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This was the annual Scholars Kickball Tournament. Harold said this counted for pentathlon credit, but I don’t know which category this falls under. Nonetheless, the team had more people come out than ever before. The support was fantastic. We even developed a bit of a rivalry with one of the other Scholars programs. The rivalry was definitely spurred on by me. Nonetheless, I had a great time engaging in some friendly competition.
It’s a very bad picture, but you can kind of see the projectors. I went to Me Too Monologues for the second year in a row. This year, there weren’t as many monologues. There was more of a focus on mental health. I thought the most compelling message of the night was the idea that many of the things you may be going through at a given time are experienced by many others. This had a little bit of everything: music, monologues, and some film.
Last night, I went to the Weekday Players Presentation of Melancholy Play. Honestly, it was the funniest theatrical performance I’ve ever seen. The acting and writing were both brilliant—almost poetic. There was deep symbolism with the almond, which comes from the Greek amygdala—which is non coincidentally a control center for our emotions. The show focused on ideas like the attractiveness of melancholy as well as the fickleness of identity.
I went to the 25th Anniversary for Faux Paux. The performance featured both the current group and alumni groups. As a singer myself, I appreciate the amount of coordination that goes into these performances. I actually thought the current group gave the best performance of the night, but it was nonetheless impressive all around.
I went to Tertiary Spaces, a dance performance which sought to bring the audience and performers into interaction. It also depicted a navigation of spaces, physical and non physical. I thought it was unique concept, though I was confused much of the time trying to interpret what it all meant. At one point, the audience was invited to play a game, during which we had sticks on our palms connecting everyone in the room. The goal was to keep moving without allowing the sticks to fall. It was challenging, engaging and certainly provided a kind of Marxian sensuous experience.
Tonight I went to a UMD Mokapella performance. The theme of the group is to take popular music and make it very raunchy. They certainly seemed like they were having a good time. I might actually try to join the group next semester.
I went to a step dance rehearsal last Thursday. I was actually originally going to an entirely different event, but I eventually heard the stomping of feet from another room and had to find out what was going on. I certainly appreciated how difficult it was to coordinate everybody’s movements. If people’s stepping was not in time, the whole routine would sound out of sync. It takes a certain degree of persistence to put everything together.
I went to a spoken word performance showcase called Café Con Leche. Most performances were poetry-based (hence the literature credit), but this guy was singing. In their art, performers addressed issues from gender to racial identity. One thing that stood out is the amount of passion that each performance emitted. The performers truly appeared to have a profound connection to the issues for which they advocated.
Café Con Leche Spoken Word
I went to a spoken word performance showcase called Café Con Leche. Most performances were poetry-based (hence the literature credit), but this guy was singing. In their art, performers addressed issues from gender to racial identity. One thing that stood out is the amount of passion that each performance emitted. The performers truly appeared to have a profound connection to the issues for which they advocated.
I went to the disc glow on Saturday night. Everybody seemed to have a good time. I enjoyed being able to sing full blast without anybody hearing me. It’s fascinating observing individuals and how different people navigate this kind of densely packed scene in very unique ways.
I went to the disc glow on Saturday night. During the event, people are listening to music through headphones that are playing the same music for everyone. Everybody is singing along to the music, which allowed me to sing full blast without anybody hearing. It’s fascinating observing individuals and how different people navigate this kind of densely packed scene in very unique ways.
I went to an Erasable Ink performance on Friday. Erasable Ink is an improv-comedy group that performs a lot of eccentric skits. The last time I went to one of their performances was last year. At that point, they were a much bigger group, and I have to say, I enjoyed the performance more this time around because the group seemed more in sync.
I went to the disc glow on Saturday night. Everybody seemed to have a good time. I enjoyed being able to sing full blast without anybody hearing me. It's fascinating observing individuals and how different people navigate this kind of densely packed scene in very unique ways.
This past Sunday, I went to the musical Fun Home. Fun Home is a story about a girl and a father who struggle in different ways in coming to terms with their sexual identities. The story switches, sometimes simultaneously, between three stages of the girl's life: Her childhood, college years, and young adulthood. It's a beautiful story with a lot of intense vocal performances.
I went to the Me Too monologues performance on Wednesday. The performances were gut wrenching. Despite not writing any of the monologues, the actors gave incredibly authentic and convincing performances. For many of them, it was hard to believe it was only an act.
Sorry I didn’t post this sooner. I went to this before the break, but posting it slipped my mind.
I went to a ballroom dancing teaching session. I had the opportunity to learn various types of dances such as the Tango, the Salsa, the Cha-Cha, the Fox Trot, and many more. In the first half For each subsequent dance, we got into a big line and switched partners every time. But for the second half, the dance floor was opened up and people danced to whatever type of music was playing.
I attended a performance by the UMD Repertoire Orchestra. I became interested in the concert upon finding out what pieces were on the program. The first half of the concert was what I was most intrigued by. Swan Lake, Op. 20 is, in my opinion, one of the most intense and beautifully dramatic pieces of music out there. It was a profound and emotionally moving performance.
On Friday night at Hoff Theater, I went to see Moonlight, the story of Chiron, an African American male from a poor community in Miami who struggles to virtually raise himself in spite of an unsupportive mother who has fallen victim to drugs. Chiron's story is broken into three stages where he shaped by his past but remains as the same shy, soft-spoken individual inside. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie from the acting to the writing to the music. It was very well done!