The successful January Term class, Movement and Metaphor, taught by Terry FitzHenry with Japanese Bhuto dancer Maureen Fleming, was repeated this January at the Lake. The class met in the Vaudevillian, and worked on exercises combining the techniques of movement and breathing of Bhutu dance, a style based on principles of Tai Chi, with theatrical voice. Julia says that while they all expected nothing to be happening on an extremely cold winter day, they were all surprised to note what was going on. Everyone was really cold when we left, but the experience was a trigger for a lot of good poetry.
Pine Lake is a good lab for poetry.
For the third year in a row, the cast and crew of the January Term Musical Theater class gathered early at Pine Lake for a weekend of team building, rehearsals, and fun. Students stayed in the Lodge, completed challenge activities during the day and rehearsed at night. Crew members and cast got to know each other better before they each went off to work on their own aspects of the show. We learned enough about each other that it was a little bit easier to approach each other during the term. The weekend events were facilitated by Sarah Smeltzer and Peter Blue with Professor Steve Markuson.