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MEDIA CONTACT: The Program of Movement and Dance (585) 273-5150 or Helene Snihur (585) 275-7800

January 27, 2005

EVENT: Dance lecture/demonstration by choreographer Simone Forti

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, in Spurrier Dance Studio in Spurrier Hall on the University of Rochester’s River Campus

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
Note: Parking is available on University lots after 7 p.m. weeknights.

Simone Forti, a key figure in the new dance movement in the 1960s and 1970s, will give a lecture/demonstration at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, in Spurrier Dance Studio on the University of Rochester’s River Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Forti will discuss her roots in dance, including her studies in improvisation with “new theatre” pioneer Anna Halprin and her experience with the legendary Judson Dance Theater, which revolutionized dance in New York City in the 1960s.

From her early minimalist dance choreography through her animal movement studies, Forti explores natural forms and behaviors. Over the past 20 years, she has been combining movement and language in a form she calls “Logomotion.”

Forti has been awarded various grants and received a Bessie New York Dance and Performance Award in 1995 for sustained achievement.

Her program is sponsored by the University of Rochester’s Program of Movement and Dance and the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies. For more information, contact (585) 273-5150.


About the University of Rochester

The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.

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