New York- The first spring Coffee House Cabaret for the New School community was held Thursday February 18th, and was a collage of preforming arts by New School students.
The Cabaret is a monthly display of the variety of New School talents present at the school, and was open to any student who wished to showcase their art. This months Cabaret featuring: an original dance performance, a poetry reading, a guitar trio, as well as singer songwriters. The show was held at Wollman Hall at the New Schools 12th street building. The relatively small preforming area, with seating close to the performers themselves, allowed for an intimate viewing experience for those present. "It was easy to hear everyone one performing which was nice." said Andrew Lenec 19, a freshman at Eugene Lang. The show itself was well put together and ran smoothly without interruptions from the crowd.
Previously the Cabaret was not as well responded to, and many students left before the show ran its entirety. This resulted in long pauses before the show could continue after acts, without having people moving around while the performers were on stage. The casualness of the previous Cabaret, taking place in the fall of 2009, was not followed through in this springs show. Performer's were well rehearsed, with transitions moving faster, and very few people didn't stay for the entire show.
As well as the viewers positive response to the changes from the previous show, the performers themselves were likewise pleased with how the show went. "This was my first time playing at one of these," Joel Kruzie said, a 19 year old freshman studying music at the New School, "it's a no pressure performance, with a lot of different acts... and we got a good applause from the crowd which was nice." With a good response from the crowd Joel and his trio of guitarist, all freshman studying at the New School, plan to play at another Cabaret when they get a chance. With this months, and first of the spring Cabaret shows, more viewers also plan on coming back. "I hadn't been to one yet, and I was glad I came... It was nice to see other students from my school preforming," said Lenec who plans on going to next months. With no cost for admission the Cabaret provided New School students with an affordable night out filled with talent.
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Ross , this is better. But it still reads a little flat. It feels like the writer wasn't even interested in the subject! Also, you want to make sure you back up your assertions - like that this one was better organized that the last - with quotes from people. Who said it was better? were you at both, or just what you heard? Also, there's still only one quote whereas the requirement was for three sources and at least two quoted sources.
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