FLEET, A Collaborative Senior Dance Thesis

The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Dance will present FLEET, a collaborative senior thesis dance concert showcasing new choreography by certificate students along with repertory by professional guest choreographers and faculty, on Friday, November 30, at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 1, at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. The students will perform works by internationally acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon staged by Jeff Edwards, New York-based choreographer Adam Barruch, and faculty member Rebecca Lazier, in addition to new dances by seniors Alta du Pont, Christina Campodonico, Emily Francis, and Lindsey Rose Augero-Sinclair with excerpts of works-in-progress by seniors AJ Brannum, Sarah Simon, Katy Dammers and Lisa Einstein. A post-performance discussion with the student choreographers will follow the Saturday evening performance.

Photography and Graphic Design Class Show

The Program in Visual Arts presents PHOTO/GRAPHIC, an exhibition of new student work in Photography, Graphic Design, and Art for Everyone. The opening reception is on Thursday, December 6 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM in the Lucas Gallery at the Lewis Center for the Arts at 185 Nassau Street. The exhibition is free and open to the public and will be on view weekdays from 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM from December 3 - 14, 2012.

Visual Arts Lecture by Filmmaker Su Friedrich

The Program in Visual Arts closes out the Fall Lecture Series, featuring faculty member and filmmaker Su Friedrich. She will be screening her newest film, Gut Renovation, which premiered in June at the Brooklyn Film Festival and won the Audience Award. It has been invited to show at the Berlin Film Festival in the spring and will also have a one week run at the Film Forum in New York beginning on March 6th. Friedrich will answer questions after the screening which takes place on Wednesday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public.

Kiss Me, Kate: A concert performance

The Program in Theater will present a concert version of Cole Porter’s classic, “play-within-a-play” musical based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Kiss Me, Kate, on Thursday and Friday, December 6 and 7, at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 8, at 2:00 p.m. The production is the senior thesis project of Theater Program certificate students Brad Wilson, who is directing the show, and Catherine Cohen, who is starring as Lilli/Kate. Performances will be held in the Marie and Edward Matthews ’53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for students and seniors and may be ordered by calling University Ticketing at 609.258.9220.

Princeton ArtWalk

Stop by the Lewis Center for the Arts at 185 Nassau Street during the Princeton ArtWalk on December 6 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. On view will be an exhibition of recent work by students in fall semester courses in photography and graphic design and in a course called "Art for Everyone," an exploration of whether the democratization of art production is a dreamed-of utopia, a universal banality, or a cultural nightmare. Refreshments will be served. Come back at 8:30 p.m. for a concert performance of Cole Porter's musical comedy, Kiss Me, Kate, the classic "play-within-a play" based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.

Irish Composer Donnacha Dennehy Lectures on "Grá Agus Bás: Love and Death"

Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy will present a lecture entitled, “Grá Agus Bás: Love and Death” on Friday, December 7 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street. The lecture is part of a series presented by Princeton University’s Fund for Irish Studies. The event is free and open to the public.

Princeton Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts Offered

Deadline February 15, 2013

Princeton University invites applications for the inaugural Princeton Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts, funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Fellowships will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career artists who would find it beneficial to spend two years working in an artistically vibrant university community. Fellows will be in residence for academic years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 at Princeton, interacting with students, faculty and staff as part of the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Department of Music. Fellows will teach a course or may be asked to take on an artistic assignment, such as directing a play, conducting a student music ensemble, or creating a dance with students. Fellows will be full and active members of our community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year. An annual stipend will be provided. Applications are due to be submitted by February 15, 2013.

The Lewis Center for the Arts encompasses Princeton University's academic programs in creative writing, dance, theater, and visual arts, as well as the interdisciplinary Princeton Atelier. The Center represents a major initiative of President Shirley M. Tilghman to fully embrace the arts as an essential part of the educational experience for all who study and teach at Princeton. Over 100 diverse public performances, exhibitions, readings, and lectures are offered each year, most of them free. For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts visit princeton.edu/arts.