Monday, June 07, 2010

Update on AthFest Performance Art Piece



We have some more information on the performance art piece that we are sponsoring atAthFest. Amelia Winger-Bearskin, assistant professor of studio art at Vanderbilt University, will present Square Dance/Round Dance on Friday, June 25 at 10 p.m. in the Rialto Room at Hotel Indigo between musical acts Wilma and Caroline Aiken.


Square Dance/Round Dance will be an audience-interactive performance that blends elements of traditional American square dancing, American Indian round dancing, mysterious celestial lights and a contemporary dance club atmosphere.


Amelia’s work often seeks to reveal the hidden support systems of arts and entertainment industries by investigating the parts that usually go unnoticed. For this performance, flashlights and instructions will be given to members of the audience, who will take on the role of a light show, thus complicating the typical relationship between spectator and spectacle in a music venue.


Visit Amelia’s website and click here to read an essay about her written by GMOA’s own Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art.


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