Directed by Judy Bejarano
Friday, November 10, and Saturday, November 11, 7:30 p.m.; matinee November 11, 2 p.m.
University Dance Theatre
The fall dance concert features the creative work of the dance faculty; Grace Gallagher, Matthew Harvey, and Joy Prendergast. Student choreographed selections are featured, as well as the creation of the artist director of the Equus Projects since 1999, choreographer and guest artist, JoAnna Mendl Shaw.
JoAnna Mendl Shaw is an internationally recognized choreographer and dance educator whose unique inter-species approach to movement education and choreography has influenced dancers throughout the States and in Europe.
Shaw's site works for The Equus Projects bring dancers and horses into shared landscapes in works made for festivals, arts presenters, equine venues, and museums. Equus has created works in 21 States and in Europe. The Equus Projects' OnSite NYC series has brought kinetic invention into urban landscapes.
Shaw received two NEA Choreographic Fellowships and 2018 and 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Interdisciplinary grants for her multi-year creation projects in the Pullman District of South Chicago.
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