From Stage to Screen: Arts graduates script their own futures
This article is featured in the 2024 Commencement & Reunions special issue.
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This article is featured in the 2024 Commencement & Reunions special issue.
On May 3, the House of Lewan and the Programming Board presented their drag show “Transform” in Kemeny Courtyard. The show, part of Dartmouth Pride, included individual and group performances by student drag performers, members of Sheba dance troupe, Boston drag queen Candace Persuasion and RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 finalist Mistress Isabelle Brooks.
For the majority of their time as an undergraduate student at Dartmouth, Isabella Zenkl ’23 did not think they would major in studio art, they said. Despite having an interest in studio art prior to exploring the department, they said they had mostly avoided art classes at Dartmouth — out of the concern that they “would like it too much.” It was only after taking SART 15, “Drawing 1” in the spring of their junior year that they decided to declare a major in studio art.
On Feb. 5, the screening tour of the 2023 documentary film “Israelism” came to Dartmouth. The screening, which was held in Filene Auditorium, was co-hosted by the Coalition for Immigration Reform and Equality at Dartmouth and the Palestine Solidarity Coalition. A range of students and local community members attended the screening, which was followed by a Q&A session over Zoom with co-director Sam Eilertsen.
As the classic image of Totoro against a bright blue backdrop glowed on the screen, I couldn’t help but be reminded that “The Boy and the Heron” was the last movie that Hayao Miyazaki — co-founder and director of Studio Ghibli — would ever create. He told his producer that this film would be his last. Miyazaki won his first Golden Globe at age 83 for “The Boy and the Heron,” on Jan. 7.
This article is featured in the 2023 Homecoming special issue.