Rubenstein Arts News Today

There is a two-hour window between the final dress rehearsal and the opening performance of the play “Ocean Filibuster” at the Reynolds Industries Theater.

She Kills Monsters is set in the town of Athens, Ohio, in the year of our Lord 1995. We meet our protagonist, Agnes, a high school English teacher early in her career with an "average" boyfriend and

Duke Democracy Day, a mix of activities aimed at motivating students and other members of the Duke community to vote in the Nov. 8 midterm elections, takes place this Thursday and Friday on campus.

From classical music, to jazz, theatrical performances, big bands, and a choreographed ode to the 1980s, Duke faculty and staff can enjoy a variety of performing arts offerings into 2023 at a

By the end of day 2 of David Zhu’s college career, fatigue was setting in. “We’ve done a lot,” said Zhu, exhaling deeply while considering all that he’d taken on in his first 48 hours at Duke. And

When you read a play from the early 1600s, are you reading a literary artifact or a blueprint for a live production? Is the dialogue better understood by analyzing the text or acting it out? What’s more important: the tropes of the era or the architecture of the theater it was first performed in?

Over the weekend, dancers, artists and scholars came together in-person and virtually to Dance Black Together. The three-day Collegium for African Diaspora Dance began Friday with a rhythmic procession through campus, leading to the Rubenstein Arts Center. During breakout sessions, film discussions and movement workouts, the participants shared ideas about dance's role in the culture and politics of the African diaspora. Read more at the conference website.

American Ballet Theatre’s pre-professional Studio Company recently returned for its third and final residency in Duke’s Rubenstein Arts Center. The visit was part of an ambitious three-year collaboration between Duke and American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the world’s leading classical ballet companies. While some elements of the partnership were altered and delayed due to the pandemic, the junior ensemble spent a week in training and engagement with the Duke Dance Program, culminating i...

American Ballet Theatre’s pre-professional Studio Company recently returned for its third and final residency in Duke’s Rubenstein Arts Center. The visit was part of an ambitious three-year collaboration between Duke and American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the world’s leading classical ballet companies. While some elements of the partnership were altered and delayed due to the pandemic, the junior ensemble spent a week in training and engagement with the Duke Dance Program, culminating i...

Exciting news in the world of interior architecture as the American Institute of Architects has announced this year’s winners of the AIA Interior Architecture Awards. The list of seven was selected by a five-member panel for their projects’ “design achievement, including sense of place and...