Event Type
Talk/Discussion
Event Description
Moving Dialogs: “Cultural Connections,” Deeply Rooted Dance Theater + Flatfoot Dance Company (South Africa)
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015
6-7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center, 1st Floor Garland Room
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Free
$5 suggested donation
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater’s Artistic Director, Kevin Iega Jeff and guest panelists will engage in a rich conversation about DRDT’s 2013 MacArthur Foundation International Connections Fund collaboration with Durban, South Africa’s Flatfoot Dance Company. This exchange brought Flatfoot Dance Company to Chicago in 2014 where company members trained and collaborated on the creation of a new work titled Encounters, and offered forums throughout Chicago about the 20th Anniversary of the end of apartheid. Join us as audiences and artists dive into a moderated conversation exploring highlights from this unique cultural exchange and how their experiences from this exchange blossomed into a three year relationship.
Chicago Artist:
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Artistic Director, Kevin Iega Jeff
International Artist:
Flatfoot Dance Company, Artistic Director, Lliane Loots
Panelists:
Kevin Iega Jeff
Ken Carl
Nicole Clarke Springer
Lliane Loots
Moderator:
Raquel Monroe
Raquel Monroe
Reflections Writer:
Andres L. Hernandez