Finlay, chair of theater and dance, and director of the Yulman Theater, recently served as fight choreographer for “Filo al Fuego (Blade to the Heat)” at Teatro Prometeo, the largest Hispanic theater company in Miam
William Finlay, chair of theater and dance, and director of the Yulman Theater, recently served as fight choreographer for “Filo al Fuego (Blade to the Heat)” at Teatro Prometeo, the largest Hispanic theater company in Miami, based at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson campus. The play, about professional boxing in 1960s Miami, was part of the International Hispanic Theater Festival this summer.
Pilar Moyano, professor of Spanish, presented a paper at the XVII Conference of the International Association of Hispanists held in July at the Sapienza Universitá di Roma. The paper was titled “Representaciones literarias de los niños del exilio republicano en México.”
“Boxed Sets, Charles Steckler Dioramas and Stage Designs” will be on view at the Perella Gallery at Fulton-Montgomery Community College in Johnstown, N.Y. Sept. 24- Dec. 10. A reception is set for Sept. 24, 7-9 p.m. Charles Steckler is professor of theater and resident scenic designer. “Boxed Sets” is a career survey of his perspective boxes, or dioramas, and his stage settings for theater presented in production photographs.
Maritza Osuna, senior lecturer of Spanish, presented a paper at the XIV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) in Istanbul, Turkey in June. The paper was titled “Rethinking Boundaries in Development within a Systematic Framework." The theme for the congress was “Bordering, Re-Bordering and New Possibilities in Education and Society.”
Christopher Chabris, assistant professor of psychology, and his co-author, Daniel Simons, professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, recently appeared on the “Today Show” to discuss their book, “The Invisible Gorilla” (Crown, 2010), and research into the science of attention. To see the video clip, click here. Their work was also featured on NPR’s Science Friday.