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spring 2004 Events:
Michael Moschen
Juggler Lecture/demonstration
February 20, 2004
World renown juggler Michael Moschen gave a lecture/demonstration that burst
all preconceptions of juggling, taking this ancient art to new levels. Mr. Moschen
discussed his continuous engagement with the creative process, and how it allowed
him to focus on creating something new and unexpected. He demonstrated new techniques
that he developed as a result of his creative studies. It included breathtaking
beauty and thrilling kinetics, as the ethereal movement of objects in space merged
with music by David Van Tieghem to create effects that transcended time and imagination.
Deborah Tall
Presentation on her book
"From Where We Stand"
March 26, 2004
Ms. Tall, an author and poet, read from her book, From Where We Stand: Recovering
a Sense of Place, and talked about how rootedness (or its opposite, placelessness)
influences our personal and communal identities, as well as how it shapes our
expression as artists. Ms. Tall is the author of two books of creative nonfiction, From
Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place (Knopf) and The Island of
the White Cow: Memories of an Irish Island (Atheneum), and she has published
essays in such journals as Orion, Tikkun, and Ms.,
as well as being widely anthologized. She is also the author of four books of
poems.
Kelly Clark
Workshop on Theatre of the Oppressed
April 8, 2004
Ms. Clark gave an introductory workshop on Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the
Oppressed. Theatre of the Oppressed is used as a tool for dialogue, empowerment,
and social activism. In this workshop, the human body was “sculpted" to
represent ideas, feelings, relationships, and images of specific oppressions,
as a starting point for change. Kelly Clark is a UR alumna and now Director of
Multicultural Affairs at SUNY Geneseo, where she also leads a student theatre
internship program, Social Action Theatre. She is an experienced practitioner
of TO and facilitator of diversity workshops.
Robert Bingham & Lani Weissbach
Dance Performance
April 17, 2004
The performance was an evening of solos and duets featuring
modern dance, structured improvisation, and butoh, a contemporary
Japanese dance form. Choreography and performance was by Robert
Bingham & Lani Weissbach with guest artist D. Chase Angier.
For the past 14 years, Lani Fand Weissbach has studied, performed,
taught and created butoh and contemporary modern dance throughout
the U.S. and abroad. Robert Bingham received his MFA in dance from
SUNY Brockport and now teaches dance there, as well as at Alfred
University and University of Rochester. D. Chase Angier has been
creating dance theater works, performing and teaching in New York
City since 1988. She is currently Assistant Professor of Dance
at Alfred University.
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