Tisch Special Programs
Angela Pietropinto Discusses Life in the Village
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The professional actor and director of the Open Arts Acting Studio discusses what she likes most about New York City, what it was like growing up in the West Village, and riding on the back of Steve McQueen's motorcycle.
Watch Angela tonight, Monday, June 8 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT in the series premiere of "Nurse Jackie" on Showtime.Photos from our May 2009 Student Trip to Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey
Photos courtesy of Adem Ayten, student at the University of Istanbul
Open Arts Instructor Aly Rose Featured in Chinese Dance Magazine
Here's a synopsis, translated by Aly:
After almost 12 years of dancing and choreographing in China, Luo Hong Mei (Aly Rose) suddenly was nowhere to be found. Having graced the programs of CCTV, the stages of the Poly Plaza & the Great Hall of the People, even setting up a studio in Beijing's art district 798, we wondered where did she go? We discovered she migrated westward in 2007 to the unfamiliar world of American education, to Tisch School of the Arts no less. Although she is no longer here, she certainly did not leave China behind. We think she carried it with her as NYU now offers the History of Stage Performance after the Founding of the PRC and Steps, Rhythm, and Movement of Chinese Dance.Dance Magazine's Karen Chen interviewed Rose about her new life in New York and teaching at NYU. Chen spent over one month evaluating her courses, visiting with her students, and sitting in on rehearsals of her most recent mass aerial work, "One," set to open the Walkway Over the Hudson for New York State's Quadricentennial Celebrations.
Aly teaches History of Performance and Dance in China, and Steps, Rhythm, and Movement of Chinese Dance in the Open Arts Curriculum.
Photo of the Day: At Tisch School of the Arts, The Village is Our Campus
