Calvin Presents Rangeela

February 9, 2008 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: Calvin's international students will present their annual variety
show next week.

Full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2007-08/rangeela.html
  
Calvin College’s international student body will present their annual
variety show Rangeela at 7:30 p.m. Friday through Saturday, February 15 through
16 at the college’s Fine Arts Center.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and children. Tickets for the
Rangeela dress rehearsal, held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 14, are $2.

Rangeela, the Hindi word for “colorful,” weaves together songs, dances and
skits from the many non-American cultures represented at Calvin. The theme for
this year’s show is “Remix the Colors.”

“We took the word ‘remix’ from singers who do an old song with a
contemporary beat,” said Calvin senior and Rangeela director Yeong Lim.
“Rangeela means ‘colorful,’ and we’re remixing the color. We’re
adding a lot more color. I think it’s going to have a little more flavor, a
little more twist.”

The contemporary spin is evident in most of Rangeela’s nine acts, Lim said,
such as the Indian act, which combines dance moves from four regions of that
country. The Latin dance also mixes salsa moves with merengue and kumbia.
Rangeela also features two African numbers this year, both of which have been
creatively tweaked.

Lim, who co-directed Rangeela in 2006, is enthusiastic about the opportunity
to supervise the remix, especially since he is not, technically, one of
Calvin’s international students. Born in Japan and raised in that country
and Korea, Lim became an American citizen just prior to enrolling at Calvin.

While Calvin College annually sends numerous students abroad for study, it
also is becoming a place where many students come from other countries for a
four-year, liberal arts degree. In fact Calvin is sixth in the country among
baccalaureate institutions for number of international students on campus. In
2006-2007 Calvin had 336 international students.

Calvin's efforts to bring international perspectives to the classroom were
recognized last this year when the college was awarded one of four Senator Paul
Simon awards for internationalization of the campus by NAFSA, the national
association of international educators.

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Received on Fri Feb 8 22:55:20 2008