OhioDance Festival and Conference with special guest choreographer and MacArthur Genius award winner Liz Lerman this April 24-26 at BalletMet Columbus. The unique career of choreographer Liz Lerman has taken her from theater stages to shipyards, and from synagogues to science labs. In this wide-ranging collection of essays and articles, she reflects on her life-long exploration of dance as a vehicle for human insight and understanding of the world around us. Lerman has been described by the Washington Post as “the source of an epochal revolution in the scope and purposes of dance art.” Here, she combines broad outlooks on culture and society with practical applications and accessible stories. Her expansive scope encompasses the craft, structure, and inspiration that bring theatrical works to life as well as the applications of art in fields as diverse as faith, aging, particle physics, and human rights law. Offering readers a gentle manifesto describing methods that bring a horizontal focus to bear on a hierarchical world, this is the perfect book for anyone
Lerman’s schedule of events include:
April 24, 4:30-6 p.m. — “Hiking the Horizontal” book reading and signing. Books will be available at the signing.
April 25, 10:15-11:45 a.m. Liz Lerman master class focused on choreographic tools
April 25, 12:30pm- 1:30pm — guest speaker after the Luncheon
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Puffin West’s grant also helped to sponsor the work OhioDance does with Amethyst, Inc. that will assist them in providing dance instruction and performance opportunity to women in recovery and their children.
