Blog Archive by Year

May 01, 2013
Brian Jose
I am finding it difficult to highlight any single experience from my Center Stage trip to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, so I've been putting off writing this post for several days. It's not that...
Apr 24, 2013
Charles Robin
It amazes me how much cultural immersion can happen in just 10 days. Knowing I just scratched the surface, I feel like I have so much more understanding of the cultural life in Morocco after traveling...
Mar 30, 2013
Lisa Booth
As I was coming of age during the Vietnam War, if anyone had predicted that 40 years later I would travel through the Mekong Delta in a sampan, I would have chalked the vision up to someone’s LSD trip...
Mar 28, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
The last (but not least!) of the Center Stage 2012 ensembles to arrive in the U.S. was Jogja Hip Hop Foundation (JHF), a group of DJs and rappers who incorporate Indonesian pop and gemalan music...
Mar 26, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
In November 2012, Center Stage welcomed two very funny men to the U.S., Danish Ali and Ali Gul Pir, also known as Very Live. While on tour in the U.S., they were eager to see what made Americans laugh...