Event Type
Talk/Discussion
Event Description
Moving Dialogs is an ongoing discussion series that seeks to broaden and deepen understanding of our multi-cultured, multi-ethnic, multi-ability city, utilizing dance as the base of cultural knowledge. Please join us for an evening of lively conversation that will explore the impact of Asian heritage on the craft of making dance with leading scholars and choreographers from Chicago and around the globe.
Speakers include Eddy Ocampo, co-artistic director of LevelDANCEand 2005 inductee to the FIlipino Hall of Fame by the Filipino Association of America, joined by HT Chen, acclaimed New York based choreographer who has explored cultural intersections for more than 30 years, along with Wang Yuanyuan, artistic director of Beijing Dance Theater, which will be performing at the Harris Theater for Music & Dance, October 28-29, and choreographer of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Moderator Phil Reynolds, an expert on Asian dance and Director of The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, will ignite a thought-provoking conversation about Asian culture through the lens of Asian dance styles and forms. The discussion concludes with light refreshments and networking with the artists. This event is part of the Moving Dialogs six-part series, produced by Audience Architects, that connects dance artists, audiences and the culturally curious.
Co-Sponsored by the Global Voices Performing Arts Series and Audience Architects.
Moving Dialogs: Global Exchange is funded in part by the Chicago Seminar on Dance and Performance, the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Illinois General Assembly and the Joyce Foundation.
Dance Styles
Multi-disciplinary
Modern / Contemporary
Traditional/Indigenous Dance
