The 2015 Polyglot Performances, an International Week event, is a showcase of student performances celebrating linguistic diversity and multicultural understanding with performances in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Thai. The performances featured plays, songs and poetry, performed by Mason students and directed by faculty members in the our department. The event took place on Tuesday, April 14, 2014, 4:30PM-8:00PM at the Johnson Center Cinema. It was free and open to the public, with plenty of refreshments on hand.
PROGRAM - Click on links to watch the videos!
Opening remarks by Dr. Julie Christensen, Chair of the Modern and Classical Languages Department, George Mason University
- Japanese: Introduction and the play Play “Urashima-Taro"
- Korean Short Film "Blooming in My Heart"
- Arabic Poetry and Arabic Songs
- French: "Tu es partout" by Edith Piaf, "Champs Elysés" by Joe Dassin, "Cést dit" by Calogero, "Le Loup et L'Agneau" by Jean de Lafontaine and Tam-Tam
- The Russian Tale “Crocodile” by Koreni Chukovsky
- Spanish Poem “La canción del pirata” by José de Espronceda
- Ensemble Dance to Latin Music: ¡Azúcar!
This International Week event is presented by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages with financial support from the University Life Programming Committee.
For more information, contact Dr. Colleen Sweet, csweet2@gmu.edu
Links to videos of the previous shows are available at http://mcl.gmu.edu/articles/7081 (2014) http://mcl.gmu.edu/articles/5273 (2013), http://mcl.gmu.edu/articles/3916 (2012)
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