By Eliana Li ’26 “Dance is made to be experienced live,” Choate Dance Program Head Ms. Pamela Newell said. On Saturday, November 4, Ms. Newell and eight members of the Choate Dance Company traveled to Connecticut College in New London to watch Mr. David Dorfman’s (A)Way out of My Body,Read More

Perhaps you’ve been taken aback by a sudden, beautifully sung rendition of Radiohead’s “Creep” while walking down Choate’s paths, or perhaps, as you made your way through the Paul Mellon Arts Center, you saw someone dropping into a jazz split. Likely, these groovy moves and pitch-perfect notes are courtesy ofRead More

By Steven Kee ’27 On November 11, the Wild Boars descended on the campus of Deerfield Academy, ready to dominate the field in various athletic competitions. When the athletes looked at the bleachers packed with Choaties, they found many of them sporting T-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies representing the Blue andRead More

By Reinah Lee ’26 Get ready to embark on a musical journey presented by Choate students in the Gelb Theater this fall. Written and composed by three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, Songs For A New World (Songs) consists of 17 songs, no dialogue, and no concrete plot; instead,Read More

By Amber Yung ’26 and Rose Lightfoot ’26 The first floor of the Student Activities Center (SAC) was abuzz with excited students, flashing lights, and booming music on September 9: familiar sights for any student who has attended a SAC dance. To kick off the first dance of the year,Read More

By Eliana Li ’26 This year, Choate welcomed Mr. Seny Camara to the Dance Department. He brings his knowledge and talent to share with aspiring Choate dancers.  Mr. Seny Camara, who specializes in West African traditional dance originating from Guinea, Mali, and Sengal, praises dance as more than just movement,Read More

By Lucy Domingo ’26 The Theatre Department’s fall production is preparing to take the Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC) stage with a comedy full of magic and props. Directed by English teacher Mrs. Katherine Doak, Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, alsoRead More

By Leilani Gao ’26 Featured on the National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Guardian, and The New Yorker, internationally acclaimed artist and architect Mr. Mohamad Hafez’s art is on display in Choate’s Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC), where it will remain until its closing reception on November 3. Read More

By Dana Tan ’25 “I felt like the music belonged in a movie. It was so alive,” Mariana Verdi ’25 said after watching the Al Firdaus Ensemble’s performance at Choate’s Andrew Mellon Library on October 2. Hailing from Granada, Spain, the ensemble was invited to perform a medley of originalRead More