The Giving Voice Project: Ophelia

THE OPHELIA PROJECT

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THE IDEA:

The Ophelia Project seeks to investigate gender roles through creative analysis of the character 
Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The project leaders, Shelby VanNordstrand, UNO music faculty, and Jeremy Blair, Western Michigan dance faculty, posit that patriarchal systems have historically created social conditions that lead to unrealistic expectations and states of mental distress, especially for women. By bringing awareness to historic gender roles and the repercussions of specific gender expectations, the artists aim to promote gender equality and challenge a system that perpetuates gender inequality. 

AUGUST 25, 2017 
7:30
        
Strauss Performing Arts Center
   
Recital Hall

An evening performance that explores the gender expectations of Ophelia with Shelby VanNordstrand, soprano, Jeremy Blair, dance, and Yulia Kalashnikova, piano. 
 

$5/ $4 student and seniors/ free with Mavcard

University of Central Florida Faculty Recital

Shelby VanNordstrand, soprano

Mary Perkinson, violin

Jeremy Hunt, tenor

Steve Chicurel-Stein, piano

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September 7th @ 7:30

University of Central Florida

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Program includes works by Holst, Bizet, Handel, Adolphe Adam, Vaughan Williams, and more