Summary
At United World College-USA in Montezuma, N.M., students from more than 80 countries work together through classroom assignments, wilderness rescue teams, conflict resolution training, and the arts - - just like their compatriots at the other nine United World College campuses around the world. So is it a surprise that their 2005 variety show includes a sweeping Viennese waltz, a vigorous South African gumboot dance, and a piece of interactive Jamaican poetry?
There's more, too. Dances from the Philippines, Haiti, New Zealand, Israel, and India's Bollywood film industry. African choral songs. Piano music of French composer Francis Poulenc. Poetry by Norwegian writer Nordahl Grieg. A reading of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I have a dream" speech. A karate demonstration. And they'll be performed by young people from scores of countries.See the full content of this document
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World-Class Talent in a Corner of the West
This Imagine show has two performances -- at 8 p.m. today, March 4,
on the campus north of Las Vegas and Saturday, March 5, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. Both honor Amy and Philip O. Geier, for 12 years the development director and president, respectively, of United World College-USA, also known as the Armand Hammer United...See the full content of this document
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