News
The Dark Side of Orpheus
March 7, 2024
Stephanie Manning '23
Oberlin Opera Theater’s latest production gives a complex, contemporary take on the familiar story of the Greek hero in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo.
![Graphic depiction of chest of man in black suit with red tie, staircase and back of a figure wearing a white gown and one wearing a black suit](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/24_con_lorfeo_news_center_graphic.png?itok=BxFhzaBE)
2022 Winter Term Recap
March 11, 2022
Office of Communications
More than 2,290 students explored projects and research opportunities outside of their normal course of study during Winter Term. In this wrap-up gallery we look back at some of the group projects students performed.
![A student works in a lab surrounded by books and instruments.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/wtlab.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=Q2kQ1nTk)
Oberlin College to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
June 2, 2021
Scott Wargo
The Oberlin College Department of Dance has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support Critical Mass: CI @ 50, a five-day international conference that will reflect on the history and significance of Contact Improvisation and Oberlin College’s legacy in its development.
![Three contact improv dancers stand together locked arm-in-arm.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/contact_improv_image.jpg?itok=hFiuXT-j)
Moving Bodies and Social Justice
February 16, 2021
Scott Wargo
Oberlin College and the Five Colleges of Ohio present “Moving Bodies and Social Justice,” a series of virtual presentations and workshops developed to explore new curricula and pedagogical approaches that will engage all bodies who want to move within dance communities.
![Six dancers perform contemporary group movement](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/springback.johnseyfried.jpg?itok=eLEmdnkO)