Visual and Performing Arts

Diavolo puts unique twist on dance in SU residency
By Dani Villalobos
April 16, 2012 - 9:14am
Visiting acrobatic dance company fuses wide influences with a creative artistic experience.

Here, artists are considered to be weirdos.

At least that’s how Diavolo Dance Theater’s Jacques Heim sees it.

“I come from Europe, and the arts are exactly as important as brushing your teeth,” the company’s artistic director said. “In North America, to be completely honest,” with a glance over his shoulder and a lowered voice he continued, “it doesn’t really exist.”

But Heim made it his mission to help change that.

Diversity hits the fashion runway at Newhouse
By Danielle Odiamar
April 4, 2011 - 11:23am
On Friday, dozens of models walked the runway in the Newhouse 1 lobby for the fifth annual Fashion Communications Milestone fashion show.

Nearly 100 students crowded into the lobby of Newhouse I on Friday night, eagerly anticipating the start of the fifth annual fashion communications show: “Fashion Follows Form: Fashion and Diversity.”

This year’s fashion show celebrated versatility in the fashion world. The hour-long show marked the fifth anniversary of the Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone, a joint program between the fashion department in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Newhouse that allows students to take courses geared to fashion communications.