Art & Authenticy

In class, we discussed how Danzy Senna’s family would get fingers pointed at them or questioned for her shockingly different appearance from her father. I knew the Senna family was open-minded but she just continued to surprise us. Her sister, marrying a Pakistani British man, like my Mr. England, was a nice shocker. Danzy Senna […]

Fela! Rating: 5 stars Reasons: Ben Brantley was surprised when he saw no one swaying their hips or jumping up and down on the street after the audience left the “Fela!” On Broadway Performance. Well, I would like to tell Brandtley that he was watching “Fela!” on the wrong date because I was dancing all […]

The title makes no sense.  It’s okay, because neither does the actual play.

Truth be told, when I saw the ad on the subway for the Whitney Museum’s exhibit of Georgia O’Keefe, her name sounded very vaguely familiar. It wasn’t until I saw her pieces in person did I realize I had seen her paintings and watercolors before. As an artist, I consider her somewhat of an anomaly, […]

While at the MET doing research for an english paper, I ran across Vermeers “The Milkmaid.” This exhibit featured 36 paintings to put “The Milkmaid” into historical context.  Before this I had never heard of Vermeer but the main attraction was easily recognizable. I chose to view this painting instead of going to a show […]

I had such high expectations for the Fall for Dance Festival because the people in the cover of the Play Bill looked so energetic and passionate but boy was I wrong.

An opera, in particular The Barber of Seville, seemed like something that I wouldn’t be able to connect with, but little did I know I knew most of the songs before I had ever heard of the Opera. The Barber of Seville was a good choice to introduce us to the opera because so many […]

As I walked into the Paley Media Center, located on W.52nd Street, I knew this was exactly what media was all about. Filled with television screens, magazine advertisements, and movies screening in various corners of the center, media was all over the place. Comparing three different countries’ news shows was most eye opening for me. […]

Her memoir had a nostalgic tone, but it was different from most memoirs. Most of the blogs talk about how Danzy Senna tries to find herself, but I think by that time she had already found herself. She just didn’t know how to place herself in the midst of both worlds. I actually found it […]

Considering this was the first dance performance I have ever seen, to say I was surprised is an understatement. I was absolutely disappointed with “Les Biches,” the first performance. I could not figure out the story line at all, if there was any, and the dancing was sloppy and unsynchronized. After that rocky beginning, I […]