Theme Guides to selected programs from the Spring 2014 Visions & Voices program were created in partnership with USC Libraries faculty and staff. Look for recommended books and readings on the people, performances and topics covered by these events. Visit the current season of: USC Visions and Voices; view the 2013-2014 season's brochure. Photo: Holly Burt from Los Angeles, CA, USA – University of Southern California "USC Blossoming", CC BY 2.0 An Iliad (Online Theme Guide: Research Guide) / (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) January 22, 2014 A retelling of Homer’s epic poem directed Lisa Peterson with Denis O’Hare.Additional topics in guide: Troy, Achilles, Hector; Guide creator: Amy Navratil CicconeV&V event information The Royal New Zealand Ballet: Giselle (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) January 31, 2014 First performed in Paris in 1841, the Royal New Zealand Ballet offers a powerful retelling Giselle.Additional topics in guide: Albert Duke of Silesia, Halarion, Wilis, Heinrich Heine, De l’Allemagne; USC Libraries contributor: Ross Scimeca Los Angeles Philharmonic: Dudamel Conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) March 1, 2014 Gustavo Dudamel performs Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.Additional topics in guide: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Francisca da Rimini, fate, Mravinsky, Temirkanov, Szell, Abbado, Ormandy; USC Libraries contributor: Ross Scimeca Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Online Theme Guide: Research Guide) / (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) / (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) March 29, 2014 The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater combines African American cultural expression and the American modern dance tradition to the stage under artistic director, Robert Battle.Additional topics in guide: DanceMedia, professional dance associations; Guide creator: Robert V. Labaree A Midsummer Night's Dream: Bristol Old Vic with Handspring Puppet Company (Online Theme Guide: Research Guide) / (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) April 10, 2014 Tom Morris, artistic director of Bristol Old Vic’s and South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company reunite tin this releeing of Shakespeare’s play involving lives of lovers, actors, friends, foes and fairies.Additional topics in guide: Folger Shakespeare Library; Guide creator: Amy Navratil CicconeV&V event information Porgy and Bess (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) April 29, 2014 Gershwin melodies in this powerful opera include “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and “I Got Plenty of Nothing.Additional topics in guide: DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, Audra McDonald, Tony Award, Catfish Row; USC Libraries contributor: Ross Scimeca