Tower Dancers in their spring 2024 performance. COURTESY | Michael Bessom As the Tower Dancers silently set themselves on stage, Markel Auditorium hummed with ambient music as faint lights came on, creating a dim atmosphere for the dancers’ first piece “Lifeforms.” The performance began with modern dance, switching to contemporary, jazz, and ballet throughout....
“Les Miserables” cast member sing on stage. Micheala Estruth | Collegian The blood of the martyrs watered the meadows of France in Hillsdale Academy’s performance of “Les Miserables” to a sold out audience at The Sauk Theatre in Jonesville last weekend. Sixty high schoolers filled the stage, bringing the famous musical to the Hillsdale...
“Raffaella” COURTESY | Raffaellaballet.org After six years in the making, “The Raffaella Ballet Movie,” which honors Raffaella Maria Stroik, screened in The Searle Center April 10. The ballet, commissioned by Duncan and Ruth Stroik, intends to convey the life of their daughter Raffaella, who died in 2018 at age 23 and was a ballet...
‘Chicken Jockey’ COURTESY | Youtube It is a truth universally acknowledged that a video game and a studio in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a movie. I cannot say that “A Minecraft Movie” is a good movie. Then again, I would be lying if I told you I didn’t...
(Left to right) Cecelia Cummins, Abby Davis, and Katie Lannon pose next to their work. COURTESY | James Joski Senior Cecelia Cummins singled out her favorite painting at her art show: a portrait of Julio Suarez called “He Taught Me How to Do This.” Suarez, chairman and associate professor of art, has taught Cummins since...