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It鈥檚 an exciting week in the arts as various units ramp up their winter events. For drama fans, there鈥檚 the Undergraduate Theater Society鈥檚 production of 鈥淵ellow Face鈥 and the School of Drama鈥檚 take on 鈥淭welfth Night.鈥澛 For music lovers, don鈥檛 miss the rich sounds of the Nile Project at Meany Hall or the UW Symphony at Benaroya Hall. If it鈥檚 choreography you鈥檙e after, the Dance Program kicks off its 50th anniversary celebration with its Dance Faculty Concert. Whatever event you choose this week, you鈥檙e guaranteed to be entertained.
鈥淵ellow Face鈥
Jan. 22-Feb. 1 | Cabaret Theater, Hutchinson Hall
The Undergraduate Theater Society presents Tony-Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang鈥檚 fun mockumentary that questions the constitutions of race, identity and nationality..
Dance Faculty Concert
Jan. 23-25 | Meany Theater
Kicking off the Dance Program鈥檚 50th anniversary celebration, this concert includes choreography by dance faculty as well as guest and alum Holley Farmer, a Broadway and Merce Cunningham veteran, and well-known choreographer Molly Scott. This eclectic show offers live and recorded compositions by Stuart Dempster, Jarred Powell and Paul Moore, and includes everything from flying bodies to soup cans that playfully and architecturally define space. .
UW Symphony at Benaroya Hall
7:30 p.m., Jan. 23 | Benaroya Hall
The UW Symphony goes downtown for an evening of performance featuring School of聽Music faculty members, including Ludovic Morlot and David Alexander Rahbee, conductors; Robin聽McCabe and Craig Sheppard, piano; and Jo毛l-Fran莽ois Durand, whose聽composition聽鈥淟e Tombeau de Rameau III鈥澛爓ill be presented in its world premiere performance. . RSVP for the free pre-show reception .
Women of the Nile at SAAM
7 p.m., Jan. 28 | Seattle Asian Art Museum, Emma Bailargeon Stimson Auditorium
What would the Nile Basin look like if its women were fully empowered? This discussion with female musicians from the Nile Project Collective explores their challenges and opportunities in the world of traditional music and with regional gender issues. Join the musicians as they play, sing and reflect on their experiences as women of the Nile. .
Painting + Drawing Studio Open House
7:30 p.m., Jan. 28 | Sand Point Gallery Studios
Discover new artists and visit their private studios at a School of Art + Art History + Design open house at Sand Point. Painting + Drawing MFA students鈥 studios will be open to the public, providing a rare behind-the-scenes opportunity to view finished and in-progress work and to talk with the students about their artistic processes. An exhibition of faculty-selected work by Painting + Drawing BA/BFA students will be on view in the adjacent Sand Point Gallery. .
鈥淭welfth Night鈥
Jan. 28-Feb. 8 | Meany Studio Theater
Beloved for its rebellious portrayal of gender ambiguity, William Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淭welfth Night, or What You Will鈥 is a comedy about a cross-dressing shipwreck survivor who finds herself at the center of a not-so-ordinary love triangle. Third-year MFA directing candidate Leah Adcock-Starr takes this delightfully comic tale of mistaken identities and weaves it into the jazz-infused world of the Roaring Twenties..
Also on Jan. 30: Join the School of Drama fora New Orleans-style evening including food, a live Dixie band and the story of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淭welfth Night.鈥
JewDub Talks
7 p.m., Jan. 29 | UW Tower
The third-annual JewDub Talks will present short lectures on big ideas in Jewish history and culture. Organized by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the 天美影视传媒, this one-night 鈥淭ED Talks鈥-style event features four speakers discussing issues that are personally and intellectually compelling. This event is free and open to the public. .
The Nile Project
8 p.m., Jan 30 | Meany Theater
Inspired by Yo-Yo Ma鈥檚 Silk Road Project, Egyptian musicologist Mina Girgis and Ethiopian-American singer Meklit Hadero created their own, localized concert experience which uses the power of music to raise awareness of the cultural and environmental challenges along the world鈥檚 longest river. The Nile Project bridges the polyrhythmic styles of Lake Victoria and the pointed melodies of the Ethiopian highlands with the rich modal traditions of Egypt, Sudan, and others to create the new sound of a shared Nile identity. .