Presented by Duke Arts in partnership with academic arts departments. Creative Director: Aravind Ragupathi, Zoning Media.

Duke’s theaters, galleries, and other arts venues are typically busiest in April! This year, we bring the buzz, artwork, and stages online. Join us for the premiere of this produced special that highlights the artistic accomplishments of undergraduate students in our academic arts departments this spring.
A featured event of Reunions Week 2021: Welcome to alumni joining us from classes ending in 0, 1, 5 and 6!
Thank you to all our special guests and student performers!
Vincent E. Price, President
Sally Kornbluth, Provost
John V. Brown, Vice Provost for the Arts
Robert E. Mitchell, Chair and Professor, Department of English
Featuring:
Thalia Halloran reading from “Blonde”
Margot Armbruster reading from “Triptych”
Torry Bend, Chair and Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Excerpts of Medea by Euripides (translated by Michael Collier and Georgia Machemer). Directed by María Zurita Ontiveros; Designed by Ash Jeffers.
Christina Boxberger (chorus); Theo Cai (Aegeus); Harrison Cole (tutor); Anya Dombrovskaya (chorus); Kyerah Etheridge (chorus); Elise Gutierrez (chorus); Emi Hegarty (nurse); Sarah Jacobs (chorus); Daniel Kim (Jason); Bryant Lewis (Creon); Isa Mellody (messenger); and Tenley Seidel (Medea).
Sheila Dillon, Chair and Professor, Art, Art History and Visual Studies
Joshua Gibson, Director, Cinematic Arts and Associate Professor of the Practice of Art
Featuring the following students from the Class of 2021:
Sarah Derris
Katja Gilman
Sophia Li
Omolola Sanusi
Andrea E. Woods Valdés, Director, Dance Program Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of the Practice of Dance
Continuous Replay: Come Together
(1977, revised 1991)
Choreography by Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane
Staged for Duke University by Andrea E. Woods Valdés 2021
Danced by: Megan Mauro as “the clock”, Alyah Baker, Courtney Crumpler, Lee Edwards, Ayan Felix-Doyle, Renata Garces, Willa Gilbert-Goldstein, Juliet Irving, Amari Jones, Avery Lythcott-Haims, Ife Michelle Presswood, Joey Rauch, Kamryn Stafford, Carter Yunyu Teng, Michael Wen
Music Director: John Hanks
Percussionists: John Hanks, Julia Thompson, and Andrea E Woods Valdés
Additional music arranged by: John Oswald
Sound engineer: Christopher Scully-Thurston
Lighting designer: John Kolba
Special thanks to the Duke Dance Program and Janet Wong at New York Live Arts
Jonathan Bagg, Chair and Professor of the Practice, Department of Music
Featuring performances by:
Duke University Saxophone Quartet (DUSQ) performing Chôro y tango by Aldemaro Romero. Caleb Woo, soprano saxophone, is a Duke Junior majoring in Data Science and minoring in Music. Eddie Chen, alto saxophone, is a Duke Sophomore majoring in Statistics. Minjun Kwak, tenor saxophone, is a Duke Freshman majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering/Computer Science. JJ Ndubuisi, baritone saxophone, is a Duke Senior majoring in Spanish with minors in Music and Biology. He plans to attend dental school after graduation. (Coach: Dr. Susan Fancher.)
Trout Clout Quintet performing Mvt. 1 (Allegro vivace) of Franz Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A Major (“Trout”), D. 667. Charlie Todd, violin; Charles Zhang, viola; Holly Kim, cello; John Yaras, bass; Bryan Tong, piano.(Coach: Prof. Caroline Stinson)
And a special collaboration featuring Jean-Luc Rabideau, cellist and composer; Allen Zhang, violin; and Karina Ng, viola, members of the JACKS Quartet on “Sorrow,” a movement for string trio written by first-year student Rabideau; choreographed and danced by Duke Dance major Joey Rauch. (Coach: Prof. Caroline Stinson.) The name “JACKS Quartet” is inspired by JACK Quartet, a 2017–19 visiting artist.
Duke University Chorale
Rodney Wynkoop, conductor
Duke Opera Theater
Sophia Leeman (Lucrezia aria)
Francesca Herrera (Pasquale aria)
David Heid, director