How do people write about the lives of dancers and choreographers? How does dance as a silent form represent life stories? The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing and Dance Scholarship Oxford (DANSOX) are hosting a one-day colloquium Dancing Lives on Saturday 8th July exploring this. The day will feature: Jennifer Homans, Founder and Director of The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, in conversation with Professor Sue Jones; Dame Monica Mason, former ballet dancer, teacher, and artistic director of the Royal Ballet, on travelling and dancing; contributions from Michael Burden, Mike Webb, Jennifer Thorp, Jane Pritchard, Judith Mackrell, Michael Huxley, Funmi Adewole, and Ramsay Burt; and a closing performance by Simone Damberg Würtz & Liam Francis from the Rambert Contemporary Dance Company.
Date: Saturday 8th July, 9.00am-6.30pm
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD
Tickets: £20, or £10 for unwaged delegates. Booking here: http://bit.ly/OCLW-Dance
There are a small number of B&B rooms available at Wolfson College for 7th and 8th July. These can be booked here using the Promotional Code: DANCE2017
For more details please contact The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing here
Download the full colloquium programme here
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