March 29, 2018
Arts Roundup: Opera star Kathleen Battle, UW faculty perform Beethoven — and a ballet by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
In the arts, see legendary opera star Kathleen Battle take the Meany stage, hear UW’s own faculty perform Beethoven and other iconic works, experience a breathtaking contemporary ballet where “unparalleled versatility and virtuosity” are on full display, and attend a UW Symphony performance.
Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad – a spiritual journey
Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad – a spiritual journey
8:00 p.m., April 14 | Meany Theater
Soprano Kathleen Battle’s luminous voice has been called “…without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world” (The Washington Post). Yet what distinguishes her most is her almost magical ability to create an unwavering bond with her audience. Returning to Seattle for the first time in two decades, the legendary opera star takes the Meany stage to explore traditional spirituals and the writings of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. She is joined by acclaimed jazz pianist Joel A. Martin and local choirs The Sound of the Northwest and UW Chamber Singers.
Decolonizing Art and Land Relationships: A Conversation with Demian DinéYazhi´and Guests
Demian DinéYazhi´Patrick Weishampel
1:00 p.m., April 14 | Henry Art Auditorium
How are Indigenous artists changing and subverting colonized narratives of relationships between art, land, and institutions? 2017 Brink Award Winner Demian DinéYazhi´ invites Tania Willard and Sara Siestreem to discuss approaches within and outside of institutional spaces that are rooted in Indigenous cultures and experiences. The conversation, moderated by Miranda Belarde-Lewis, will consider ways in which colonization has problematized the way land art and environmental works are understood in the broader, white-dominant field of contemporary art and art history.
The Brink Demian DinéYazhi´
The Brink: Demian DinéYazhi´
April 14 – September 9 | Henry Art Gallery
In this exhibition, transdisciplinary artist Demian DinéYazhi´ (born 1983) presents new work that expands upon their ongoing engagement with the entangled relationships between the land, Native cultures, and colonial, capitalist economic and political systems.
A group of analog slide projectors form the core of the installation, casting images and text throughout the space to create a multi-layered narrative of DinéYazhi´’s home place on Diné Bikéyah (Navajo Nation) in Arizona and New Mexico and its proximity to uranium mining industries and the popular US thoroughfare Route 66. Stories of exploitation—of people and of natural resources—as well as survival, weave together alongside an overarching concern with the legislation of borders imposed by the reservation system, and the resulting effects on the ways bodies move and form relations across its bounds.
Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, piano; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, piano; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
7:30 p.m., April 16 | Meany Theater
Faculty colleagues Craig Sheppard, piano, and Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello, perform the Beethoven Cello Sonatas–Opus 5 #1 in F Major and Opus 102 #2 in D Major–and Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata Opus 19.
Faculty Recital: Michael Partington and Marc Teicholz, guitar
Faculty Recital: Michael Partington and Marc Teicholz, guitar
7:30 p.m., April 16 | Brechemin Auditorium
UW faculty guitarist Michael Partington joins with duo partner Marc Teicholz of the San Francisco Conservatory for an evening of music composed or arranged for two guitars, including music by Joseph Haydn, Mauro Giuliani, Francis Poulenc, Dusan Bogdanovic, and others.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
8:00 p.m., April 19 – 21 | Meany Theater
Celebrating its 40th year as one of the most original forces in contemporary dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has long been known for its exceptionally talented dancers and a diverse repertoire of adventurous choreography. This contemporary ballet company that “is going to take your breath away” (The Washington Post) is arguably at the top of its game. Their unparalleled versatility and virtuosity will be on full display as they perform works from choreographers such as Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite and Nacho Duato.
UW Chamber Orchestra with Melia Watras, viola
UW Chamber Orchestra with Melia Watras, viola
7:30 p.m., April 20 | Brechemin Auditorium
David Alexander Rahbee conducts members of the UW Symphony in a program of works by Britten, Wagner, and Wolf. With UW Strings Professor Melia Watras, viola.
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Tag(s): Department of Dance • Henry Art Gallery • School of Music
