{"id":12047,"date":"2025-03-25T19:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/25\/photo-essay-gala-2025-the-sound-of-gala\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:19:02","slug":"photo-essay-gala-2025-the-sound-of-gala","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/25\/photo-essay-gala-2025-the-sound-of-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo essay: Gala 2025, \u2018The Sound of Gala\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<html><body>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gala 2025: The Sound of Gala\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cTsEa4Tyhpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-small-font-size\"><blockquote><p>International Gala 2025 filled the Kneller Athletic Center on March 22 with an explosion of color, movement, and fashion. 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src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025-gala-spring-NH-00-146-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancer on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74698\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Natalie Hoang &rsquo;25, MBA &rsquo;26 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Gala-52-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancers on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74687\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Collin Hamilton &rsquo;27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Gala_22_MAR_2025-45-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancers on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74723\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Steve King<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Gala-27-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancer on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74679\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Collin Hamilton &rsquo;27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Gala-56-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancers on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74688\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Collin Hamilton &rsquo;27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Gala-42-scaled-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancers on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74684\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Collin Hamilton &rsquo;27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Gala_22_MAR_2025-43-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancers on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74717\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Steve King<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025-gala-spring-NH-00-209-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancers on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74703\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Natalie Hoang &rsquo;25, MBA 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Collin Hamilton &rsquo;27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025-gala-spring-NH-00-13-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancers on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74692\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Natalie Hoang &rsquo;25, MBA &rsquo;26 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025-gala-spring-NH-00-74-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"dancers on stage\" class=\"wp-image-74695\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Natalie Hoang 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