Sunny Jain: Love Force

Friday, September 27, 2024 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

Catch a preview of the latest music theater work by composer Sunny Jain, 2023–2024 CFA Artist in Residence. Love Force is a powerful ritual of gathering, using hybrid musical styles and building on the composer’s own experience of diaspora, that illuminates the power of song to create unity in the face of divisive systems of oppression.

Learn more about Sunny Jain's "Love Force."

National Bunraku Theater

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 7:30pm
Quick Center for the Arts, 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield, Connecticut

See a stunning production of traditional Japanese bunraku puppet theater as the National Theatre from Osaka, Japan, returns to the United States for the first time in nearly two decades. The group's Connecticut debut is co-presented by Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts and Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Arts.

Learn more about National Bunraku Theater.

Indian Dance Showcase

Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 3:00pm
World Music Hall

FREE!

Connecticut-based choreographers Sarada Nori and Rachna Agrawal will be joined by Wesleyan students Akhil Joondeph '26 and Tanvi Navile '25 to showcase short performances from a range of different classical dance styles, including North Indian Kathak, South Indian Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam, and Odissi from Eastern India. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Hari Krishnan, Professor of Dance, Global South Asian Studies, and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Read more about the 48th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan, with events from Thursday, October 10 through Saturday, October 12, 2024.

Anna Deavere Smith's This Ghost of Slavery

Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

Renowned playwright, actor, and educator Anna Deavere Smith, the Center for the Arts artist in residence for 2024-2025, presents a staged reading of "This Ghost of Slavery: A Play of Past and Present," which was published in The Atlantic in 2023.

Learn more about Anna Deavere Smith's "This Ghost of Slavery."
Sunny Jain: Love Force
Friday, September 27, 2024 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

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Catch a preview of the latest music theater work by composer Sunny Jain, 2023–2024 CFA Artist in Residence. Love Force is a powerful ritual of gathering, using hybrid musical styles and building on the composer’s own experience of diaspora, that illuminates the power of song to create unity in the face of divisive systems of oppression.
Carl Stone Solo Concert
Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
Hear a concert by one of electronic music’s most celebrated composers. Carl Stone is a pioneer of computer music, and has been using computers in live performance since 1986. He has been hailed by The Village Voice as “the king of sampling,” and his range of collaborations across music, film, theater, and dance suggest his broadly interdisciplinary approach.  
Connecticut Flute Orchestra Fall Concert
Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Connecticut Flute Orchestra presents a fall concert conducted by Nadya Potemkina, Director of Private Lessons, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. 
Lecture Demonstration: National Bunraku Theater [New Location]
Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A close-up introduction to the traditional Japanese bunraku puppets, and the puppeteers of the National Theatre from Osaka, Japan. Light lunch to follow. The group's Connecticut debut will be co-presented by Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts and Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Arts on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
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