18 company dancers, 13 guest children, and several adults – stage veteran actors and dancers – are scheduled to perform in this year’s nutcracker.
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Special Feature: Cultural Changes in Cornell PMA
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Besides a lack of opportunities to perform, many students also struggle to find opportunities for genuine mentorship within the department.
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PERATI | Post-Election Escapism: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
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After the chaos and uncertainty of the election last week, watching The Queen’s Gambit has served as the perfect post-election escapism. “It’s an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it. I can dominate it,” chess prodigy Beth says, in Scott Frank’s adaptation of Walter Tevis’ 1983 coming-of-age novel.
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YANG | On Blasting Music in Public
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DJing was initially regarded as a marginalized and feminized act because it was fundamentally queer.
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Cornell Concert Commission to Host Gus Dapperton in Exclusive Livestream
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Gus Dapperton will perform an exclusive livestream for students on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. EST.
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Storytelling and Representation: An Evening with Cornell Alum Justin H. Min ’11
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Fittingly in these times of exhaustion and uncertainty, Min closed with an emphasis on finding a ‘why’ that can carry an actor through tough times, a message that I think any Cornell student can also benefit from.
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YANDAVA | The Paintings on the Wall
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At home, however, the line between art and object blurs. It’s only when you decide to pay attention that the item reasserts its life force, its living history, its story and significance.
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LU | Post-Election Self Care
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This week’s Breathing Room is an encouragement to us all to stop for a moment and remind ourselves that, yes, we are privileged to have time and air to breathe, and most importantly, to stop and take that breath.
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What Trump’s Use of Nazi Imagery Indicate About His Campaign
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Trump’s visuals have been the centerpiece of some of the most controversial moments of his re-election campaign. The Trump campaign has managed their visual production in a way much different from anything we have seen before, often including many overtly racist and sometimes fascist undertones. Impactful visuals are a huge part of any successful election campaign. The more ideas and visuals that stick with people, the more likely they are to pay attention to the campaign’s message. The images and motifs used in political signs, merchandise and advertisements are typically shaped by current events and what people will most likely gravitate toward.
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How Television Becomes a Tool for Targeting Voters
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Audiences cannot avoid being targeted by political campaigns, but as long as they understand how their viewing preferences influence the perception of their identities or opinions by political campaigns, they will be able to recognize how and why they are targeted by such political advertisements.
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KUDVA DRISKELL | Do You Think Freely?
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Online, we treat ourselves as free actors despite corporate interests, which create hyper-personalized content that is in no way randomly disseminated.