February 28, 2018
Arts Roundup: Chamber Singers and University Chorale, Writing Workshop, and Un-dammed: Reflections on Art, Education, and Restoration of the Elwha River
In the arts, listen to the Chamber Singers and University Chorale perform music from the Baltic state in their winter quarter concert, join poet Shin Yu Pai in a creative writing workshop, engage in a discussion on art, education, and the restoration of the Elwha Rivier, and watch the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan perform “Formosa” (“beautiful island”)
Chamber Singers and University Chorale
Chamber Singers and University Chorale
7:30 p.m., March 2 | Meany Theater
The Chamber Singers and University Chorale perform music from the Baltic states in their winter quarter concert, presented in collaboration with the UW Baltic Studies Program. Highlights include Jaakko Mantyjarvi’s Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae and other works.
Writing Workshop: The Moment Before the Image
Writing Workshop
1:00 p.m., March 4 | Henry Art Gallery
Join us for an afternoon of creative writing at the Henry led by poet Shin Yu Pai. Explore the ways that text can help navigate, capture, and create new experiences with visual and multi-sensory works of art. Participants will conduct poetic investigations in the galleries and take home drafts of new poems inspired by works of art from The Time. The Place. Contemporary Art from the Collection.
Un-dammed: Reflections on Art, Education, and Restoration of the Elwha River with Jamie Valadez, Eirik Johnson, and Langdon Cook
1:00 p.m., March 10 | Henry Art Gallery
In 2011, the removal of the Elwha River Dam began after decades of tribal activism and an act of Congress. Forover a century, the dam, constructed in 1910 wreaked havoc on the ecosystem and violated the treaty rights of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Since the removal of the Elwha River Dam and the nearby Glines Canyon Dam, the waters and land of this region have come back to life, salmon numbers have been steadily increasing, and important cultural sites of the Klallam people have been unearthed. What is there to learn from this historical moment of change? What led to this moment and what has followed?
Experts will share their experiences as they relate to each of their fields in art, writing, food, and education. Together, we will investigate the successes and lessons learned from this historic project.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
8:00 p.m., March 22 – 24 | Meany Theater
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan is renowned for transforming ancient aesthetic traditions into stunning modern celebrations of movement. Founder Lin Hwai Min, widely considered the most important choreographer in Asia, returns to Seattle with his company to perform his newest work, Formosa (“beautiful island”). Using gesture, script, song and other elements from the landscape and history of his native Taiwan, Lin and his dancers create a lustrous, transfigured realm of abstract beauty born of land and lore.
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Tag(s): Henry Art Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • music • School of Music
