honors seminar

To demonstrate that we actually do other stuff than play with our house, I thought I'd post about other things going on. I'm teaching an honors seminar this semester that involves participating in cultural activities around Charlotte. Here is a picture of my students and a colleague of mine on a public art walking tour of downtown that we took last week-end.




Friday night we went to the ballet and saw three short pieces. One was Tyla Tharp's "9 Sinatra Songs" that included a series of ballet duets inspired by ballroom dancing and set to the music of Frank Sinatra (with costumes by Oscar de la Renta). The middle piece was a more normative modern ballet piece called MAP. The third piece was the best - it was called "Shindig" and was accompanied by live bluegrass music. It was so much fun and full of energy. I had arranged for the choreographer of that piece, who is the director of the North Carolina Dance Theatre to come talk to the students during the intermission. So that was neat. Here is a video from youtube of a minute of that ballet: