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PMA Associate Professor Christine Bacareza Balance Interviewed on This Filipino American Life Podcast

PMA Associate Professor Christine Bacareza Balance was interviewed on This Filipino American Life (TFAL) podcast about Here Lies Love, a musical about the life of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, with concept and music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. The project began as a song cycle, premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theater in 2013, and then was staged as a Broadway musical in 2023. It recently had a run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles where the TFAL podcast hosts are based. Balance has been following the production, since its inception, for her current book project, Making Sense: Poetics, Performance and Philippine Martial Law. Here Lies Love takes place on a disco dance floor and has been billed as “a transformative experience combining disco beats with adrenaline-fueled choreography.” In the interview, Balance discusses how the theatrical production capitalizes on contemporary immersive theatre practices while drawing from longer musical theatre forms and traditions. This mix of aesthetics, she argues, impacts how the audience relates to the characters and therefore this history.

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Admitted Class of 2030 seeks real-world impact

Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.

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Spring dance presentation explores ‘the shadow self’

Cornell dance students will present “Penumbra: 2026 Annual Spring Dance Presenting Series,” a performance of original dance work hosted by the Department of Performing and Media Arts in the College of Arts & Sciences, March 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Class of ’56 Flexible Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The show features work by visiting choreographer Babatunji Johnson and Cornell professor of the practice Danielle Russo.

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Five A.D. White Professors-at-Large on campus this spring

Named for Cornell’s first president, the program sponsors scholars and public intellectuals in the life sciences, physical sciences, humanities, social sciences and the arts and this semester features several connections with the College of Arts and Sciences.

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