
Section: Arts

Baltimore provides a nuanced treatment of discrimination

As the actors made final notes in their scripts and gathered their costumes, Jonathan Tazewell ’84, Thomas S. Turgeon professor of drama, chatted… Read More

by Ulysses Yarber
April 5, 2018
Section: Arts

Word of Mouth works with students to share personal stories

Last year, Word of Mouth became a podcast at Kenyon through WKCO. It was inspired by The Moth, a radio show and podcast… Read More

by Ulysses Yarber
February 8, 2018
Section: Arts

Horn Gallery looks to expand independent student programs

The Horn Gallery has hosted big names like Mitski, Killer Mike, Macklemore, Frankie Cosmos and Danny Brown — but the space functions as more… Read More

by Kevin Crawford
February 8, 2018
Section: Arts

Peterson Toscano merges faith, gender and environmentalism

Peterson Toscano voluntarily spent over $30,000 dollars on conversion therapy and faith-based “ex-gay programs” to try to change his same-sex orientation for 17… Read More

by Dan Nolan
February 1, 2018
Section: Arts

In Be Aggressive, tragedy, cheerleading and comedy collide

At the top of Be Aggressive’s second act, after Laura breaks the awkward silence of a car ride with an earful of seahorse… Read More

by Cameron Messinides
February 1, 2018
Section: Arts

Venus in Fur amplifies dynamic between actors and directors

For an actor, there is nothing more common, and paradoxically mundane and nerve-wracking, than an audition: You go in, and do your… Read More

by Josh Biatch
January 25, 2018
Section: Arts

Small cast shines in Bright Half Life’s warped chronology

Tanya Barfield’s Bright Half Life is a series of fragments, a choreography comprised of the disparate motions of a relationship: Erica (Emma Dunlop… Read More

by Frances Saux
December 7, 2017