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Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

2012-03-07T16:56:58-08:00By programintern|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: Aging and Dancing, CounterPULSE, dance discourse project #12, intern|

by: Sarah Ashkin Arts Administration Intern On the evening of February 27th a group of forty or so members of the Bay Area community met at CounterPULSE to engage in the Dance Discourse Project: “Dancing and Aging”. Dance Discourse Project is an “on-going series of artist-driven discussions organized by Mary Armentrout and co-produced by Dancers’ Group and CounterPULSE”. “Dancing and Aging” consisted of a three person panel consisting of choreographer+ Jess Curtis, activist+ Petra Kuppers, and educator+ Dr. Albirda Rose

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

so, last night quite a few of us gathered to discuss dance and ageing at Dance Discourse Project #12 - Shifting ground: examining the complex terrain at the intersection of dance and aging. I was heartened to have so many people (of so many different ages!) in the room, and also buoyed by the liveliness of the conversations during the break out sessions. In my intro to the evening I had rather emphatically stated that I felt a shift WAS

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

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