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LIBRETTOS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED out of some unlikely material -- Gertrude Stein's poetry, ancient Sanskrit texts -- but never have the words been so, well, unwordy as those for Atlas, a new opera by the minimalist composer- singer-dancer MEREDITH MONK that was performed last week in Brooklyn. La la la and Hay yo, Hay yo are just two of the "arias" in this tale of an ! explorer named Alexandra (Monk), who travels to the roof of the world with a handful of intrepid companions and finds both adventure and, in the end, herself. An offbeat but sophisticated hybrid of simple...
Department chairs in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and the Study of Religion--the departments where many of the courses relating to South Asia are taught--all said this week that they have been working closely together to find ways to maintain the program...
...University which grants degrees in music and credit for Sanskrit, it seems grossly unfair that not a single credit course in dance is taught. Student interest is overwhelming, judging from the number of undergraduates involved in dance companies and classes. However, the administration fails to realize the interdisciplinary potential of the art form. Not only is dance a performing art, but it has a unique theory and history which can be integrated with music, history and literature...
...Harvard, where he studied from 1966 to 1973, Graham earned graduate degrees in History of Religion and Islamic Studies, as well as in Sanskrit and Indian. He also spent a year in Germany, where he studied German literature, and a year in the Middle East studying language...
...term yoga comes from Sanskrit--it means, 'to yoke.' Raja yoga, which is what Bunker teaches every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), is in literal and physical terms, a discipline of the body and the mind...