Rahim AlHaj is an Iraqi-born musician and composer who was forced to leave Iraq in 1991 due to his activism against the Saddam Hussein regime. He has been living as a political refugee in Albuquerque since 2000 and has been promoting peaceful understanding between the US and Iraq through speaking, performing and writing. Join us as Rahim is interviewed by artist and activist Anas "Andy" Shallal as they discuss pathways to peace.
The vocal ensemble Cappella Pratensis (the chapel of singers of the prairie, from Judocus Pratensis or Josquin des Prez or Josquin from the prairie), founded in 1987, sings Franco-Flemish music from the period between 1450 and 1600. During that time, composers such as Josquin Desprez, Jean Mouton, Pierre de La Rue, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Johannes Ockeghem and Guillaume Du Fay dominated the musical landscape of much of Europe. Cappella presents ongoing special programs and original designs, singing in churches and chapels around the world.
A spectacular program of music by Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Dvorak and others arranged for two pianos, eight hands!
The multi-talented Irmgard Bartenieff was a German-born dancer, choreographer, teacher, Labanotator, dance therapist, physical therapist, dance historian, dance ethnographer and activist.
Of her work, cultural Anthropologist Margaret Mead once said it “is of the very greatest importance in research on mother-infant relationships, the social behavior of primitive people, choreometric styles around the world, work with psychiatric patients, and studies of animal behavior.”
Auditions for the 35th Annual Choreographers Showcase are now open to all dance-makers, aged 18 years and older, who live in Maryland, Virginia or the District of Columbia. Live auditions will be adjudicated by expert panelists, Nelly van Bommel and Nejla Y. Yatkin. Six finalists will be selected to present their work in concert on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at 3 and 8 PM.
UMD has partnered with the Big Ten Conference schools to create a new playwriting and performance initiative. Known as the Big Ten Theatre Consortium, the group is commissioning a series of plays by outstanding American female playwrights. The purpose of the initiative is to promote the writing and production of new works about women by professional and academic theatres around the country.
The program's third commissioned work, Twilight Bowl, is written by Rebecca Gilman.
Here's a sustainable way to explore your creativity and connection to nature! Get your hands dirty and create something with reused craft materials while watching classic episodes of The Joy of Painting, which celebrated nature's beauty through art. With Bob Ross' soothing voice and beautifully painted landscapes as a guide, craft as you meditate on how your relationship with nature and the environment.
Pulse and Bloom is an interactive and social art installation that visualizes participants’ heartbeats and invites people to share and sync their human heartbeats in a rhythmic pattern. When a participant places their hand upon the pulse sensor, the stem and the flower in the sky start to beat with their heart. When more than one person places a hand upon the pulse sensor, the stem starts to pulse with both participants’ heartbeats, making it possible to watch how heart rates of different people in intimate spaces start to beat in sync, much like fireflies flashing in patterns.
Dancer/choreographer/physical therapist/researcher Irmgard Bartenieff pioneered a new way of observing movement – and its effects on dance and healing. The Bartenieff Fundamentals are still foundational in training today. She was also a noted student of Rudolph Laban. This exhibit features archival items from her career, and interactive exhibits that explore some of the theories used in her research.
