DANCE

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts presents the Choreographer and Composer Exchange, Friday, February 18, at 6pm.

Join the UH Mitchell Center for the Choreographer & Composer Exchange, a panel discussion featuring guest panelists Jane Weiner of Hope Stone, composer and conductor Bill Ryan, violinist Todd Reynolds and Karen Stokes, Head of the Dance Division in the University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance and Associate Professor. Nancy Wozny is moderator for  this event.

Answering the questions: what are the challenges of creating music and dance in tandem? What are the benefits? How do music and dance differ in the creative process? What can we learn from one another? How do music and dance working together expand possibilities in creativity?

Choreographers and composers come together to discuss the creative process of collaboration in original music and dance projects.

LOCATION: University of Houston, room 208 in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Building.
ADMISSION: Free

About the Mitchell Center:
The University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts cultivates interdisciplinary collaboration in the performing, visual and literary arts. From its base at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center offers public events, residencies and courses that fuse artistic disciplines, ignite dialogue and present new ways of experiencing the arts in contemporary life. The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five units at the University of Houston: The School of Art, Creative Writing Program, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre and Dance, and Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston. For general inquiries, please call 713.743.5548, or visit the Mitchell Center online at www.mitchellcenterforarts.org.

Photo credit: Travesty Dance Group: Orange, 2008.