Join us this Tuesday in the Henry Art Gallery Auditorium 6-7:30 for Dance Dialogue: The Memory of War Through Generations, a free community arts forum. Choreographer Ea Sola has spent the last decade creating works that explore the post-war identities of Vietnam War survivors. This Tuesday she discusses her work in conversation with Christoph Giebel, UW Associate Professor of Viet Nam Studies and Southeast Asian History.
Then next week, Thursday-Saturday, January 17, 18 & 19 at 8:00 PM, UW World Series at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts presents Ea Sola’s In Drought and Rain, Vol. 2, according to UW Arts Ticket Office:
Since 1995, choreographer Ea Sola has been on a journey of discovery and reflection, creating dance works that have explored the experiences, memories, and identities of the people who fought and lived through the horrors of the Viet Nam War. In Drought and Rain, Vol. 2, the company of 13 dancers and six musicians from the National Ballet of Vietnam-Hanoi continues that exploration, examining how the memory of war travels across generations. A serious work for serious times.
The inaugural University Art Institute: Art as A Catalyst for Exploration series at the Henry considers the legacy of the Vietnam War in relation to our fall exhibitions An-My Le: Small Wars and Kim Jones: A Retrospective (showing until January 27).
The inaugural series is concluding tonight at 7pm, Kane Hall with guest lecturer Robert Storr, commissioner of the 2007 Venice Biennale and dean of the Yale School of Art speaking about his work both at the Biennale and with artist Kim Jones. The Stranger’s Jen Graves has called it “the most important art lecture of the year.” Seeing as it is only January. . . you just wouldn’t want to miss out.
Thanks for sharing these great ideas. I’m bookmarking this for future reference. Some of these I already do, so the point resonated most strongly with me. Keep feeding the creativity.
I am currently on holiday so, for this reason, I’ve nothing better to do than surf the web for art, lie around and update my blog. Well, more or less anyway.
Doug C
I am so glad they are helpful, creativity is my favorite food group. In addition to hankblog there are lots of great events posted on: http://www.henryart.org/programs.htm as well. For example, the tea pouring ceremony that I am going to in the skyspace this weekend.