Science, Dance and the Universe

Liz Lerman Dance Exhchange
Time Has Set the Table for Tea: A Matter of Origins Project
Thursday, February 24,

7 & 9:30 p.m.
Fayerweather Beckham Hall

Through conversations with scientists across the globe, from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, company founder, choreographer, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Liz Lerman learned about satellites probing the farthest reaches of the cosmos, and experiments designed to recreate the conditions in the sub-seconds after the Big Bang. Through her lens as an artist, Lerman will share the fascinating results of her research.

This unique experience, specifically designed for Wesleyan, will contemplate our relationship to the essence of matter during a 360-degree performance happening and interactive conversation with Wesleyan faculty, aided by the use of iPads, plus chocolate cake and tea for audience members. By taking the performance work out of the theater and placing in a ballroom space in the heart of the campus, the lines between performance and post-performance conversation/interaction are blurred. 

Click here to read today's Center for the Arts blog entry from Director Pamela Tatge, which talks about the CFA's deeply creative relationship with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, and the origins of the special event this Thursday night.

Tickets are $5 for the general public; $4 for Wesleyan students. Click here to purchase tickets online.

Dancing Cycles

This was sent to me tonight, looks like a great event to watch and an even better event to be part of!

Hello Cyclists!
I want to extend one more invitation to join our wheelie performance. It is part of tomorrow's "Common Moment" for incoming Wesleyan students. We will rehearse 6 - 7 pm on Andrus Field and then perform around 7:30. The more the merrier, so if you have friends that want to jump in, please bring them along! 

Thanks so much~ Margot

Margot Greenlee

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange

Climate Cycles

The Liz Lerman Dance exchange will be in town this week for a "movement happening" at Wesleyan University.  Cyclists of all types are invited to participate on any bicycle, tricycle or unicycle, there will be ice cream, flame throwers, and wheelies.  

Workshops will be held at Andrus Field, in the center of Wesleyan's campus.

Tuesday, August 26, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Thursday, August 28, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

The performance will be on Friday at 7:30.

The Dance Exchange's previous projects in Middletown have been extremely successful. In early 2006, they presented the world premiere of Ferocious Beauty: Genome, at Wesleyan, which was a critically acclaimed collaboration between molecular geneticists and dancers. Last spring the Dance Exchange participated in the Feet to the Fire Festival in Veteran's Park, which brought together music, arts, a farmer's market, dancers and cows to bring attention to the issue of global climate change.  

This event is also part of the Feet to the Fire project.