Before the Curtain: Arts on Campus Week 3

BY JACK JERVIS

The Dartmouth

Thursday, April 13 - Saturday, April 15

Montreal ice skating group Le Patin Libre will perform their routine “Murmuration” in Thompson Arena as part of an event in collaboration with the Dartmouth athletics department. Le Patin Libre is a group of former fgure skaters who use their talents on the ice as a means of dance, expression and storytelling. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and hold a matinee performance on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. followed by an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for all four performances are available on the Hop’s website for $25.

Saturday, April 15

At 12:00 p.m. in Loew Auditorium, the Hopkins Center will show the flmed opera “Der Rosenkavalier” by the Met

Opera in HD series. Der Roenkavalier is a renowned Viennese comedy by legendary composer Richard Strauss. The performance will last four hours and 45 minutes, costing $25 for general admission. Tickets are available on the Hop’s website. From 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Hood Museum of Art will host an exhibition tour: “¡Printing The Revolution¡” The exhibit is led by Beatriz Yanes Martinez, the Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow. Designed for Spanish speakers, Martinez will give an introductory tour of the Hood Museum exhibit in Spanish. This is a public event, and attendees should arrive at the Russo Atrium ten minutes before the event begins.

At 7:00 p.m. in Loew Auditorium, the Hop will screen a one hour and 24 minute collection of three short flms titled “James Baldwin Abroad.” These Criterion Collection short flms follow influential American writer James

Baldwin’s experience as a Black writer “still unsure of his sexual identity,” struggling with racial politics both in America and Europe. Tickets are $8 and are available on the Hop’s website.

At 9 p.m., Sawtooth Kitchen will host a listening party for local musicians Shy Husky and Ali T to celebrate their respective album releases. Shy Husky is an indie-rock band based in Hanover, and Ali T is a Vermont-based singer/ songwriter. Tickets are $10 and also available on the Hop’s website.

Sunday, April 16

On Sunday in Loew Auditorium, the Hopkins Center will screen the 2022 flm “Close” by Lucas Dhont. This flm explores the intimate relationship between two teenage boys, complicated by interfering classmates. The flm is one hour and 44 minutes long. Tickets cost $8 and are available on the Hop’s website. At 7:00 p.m in Loew Auditorium, there will be a two hour performance documentary featuring the Sicilian puppetry group Figli d’Arte Cuticchio. After the documentary, a live Q&A will take place with members of the group. The viewing and Q&A kickof the group’s residency at Dartmouth, where they will perform multiple times over the next few days. The flm will be in Italian with English subtitles. This event is free and unticketed. forced the dissemination of the music scene across campus. Hecht and Bynam highlighted that the Hop closure provides an opportunity to recognize the acoustic potential of other locations on campus, allowing them to “create some site-specific performances.”

Tuesday, April 18 Conducted by Hop Orchestral and Choral Programs director Filippo Ciabatti, “La Storia del Soltado” — an adaptation of the Russian musical work “Histoire du Soldat” — will be performed by Figli d’Arte Cuticchio. Created by puppetmaster Mimmo Cuticchio, this performance is a multimedia puppet performance that highlights the complexities of human ambition. This performance will occur four times, at 3:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, and at 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Both Bynum and Hecht praised the concerts that have been occurring regularly in the East Reading Room of Baker-Berry Library, which provide yet another chance for students to share their talents. In seeking new venues for the festival, Bynum drew upon his prior experience coordinating grassroots music festivals which lacked the institutional support of a college.

“We really kind of did a quick setup, quick breakdown — and that ends up being something that one does a lot in experimental music,” Bynum said. “It’s rarely supported on main stages. The music that survives, that is the most infuential, the most groundbreaking, is often the music that pushes up through the margins. This music became a really beautiful manifestation of that.”

Seating was more limited without the Hop, and nearly all festival events were sold-out. However, the expansion of Dartmouth’s music scene with venues across campus enabled performers to reach wider audiences. This wider reach defnes the New Music Festival’s ethos: a commitment to resilience and adaptiveness as expressed through music.

Tickets for this event are limited and are available on the Hop’s website. These performances will take place in Dartmouth Hall room 105. Before the show on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., Italian professor Michael Wyatt, Filippo Ciabatti and Figli d’Arte Cuticchio will give a pre-show talk.

Wednesday, April 19

The Hood Museum will host a special tour titled “Painting History” from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Russo Atrium. Curator of Indigenous art Jami Powell and Jonathan Little Cohen associate curator of American art Michael Hartman will lead the tour, which explores how “artists construct and critique history” through two Hood exhibitions: “Kent Monkman: The Great Mystery” and “Historical Imaginary.” Although this is a free and open event, space is limited –– guests are advised to arrive to the Russo Atrium ten minutes before the exhibit begins.