...Bryan Doerries Translator and theater director Bryan Doerries describes how he has used ancient Greek tragedies to disrupt hierarchies and create a space for members of the military “to tell their truths of the experiences of war.” Drama can help people suffer openly and communally, sharing...

...Nick Read; HBO Documentary Films © World Policy Institute 2015 2015 World Policy Institute PORTFOLIO The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow 64 WORLD POLICY JOURNAL BOLSHOI PORTFOLIO Bolshoi Babylon...

... WORLD POLICY JO URNAL • FALL 2001 ered system” and would involve missile U.S. territory from long-range missiles. interceptors aimed at hitting incoming Theater missile defense systems do not hold missiles in their initial lift-off or boost the potential to alter the strategic balance...

... first few years of existence, even The Palms lacked a movie theater. Lagos is a city of 21 million people that as recently as 2004 had no cinemas at all. This wasn’t always the case. Lagosians who grew up in the city in the 1950s and 60s will reminisce about watching Lawrence of Arabia , Sinbad...

... to connect Ukraine’s present—one party’s view of it in particular—to the pomp of the past. Sviatoslav’s seal is about history as performance. It’s a way to justify a desired direction for the country with a carefully chosen interpretation of ancient greatness. When the men in the theater cheer the seal...

... this brainwash of people in Brazilian society. JK: With that in mind, what role has art played in movement building? I know that there are concepts like Theater of the Oppressed or just alternative artistic narratives in literature—what role has that played in pushing back against those very pervasive...

... of their temples, theaters, libraries, council chambers, fire departments, gardens, aqueducts, hospitals, baths, and arcaded markets— the vital and enlivening ingredients of urban life. Little wonder so many travelers have been drawn to the eloquent remains of Ephesus, Miletus, Pergamon...

... themselves “something nice.” it is not unusual for baseball games in the united states to receive front-page coverage . Managua does have a grand theater, the Rubén Darío National Theater, which was built by the last Somoza (supposedly at the insistence of his wife). Offering a mix of concerts...

... perspective. But not all art for mass consumption supports the powerful. Translator and theater director Bryan Doerries explains how he uses ancient Greek tragedies to disrupt hierarchies, at least temporarily, and create a space for members of the military “to tell their truths of the experiences of war...

... © World Policy Institute 2014 2014 World Policy Institute Photo: Le Mat Sex is a primal instinct. It is the way in which we guarantee the perpetuation of our families and of the human race. It is also the driving force behind so much beauty and tragedy, poetry and art, theater...

... if this beleaguered nation can continue to clothe the world. In Nairobi, Mwaura Samoa visits the district of Eastleigh, a terror magnet for Somali refugees who’ve turned their neighborhood into a new theater for an ancient conflict. Finally, in his Coda, World Policy Journal Editor David A. Andelman examines...

... the earlier guidance to to fight two major-theater wars— the old homeland defense and to the coordination of threat-based construct that many thought responsibilities between the Department of would be scrapped when Secretary of De­ Defense and other agencies of the federal fense Donald H...

... this, too!’” Bayram won. She began to get offers for film and theater roles after that. Bayram’s three sisters went on to become attorneys, but she eventually broke off her studies to pursue acting full-time. She now tries to change misconceptions about minorities through art and believes that doing so...

... assume that these locked gates are meant to keep Berlin out. I, too, was a Prenzlauer Berg single who found a life partner and settled down. Our child attends one of the area’s kindergartens between the Kulturbrauerei—a former brewery that now houses cinemas, clubs, and a theater troupe—and super...

... conflict growing and new theaters of war presenting themselves, the stakes are high. While Obama was seemingly hesitant to send more troops into conflict zones, Trump has already increased deployment of U.S. forces abroad. He has also scratched out a potential path to war in North Korea—telling the press...

... Nam-Thompson The venue was flawless. A convention center was inaugurated just days before the meetings; the impressive, newly constructed Grand National Theater hosted events; and the Peruvian Central Bank building housed delegations. Even the city’s challenging traffic was manageable thanks...

... in germany . One day after her class at Istanbul’s Goethe Institute, Koyun and a group of her classmates attend an optional theater workshop that allows them to practice their fledgling German. For some of the students, it would be their first time on a stage. In the theater, the instructor calls...

... response. Encouragement for Shanshan’s project might also be seen as part of the Party’s effort to fight corruption. He does not mention Shanshan’s plan to post it online instead of submitting it for government approval in movie theaters. Then he focuses on Kang’s response as the root of the environmental...

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... Fund of Dance Theater folkloric, performer. (Merceditas took the Workshop in New York City, it was careful­ visa rejection very hard, and died in 1996 ly planned for two years in order to comply without having returned to the United with U.S. laws and administrative regula­ States.) Another...