This and That: A Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching (Tuesday, March 27) is an evening of performance, screenings, and discussions.
5pm - 8pm
Stacy Spence: Trekking - Equipped with a backpack and hiking boots, choreographer Stacy Spence sets off on his three-hour mobile improvisation piece called Trekking outside. Using the pathways surrounding the building to determine his pace, Spence sets the meter for the rest of his journey around, and eventually inside, of the building.
5:30pm - 6pm
Thomas F. DeFrantz: Performing Black - Performer, director, and scholar Thomas F. DeFrantz offers a performative journey through overlapping and divergent histories of Black dance in the United States.
6pm
Parallels on Tour Discussion with Blondell Cummings, Henry Pillsbury, Barbara Watson, and Ishmael Houston-Jones - The 1987 the Parallels program tour traveled to Europe under the title Parallels in Black. The opening nine performances were presented by The American Center in Paris.
8pm
Coining: an Evening of On-Screen Performance - Rounding out the evening, choreographer and Platform artist Will Rawls hosts and curates the second and final installment of his screening series in the sanctuary.
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