Susan B. Apel

July Short Fuses — Materia Critica

July 3, 2023
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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September Short Fuses – Materia Critica

September 7, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Theater Preview: “Citrus” — World Premiere of a Choreopoem

February 24, 2020
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The stories in Citrus exhibit a powerful commonality: these portraits of th3e experiences of black women suggest that, over time, everything and nothing has changed.

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Opera Preview: Opera North’s “All Is Calm” — Peaceful Interlude

December 2, 2019
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All is Calm juxtaposes the gravity (some might say the idiocy) of war with the simple human gestures that the opposing sides extended to each other during a remarkable cease fire.

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Dance Preview: Dance Heginbotham’s “Common Fate” — Celebrating Synchronicity

June 21, 2019
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Fresh from choreographing a Tony award-winning revival of Oklahoma!, John Heginbotham presents a world premiere in the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College.

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Theater Preview: Voices of Women Veterans on Northern Stage

March 21, 2019
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The women whose voices make up the play’s dialogue are Vermont or New Hampshire residents who have sought medical care at the local VA hospital.

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Theater Preview: “Frederick Douglass NOW” — History in the Present Tense

September 11, 2018
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The performer’s question is direct: has the talented orator anything to say about race in today’s America? The answer is a galvanizing yes.

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Theater Feature: Northern Stage Announces Winners of $1.25 Million Grant to Support Women in Theater

February 8, 2018
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According to Wellesley Centers for Women study, women hold only 20% of the artistic leadership positions in America’s regional theaters.

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Visual Arts Review: Leonard Cohen — Une Breche En Toute Chose/A Crack in Everything

December 15, 2017
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This ingenious and expansive multi-media museum production will please fans of Leonard Cohen’s art and those new to his artistry.

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Visual Arts Preview: Resonant Spaces — Sound Art at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum

September 11, 2017
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No ear is the same — so the sonic experience is different for each listener.

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