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Bostonian trio Alloy Orchestra draws sound from silence

January 24, 2010

What could accompany a silent Russian film with no discernible plot better than 70 minutes of banging on scrap metal? Friday evening saw the Boston-based Alloy Orchestra prove that nothing else could, in their rendition of "The Man with the Movie Camera" (1929). This was not the first time, however, that the three-man ensemble and their self-described "Wall of Junk" graced the Spaulding stage to update silent classics with new and exciting scores. "I went into [the Alloy Orchestra's 2006 performance of] The Phantom of the Opera' ten minutes late and I had no idea what I'd walked into," Dartmouth Film Society director A.J.

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Internet Meme of the Week

By sophia archibald | January 24, 2010

Israeli singer-songwriter Oren Lavie's video for his song "Her Morning Elegance" has attracted over 10 million views on YouTube with its impressive use of stop-motion animation.

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Hop teachers show personal work

By Jackie Donohoe | January 19, 2010

Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Given my clumsy tendencies, I try to keep away from sharp instruments, but Gregory Elder, director of student workshops at the Hopkins Center, had faith in me as he handed me a carving utensil and a slab of wood and showed me how to shave off one side. "No experience is necessary for the workshops.

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HEAR AND NOW: Gaga's 'Monster' fall

By Divya Gunasekaran | January 18, 2010

I was beginning to think Lady Gaga wasn't human. After all, she's been virtually ubiquitous over the past few months: Beyonce's music video for "Video Phone," a meeting with the Queen of England, the "Monster Ball" tour to promote her sophomore album "The Fame Monster," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," my music column.

Isabelle Ciaravola, front, performs in Casse-Noisette, choreogra
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DFS presents Film Award to documentary legend Wiseman

January 18, 2010

Courtesy of Vogue.com Courtesy of Vogue.com Esteemed filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's most recent documentary, "La Danse: Le Ballet de L'Opera de Paris," is a visual feast for dance lovers, providing an intimate look at how one of the world's greatest ballet companies creates its art.

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Tiny soldiers portray Great War

January 13, 2010

Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff In trenches smaller than a person's palm, tiny World War I-era French soldiers battle German troops in a reenactment of one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

According to Cailtlin Kennedy, there's more to the newest Disney princess than the much-publicized color of her skin.
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‘Frog' heroine rejects Disney model

By Caitlin Kennedy | January 12, 2010

Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Disney's latest princess trades in royal ennui for entrepreneurship as an aspiring restaurateur in the much-awaited "The Princess and the Frog" (2009). The film that states its message that hard work is necessary because "wishing on a star can only take you so far," according to Princess Tiana's late father in a manner appropriately obvious for its young audience. Although execution of the movie's theme may lack nuance, such candor is to be expected from a mainstream animated film.

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BOOKED SOLID: Natural Balance

By corinne white | January 12, 2010

We've all heard the story before. A troubled rich kid reads a little Thoreau in his 10th grade English class and rebels against his family's lifestyle by becoming (or at least trying to become) a hermit in the wilderness.

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Vaughan to feature ‘rare degree'

By sophia archibald | January 11, 2010

Courtesy of DanaJessen.com Courtesy of DanaJessen.com Contributing to the wide variety of music that comes to Dartmouth, an Amsterdam-based experimental electro-acoustic duo will play with instruments from squeaky toys to recyclable objects in the Faulkner Recital Hall Wednesday.

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Grupo de Rua brings U.S. premiere of "H3" to Hop's stage

By sophia archibald | January 10, 2010

Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff On a bare stage featuring only a dance floor and sets of fluorescent lights, silhouettes of street dancers raced backwards in circles, jumping in perfect sync and speeding up with every lap.

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‘Bigger is better' according to Film Society's winter series

By Jessica Krug | January 5, 2010

Correction Appended The era of home entertainment of a society in which people more often choose to rent a DVD than to head out to the theater means the movie theater experience is becoming increasingly scarce. This winter, the Dartmouth Film Society will combat the idea that all formats are created equal with the film series "Size Matters." And although the size of the screen in Spaulding Auditorium 24 by 32 feet contributes a great deal to the enormity of the series, it is the movie-watching experience as a whole that DFS hopes to resurrect this term. All of the films on the roster were chosen because they are best experienced in a large format - whether for reasons of renown, plot, aesthetics or ideology. DFS is comprised largely of Dartmouth students, and proposals for series themes often come from students, director AJ Fox '09 said. Fox is a former member of The Dartmouth Senior Staff. This term, however, the idea for "Size Matters" came from Hanover resident and DFS directorate member Dennis Moore.

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Booked Solid: Carnal Knowledge?

By Caitlin Kennedy | January 5, 2010

Even though I have never considered myself a"feminazi," I couldn't help but feel repulsed by the blatant objectification of women old and young, smart and dumb, fat and thin in "The Farmer's Daughter," Jim Harrison's newest collection of novellas. In addition to this, the three novellas "The Farmer's Daughter," " Brown Dog Redux" and "The Games of Night" have a great deal of unused potential.

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