The Afterword

Tag: theatre

  • What the City Offers

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    Peter
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    Which is the best thing to do in your city? Because I live and work in a university residential college, there are always students coming and going. They come from rural towns, interstate, and all over the world. They arrive with suitcases, excitement, uncertainty, and sometimes homesickness. They have come to study, meet people, begin…

  • Brilliance Too Bright to Bear

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    Peter
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    The last live performance I attended was Nijinsky by The Australian Ballet. It was also, perhaps surprisingly, the first ballet I’ve ever seen. I’ve always appreciated the performing arts—music, theatre, poetry—but ballet had remained at a distance. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I certainly didn’t expect it to stay with me the way it…