Articles tagged: Power Center
with poll : Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin bring it all home at the Power Center
Posted: May 21, 2013What did you think of the concert? Leave a comment and / or vote in the poll at the end of this post: Near the start of their co-headlining concert Tuesday, Mary Chapin Carpenter and ... Read more »
Beloved singer-songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin teaming up for Power Center concert
Posted: May 18, 2013Mary Chapin Carpenter In the few years leading up to Mary Chapin Carpenter's latest album, "Ashes and Roses," she went through several difficult and painful life experiences. She got divorced, she was stricken with a ... Read more »
Ira Glass / dance troupe collaboration added to Ann Arbor Summer Festival lineup
Posted: Apr 30, 2013The Ann Arbor Summer Festival has added an item to its 2013 main-stage lineup: Popular public radio host Ira Glass will appear with witty dance troupe Monica Bill Barnes & Company in a new collaborative project on Saturday, July 6 at 8 p.m. at the Power Center. Read more »
SITI Company's 'Trojan Women' a powerful rendering of powerless women
Posted: Apr 28, 2013In SITI Company’s “Trojan Women (After Euripides),” now being presented by the University Musical Society, a Greek envoy (Leon Ingulsrud) expresses contempt for a Trojan priest (Barney O’Hanlon) who’s castrated himself in the name of ... Read more »
Ragamala Dance casts an artful spell in Power Center performance
Posted: Apr 25, 2013It is autumn for the 6 women dancers on stage, adorned in pleated silks of russet and gold, scarlet, olive and saffron. But there are flowers in their hair, and there is nothing autumnal about ... Read more »
with video: SITI troupe bringing its updated anti-war 'Trojan Women (after Euripedes)' to Ann Arbor
Posted: Apr 23, 2013Saying "This isn't your mother's Euripides" may sound laughably understated, since plays like "The Trojan Women" are, of course, more than 2,400 years old; but the New York-based SITI Company, now bringing its celebrated adaptation, "Trojan Women (after Euripedes)" to Ann Arbor has gone to great lengths to help the ancient anti-war play speak to 21st century audiences. Read more »
Ragamala Dance's 'Sacred Earth' combines Indian dance, art and music
Posted: Apr 20, 2013Bharatanatyam, the beautiful and expressive Indian classical temple dance form, was traditionally a solo art. But for dancers Ranee Ramaswamy and her daughters Aparna and Ashwini, it’s all in the family. If each of the ... Read more »
Generation Asian Pacific Association Cultural Show to bring tradition to the Power Center stage
Posted: Mar 28, 2013Generation APA, the U-M student-run group that celebrates the culture and talents of their Asian Pacific American roots, will once again bring one of the largest cultural celebrations in the Midwest to the Power Center ... Read more »
with video: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin teaming up for Power Center concert
Posted: Mar 01, 2013The Ark has announced a double-headliner concert by Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin at the Power Center. Read more »
with poll: Propeller troupe offers an expert 'Taming of the Shrew'
Posted: Feb 21, 2013What did you think of the play? Leave a comment and / or vote in the poll at the end of this post: Watching Propeller perform offers a rare window into the genius of Shakespeare ... Read more »
with poll: Propeller's 'Twelfth Night' is likely to both haunt and amuse you
Posted: Feb 21, 2013Malvolio in tear-away pants? Sir Andrew Aguecheek in boxing gear while “The Eye of the Tiger”’s iconic chords briefly prime the audience for a fight? Read more »
All-male Propeller troupe bringing 2 Shakespeare classics to Ann Arbor
Posted: Feb 15, 2013Two plays featuring men playing women who disguise themselves as men? That can only mean one thing: Britain’s innovative, acclaimed, all-male theater company Propeller has returned to Ann Arbor. The company presents “Twelfth Night” and ... Read more »
with video: UMS favorite Kodo drum troupe returning to Hill Auditorium with new leader
Posted: Feb 11, 2013Note: This article has been changed to correct the venue. Sado was the island of gold in the Edo era, but after that, Sado Island, Japan, became a place time forgot, a place for exiles, ... Read more »
with poll: Martha Graham Dance Co. offers powerful performance at the Power Center
Posted: Jan 26, 2013What did you think of the concert? Leave a comment and / or vote in the poll at the end of this post: Martha Graham Dance Co. publicity photo One of the pleasures and wonders ... Read more »
Martha Graham Dance Co. bringing landmark works to Power Center
Posted: Jan 21, 2013"Every Soul" is among the works the Martha Graham Dance Co. will bring to the Power Center this weekend. What becomes a legend most? If you believe those famous ads for Blackglama mink, your answer ... Read more »
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