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Performance-filled weekend includes dance, drama and concert

A diverse assortment of student performances is taking place on campus this week, including Indian and Mexican dancers, an African-American themed play and an orchestra concert.

Kathleen Molnar '04 and Juan José Gonzalez '06 will perform in Ballet-Folklórico's "De Punta y Tacón" on March 8.

Naacho, Princeton's Indian dance troupe, will perform "Jalsa (Celebration)" at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 6-7, at the Frist Campus Center theater. "Jalsa" is Naacho's first full production and will feature a variety of expressive Indian dance styles, as well as guest performances by belly dancers and a bhangra team. Tickets are $5 and are available at the Frist ticket office, (609) 258-1742.

Ballet-Folklórico de Princeton, a Mexican folk dancing group, will perform "De Punta y Tacón" at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Frist Campus Center theater. The show will combine tap dancing, mariachi music, vibrant costumes and flying machetes. Tickets are $4 and are available at the Frist ticket office.

Also this week, the Black Arts Company will perform "The Colored Museum" at 8 p.m. Friday, March 7, and at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in the Wilcox Black Box Theater in Wilson College. The play examines black stereotypes through a series of vignettes, or "exhibits," beginning on a slave ship. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased through the Frist ticket office.

The Princeton University Orchestra will present performances by winners of its 2003 concerto competition at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 7-8, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Senior Lisa Ramani Jager will perform a clarinet concerto by Artie Shaw and her classmate Sean-Avram Carpenter will perform a violin concerto by Jean Sibelius. Tickets are $5 for students, $15 for general audiences and are available at the Richardson Auditorium box office, (609) 258-5000.

More campus events are listed on the Public Events Calendar.

Sanjay Varma '03 (left) and Sonali Shah '03 will appear in "Jalsa," Naacho's first full production at Frist Campus Center theater, March 6-7.

Photo: Denise Applewhite