Work in Process Showing: Stations of Black Loss
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Oct 21, 2022 9:45 - 10:20 a.m.
Location
Guzzetta Recital Hall - The University of Akron
157 University Ave
Details
Join choreographer Alexandra Barbier (Urbana, IL), for a work-in-process showing of her new work Stations of Black Loss.
Alexandra Barbier (Urbana, IL) is an artist, educator, and performance maker whose practices emerge from dance, performance art, Blackness, and queerness. She promotes whimsy, humor, and playfulness while also inspiring critical thought and cultural/societal commentary and inquiry. Alexandra’s works have been presented through Of Moving Colors Contemporary Dance Company, the University of Utah, Deseret Experimental Opera, Salt Lake City Performance Art Festival, Great Salt Lake Fringe Fest, and Queer Spectra Arts Festival. She has been on faculty for the Joffrey Ballet and Jazz + Contemporary trainee programs and the Joffrey South summer intensive, has guest taught and lead residencies in several university dance programs throughout the country.
