Rome native Andrea Marini, who dances with the American Repertory Ballet Company, will give an overview of how dance has accompanied human beings—even before the emergence of language. In Italy, traditional folk dances still reflect the fusion between ancient Italic…

Among the most influential poems ever written, Ovid’s Metamorphoses remains our foremost source for classical mythology. It is also a wildly unfaithful retelling. Princeton University’s C. Luke Soucy will discuss the appeal and legacy of Ovid’s irreverent epic from antiquity…