Dance: Capoeira: International Festival Opening Ceremony
Capoeira. It's not just a word with a lot of vowels. It's an Afro-Brazilian performance art that combines music, dance and martial arts. It's also one of the many exotic art forms that will be featured at the International Festival Opening Ceremony. Come out to Richardson Auditorium to see dance, theatre and music from all over the world. The free event kicks off a month-long celebration of cultural diversity on campus.
Richardson Auditorium
Saturday, 8 p.m.
Theater: Copenhagen
In this award-winning drama, playwright Michael Frayn explores a mysterious encounter between Nazi physicist Werner Heisenberg and his half-Jewish colleague Niels Bohr that took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1941. Barely two years later, at the height of World War Two, Bohr began advising the Los Alamos nuclear program, and it remains uncertain how that brief conversation may have affected his role in the war. Directed by Cara Tucker '12 and featuring Brad Wilson '13 as Werner Heisenberg, Jenn Onofrio GS as Margrethe Bohr and Josh Zeitlin '11 as Niels Bohr, "Copenhagen" obscures the line between fact and fiction with raw emotion and psychological turmoil.
Theatre Intime
Thursday through Saturday, 8 p.m.
Dance: Sympoh
Sympoh, the Ivy League's oldest breakdancing crew, will present their epic spring show "Ten Year Anniversary (Plus One)" this weekend. The breakers are guaranteed to stun the stage with more groovy toprock, footwork, flipping and hip hop than you can handle. Get hyped, get fresh, and get ready to drop your jaws, because you're going to have fun with this one.
Frist Film/Performance Theatre
Thursday through Saturday, 8 p.m.
Theater: L'Illusion Comique
Princeton's French theater troupe L'Avant-Scene returns with its latest production, staging the 17th-century classic "L'Illusion Comique" by Pierre Corneille. Mixing pastoral, comedy and tragedy into a radically provocative whole, Corneille's Baroque masterpiece offers a play within a play like you've never seen before.
Matthews Acting Studio at 185 Nassau St.
Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.
Film: Constantin and Elena
In a society so focused on material gains and personal achievements, we often lose track of what we really yearn for. This film documents a year in the lives of Constantin and Elena, a Romanian couple married for 55 years. They live blissfully in their remote rural village, recounting stories and songs of their youth. Even seemingly routine tasks and events that occur in the couple's life take on a unique charm. Their lifestyles and total harmony remind us that sometimes a simple life is the best.
McCormick 101
Friday, 8 p.m.
Film: Sherlock Holmes
The famous and fiendishly clever detective from your childhood reading comes to life this weekend at an on-campus screening of "Sherlock Holmes," directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, the film is an action movie in disguise, with incredible fight scenes and a fast-moving plot that will do anything but leave you bored. Though there likely won't be the free popcorn and soda that often accompanies late-night films at the Garden Theatre, the movie itself will certainly not disappoint. It's not the most traditional adaptation of the Conan Doyle detective, but it's hard to beat for brainless blockbuster fun.
Frist Film/Performance Theatre
Saturday, 11 p.m.
Theater: Will Power and DJ Reborn
Will Power, fresh off the successful world premiere of his innovative docudrama "Fetch Clay, Make Man" at McCarter Theatre, returns to Princeton this weekend to perform "An Evening of Hip Hop Theatre" at the Lewis Center for the Arts. Power, hailed as a pioneer of hip hop theater for his blending of traditional theatrical elements with eclectic music and choreography, will team up with DJ Reborn for a diverse and intriguing night of performance. If you missed "Fetch Clay," here's your chance to catch the work of one of America's rising theatrical stars.
Matthews Acting Studio at 185 Nassau St.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
Campus Picks compiled by Chloe Davis, Joseph Dexter, Bruce Easop, Lisa Han, Alexis Kleinman, Raj Ranade, Adam Tanaka, Tara Thean and Sean Wu.
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