Joya Powell, CC ’01, founding artistic director of Movement of the People Dance Company, strode to the front of Barnard 305 on Monday night. “This is a sharing,” she proclaimed to the audience.

At Orchesis Dance Group’s winter showcase, the variety of dance pieces of all different styles, from lyrical to ballroom, appealed to everyone with an interest in modern dance—but the standout element of the night was the enthusiasm evident on the dancers’ faces.

Columbia Ballet Collaborative’s fall 2017 showcase at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center on Friday and Saturday nights pushed against traditional ballet stereotypes by presenting six diverse, modern, and exciting pieces. From original works to a revival of a prominent 20th-century piece, the night was a modern take on classical ballet.

CU Players’ annual One Act Festival, which took place this past weekend, gave audiences a taste of new and veteran talent within Columbia and Barnard’s theater community. Performed in Barnard’s Glicker-Milstein Theater, the festival provided audiences with three very different short plays showcasing a variety of actors and exploring themes ranging from young love to the impact of everyday conversations.

With its fall production, Friedrich Schiller’s “Mary Stuart,” the Barnard Department of Theatre presents a decisively modern thriller exploring political tensions of years past.

As audience members filed into Dodge Hall, they were handed a packet of selections from a variety of literary genres and images of snakes and outer space. The document was a sign of the creative, multilayered, and often eccentric lecture to come.

For the second year in a row, the Columbia Maison Française will host its annual film series starting this Friday in the school’s new Lenfest Center for the Arts. This year’s theme? Resistance.