Author Archives: Priyanka Goyal
A Box of Delights
As a BodyHype alumnus once told me, dancing is not just labels and movement; it’s a story-telling catharsis, a way to generate “hype” and breathe the fire and enthusiasm of performing arts into an audience. Continue reading
Pirouettes and Post-Rock
At its best moments, perhaps the greatest triumph of “Nutz” is that it accomplishes what every performing group at Princeton ultimately wants to: taking the art that one eats, sleeps, and breathes and making it accessible to laypeople of the Orange Bubble. Continue reading
Deconstructing Hoodie
Perhaps Hoodie Allen’s appeal amongst college kids stems from a kind of fellow-feeling; as we stood cheering in the stands of Richardson Auditorium, we felt like we were cheering on not an unapproachable music legend but a fellow Tiger and friend. Continue reading
Murray-Dodge Bacchanal
The premise was simple; given eight hours and ten of the most bizarre prompts known to man, seven teams of budding playwrights were challenged to compose a script for a short theatrical piece. After a brief meeting and discussion period with the writers, the baton was then passed to seven directors, who were given until 8 PM to cast, rehearse, and bring these starry-eyed visions to stage. Continue reading
