Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Exploring Abstraction in Les Noces: Feb 7

Panel Discussion: Exploring Abstraction in Les Noces
Monday, February 7, 2011, 6:00 p.m.
Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue

The panel will examine the relationship between art, film, and dance from the historical avant-garde to the present. Guest speakers will discuss Arturo Herrera’s appropriation of Igor Stravinsky’s 1923 ballet in his work Les Noces (The Wedding). Guest Speakers: Arturo Herrera (Artist); Sherry Dobbin (Director, The Watermill Center); Lynn Garafola (Professor of Dance, Barnard College); Moderated by Gabriela Rangel (Exhibition Curator, Americas Society).