Year: 2012

  • Year: 2012
November 8, 2012 | Theatre,

Meg Taintor on Directing, Whistler-Style

Meg Taintor, director of Whistler in the Dark’s Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid, is a different kind of artistic leader. Having had the privilege of observing the rehearsal process (a privilege that...

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November 8, 2012 | What Did You Think?,

What did you think of TALES FROM OVID?

Did you enjoy the retelling of classic myths using a pared-down aesthetic? Let us know what you thought about Ted Hughes’ Tales From Ovid by commenting here.

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November 6, 2012 | Theatre,

Interview with Mac Young from TALES FROM OVID

Dan Robert, Emerson College BA Theatre Studies: Acting ’13 and Creative Producer in Training for ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage, sat down for a chat with Mac Young, a spunky-sweet...

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November 5, 2012 | Theatre,

Listen to the TALES FROM OVID podcast!

David Dower, ArtsEmerson’s Director of Artistic Programs, chats with Whistler in the Dark’s Artistic Director Meg Taintor and Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid’s aerial silks consultant Jill Maio about the...

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October 31, 2012 | Theatre,

New Bodies with New Minds: Reasons to Re-visit Ovid

  “My mind leads me to speak now of forms changed into new bodies: O gods above, inspire this undertaking (which you’ve changed as well) and guide my poem in...

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October 29, 2012 | Theatre,

Hold On To Your Music

By Andrea Gordillo We don’t often see our artists actively utilizing their talents in a direct, practical manner for social advocacy. Of course art has, by its nature, an impact...

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October 26, 2012 | Theatre,

The Transformation and Adaptation of Ovid’s Pygmalion

by Elizabeth Pashley Whistler in the Dark’s  production of Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid features several myths from Ovid’s classic Metamorphoses, as translated by Ted Hughes. It includes the tale of Pygmalion,...

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October 25, 2012 | Theatre,

Check out these Films, Books & Music related to TALES FROM OVID

FILMS My Fair Lady (1964) This classic musical has its roots in one of Ovid’s best known tales from the Metamorphoses: that of Pygmalion.  In the tale, an artist falls in...

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