January 7, 2015 Lewis Center for the Arts presents Masters of Dance Series Lil Buck, Damian Woetzel, Stephen Petronio and Misty Copeland among dance masters to be featured Photo caption: Memphis jookin’ dancer Lil Buck (left) and Damian Woetzel Photo credit: Courtesy of The Aspen Institute Arts Program Photo caption: Choreographer and dancer Stephen Petronio (foreground) Photo credit: Courtesy of Stephen Petronio Company Who: Memphis jookin’ dancer and the Aspen Institute Art Program’s 2014 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence, Charles “Lil Buck” Riley with ballet dancer, director, and leader of the
5
Embed
Lewis Center for the Arts presents Masters of Dance Series ......January 7, 2015 Lewis Center for the Arts presents Masters of Dance Series Lil Buck, Damian Woetzel, Stephen Petronio
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
January 7, 2015
Lewis Center for the Arts presents Masters of Dance Series Lil Buck, Damian Woetzel, Stephen Petronio and Misty Copeland
among dance masters to be featured
Photo caption: Memphis jookin’ dancer Lil Buck (left) and Damian Woetzel Photo credit: Courtesy of The Aspen Institute Arts Program
Photo caption: Choreographer and dancer Stephen Petronio (foreground) Photo credit: Courtesy of Stephen Petronio Company Who: Memphis jookin’ dancer and the Aspen Institute Art Program’s 2014 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence, Charles “Lil Buck” Riley with ballet dancer, director, and leader of the
Aspen Institute Arts Program, Damian Woetzel. Accompanied by musician and composer Cristina Pato What/When/Where: January 14 – Master class on jookin’ for Princeton student dancers open to the public to observe at 1:30 p.m. in the Patricia and Ward Hagan ’48 Dance Studio, 185 Nassau Street, and a lecture/demonstration by Lil Buck and Woetzel at 4:30 p.m. at Frist Film/Performance Theater in Frist Campus Center. Free – To reserve a seat to observe the master class, email [email protected]; for tickets to the lecture/demonstration call University Ticketing at 609-258-9220 starting January 12. In collaboration with the Aspen Institute Arts Program Who: Choreographer and dancer Stephen Petronio and visual artist collaborator Janine Antoni What/When: Petronio directs Princeton students in a rehearsal of excerpts of his work, Lareigne, (which they will perform at February’s Spring Dance Festival) at 6:30 p.m. and a talk by Petronio and Antoni on their interdisciplinary collaborations at 8:00 p.m. followed by a book signing by Petronio Where: Patricia and Ward Hagan ’48 Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public, no reservations required Who: American Ballet Theater principal dancer Misty Copeland What: Conversation with Copeland led by Princeton dance faculty member Tina Fehlandt When: February 16 at 4:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, but tickets required, available by calling University Ticketing at 609-258-9220 starting February 13. Cosponsored with Princeton’s Center for African American Studies and Princeton University Ballet (Princeton, NJ) The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance will present a series of events
featuring acclaimed dancers and choreographers in January and February. Memphis jookin’ star
Lil Buck and ballet dancer/director Damien Woetzel will present a master class and
lecture/demonstration on January 14; choreographer Stephen Petronio will direct an open
rehearsal and discuss his collaborations with visual artist Janine Antoni on January 15; and
American Ballet Theater principal dancer Misty Copeland will engage in a conversation on
February 16. All events are free and open to the public; some events require tickets or
reservations.
Charles “Lil Buck” Riley is a dancer and master of Memphis jookin’ and the Aspen Institute Art
Program’s 2014 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence. His 2011 YouTube performance of “The
Swan” with cellist Yo-Yo Ma went viral and has been viewed more than 2.8 million times. He
performed again with Ma at the U.S.-China Forum on the Arts and Culture hosted by the Arts
Program. Riley has appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, with Madonna during her Super
Bowl XLVI halftime show and on her MDNA tour, and in the Cirque du Soleil show Michael
Jackson: One. In 2014 he was named the Wall Street Journal's Performing Arts Innovator of the
year.
Damian Woetzel is Director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program and a producer and director of
dance and music performances, including the artistic directorship of the Vail International Dance
Festival. He also works with Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Project in the New York City Public
Schools and is the founding director of the Jerome Robbins Foundation's New Essential Works
Program. Among his other recent projects was the direction of the first White House Dance
Series performance, hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama, as well as an arts salute to Stephen
Hawking at Lincoln Center for the World Science Festival. From 1989 until his retirement from
the stage in 2008, Woetzel was a principal dancer at New York City Ballet, where he had works
created for him by Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, and Christopher Wheeldon, among others.
On January 14 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Lil Buck will provide a master class in jookin’ for
Princeton students, which will be open to the public to observe. “Lil Buck @ Princeton: Master
Class” will be held in the Patricia and Ward Hagan ’48 Dance Studio. Seating is limited with