The show must go on
69ƷƵ’s Department of Film, Media, Theater is continually adapting to overcome the challenges of COVID-19.
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69ƷƵ’s Department of Film, Media, Theater is continually adapting to overcome the challenges of COVID-19.
“Boundaries,” an online art show, will have a virtual opening to showcase student art at 69ƷƵ.
Faced with adapting a dance classroom to online learning, Shakia Johnson created Black Beauty Dance, a remote program for all.
Music student Hannah Pozzebon ’20 longed for Pratt Music Hall so she built a Minecraft version of it.
When 69ƷƵ’s campus closed and Mara Benjamin’s Introduction to Judaism class couldn’t present an in-person exhibition, they made a virtual one.
When 69ƷƵ announced the move to distance learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, senior class dancers decided the show must go on.
“I’m interested in having my students document their experiences. Will the work they make now represent something about what this moment felt like?”
Erin Hancock ’20’s lifelong interest in weaving and folk arts came together when she found a 200-year-old loom in 69ƷƵ College’s Skinner Museum.
For 69ƷƵ music professor Tianhui Ng, conducting the Pioneer Valley Symphony is a chance to work with community members from all over the region.