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Symposium explores 'Décor and Dance,' Dec. 9
Posted November 29, 2006; 06:19 p.m.
A symposium titled "Décor and Dance" will be presented from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, in 10 East Pyne.
Participants will explore the ways in which décor interacts with art
forms that move through time, particularly music and dance.
Daniel Albright, the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard
University, will deliver a keynote speech titled "Elephants and Swans:
The Idea of Space in Dance." Simon Morrison, associate professor of
music at Princeton, will moderate a panel discussion of the role of
décor in dance. Panelists include Zack Brown, an award-winning designer
of sets and costumes for the American Ballet Theatre, Hamburg Ballet
and numerous opera productions; Tomie Hahn and Curtis Bahn, performance
artists who have worked with composer Pauline Oliveros and others; and
choreographer Rebecca Lazier, lecturer in theater and dance at
Princeton. Graduate student presenters will consider historical and
contemporary examples of décor and dance in a variety of media.
As a complement to the symposium, several works of Princeton music
composition graduate students will be exhibited onsite. These will
include video feeds as well as interactive sound installations.
Participants will have the opportunity to attend a dance performance of
new works, including one by Lazier, at the Berlind Theatre in the
evening (see related announcement).
The symposium, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by
the Graduate School, the Department of Music and the Council of the
Humanities. For more information, contact Maureen Gupta at maureeng@princeton.edu.