Private Dancer
co-produced by LABA, the National Laboratory of Jewish Culture
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Location: 14th St. Y, 344 East 14th Street., NY, NY, 10011, (East Village)
Time: 6pm-8pm
Tel: 212. 780. 0800 x 276
Admission: FREE
Description: Panel discussion and public dialogue about new economic notions in performance practice. Moderated by Thomas F. DeFrantz, director of Women’s and Gender Studies at MIT and director of SLIPPAGE, a multi-disciplinary arts collective in residence at MIT. Panelist Randy Martin is Chair of the Department of Art and Public Policy at NYU’s Tisch School; panelist Chris Elam is director and resident choreographer of Misnomer Dance Theater; panelist Jmy Leary is a dancer around town. Recommended: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry and www.theunbook.com