Dance Scholar Lizzie Leopold and Artist Brendan Fernandes on the Arabesque in Dance

Thursday, Aug 4, 2022 12:15 – 1:15 pm

201 E. Ontario
Chicago, IL 60611

Celebrated for inserting live dancers in tutus and on pointe into unexpected contexts, performance artist and professor Brendan Fernandes (Northwestern University) converses with dance scholar/professor Lizzie Leopold (University of Chicago, Dance Studies Association) on the topic of the arabesque–a ballet position on one leg and both arms extended. Their conversation concludes our series of thematic lectures related to Kamrooz Aram: Privacy, An Exhibition now in the galleries. Fernandes continues to use and research the arabesque in his own practice. He will dig into the topic with Leopold, who draws upon her knowledge of the genres and
geographies of dance.

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