January 9, 2019
ARTSUW Roundup: Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Indigo Mist with Special Guest Bill Frisell, and more
This week in the arts, attend the first Critical Issues Lecture with Maria Nordman, go to a performance by UW Music faculty band, Indigo Mist, with renowned guitarist Bill Frisell, and more!
Critical Issues Lecture Series: Maria Nordman
January 10, 7:00 PM| Henry Art Gallery
Maria Nordman, a German-American sculptor and conceptual artist, will deliver the first lecture of the Critical Issues Lecture Series, brought to you by the School of Art + Art History + Design with assistance from the Henry Art Gallery. This year’s lectures are supported by The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation and individual donors. Registration is not required, but it does help us estimate attendance.
Free | More Info and RSVP
January 10 to 12, 8:00 PM | Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater
Choreographer Alonzo King is renowned for creating work that infuses classical ballet with new expression and expansive histories. With his latest work, Figures of Speech, he explores the power of lost languages, collaborating with slam poet Bob Holman, a leading advocate of linguistic preservation. Set to a collection of Native peoples’ poetry and music, this evening-length ballet is a poignant journey through the sound, movement, meaning and shape of indigenous languages on the verge of extinction.
$10 tickets for UW students when you show your Husky ID in advance at the ArtsUW Ticket Office or on the night of the show at the Box Office at Meany Hall. | More Info
Faculty Concert: Indigo Mist with Special Guest Bill Frisell
January 13, 7:30 PM | Meany Studio Theater
Renowned guitarist (and affiliate UW Music faculty member) Bill Frisell and UW Music faculty band Indigo Mist (Cuong Vu, trumpet; Richard Karpen, piano; Ted Poor, drums; and Juan Pampin, live electronics) present a program of all-new, original music in this performance made possible with support from the UW Creative Fellows Initiative, a multi-year program funded by the Mellon Foundation to spur exploration of the nature of creative research at a top research university.
January 15, 7:30 PM | Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater
The space between two points is rich, deep and expansive.
Inspired by themes from Martha Friedman: Castoffs, Syniva Whitney and Alyza DelPan-Monley investigate the parts and the whole, the virtuosic and the distorted, the classically idealized masculine body and the reality of our unique gender-diverse expressions of beauty. They will drop ideological and material anchors to give participants safe harbors to explore these deep waters. This workshop is open to all levels of experience and levels of ableness, and will use a diverse range of options for using the body’s kinesthetic and somatic experience to uncover new understandings.
$10 tickets for UW students when you show your Husky ID in advance at the ArtsUW Ticket Office or on the night of the show at the Box Office at Meany Hall. | More Info