February 18-20, 2019
Hosted by the NYU Abu Dhabi INSTITUTE
CONVENED BY:
Andy Teirstein, Arts Professor, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Gwyneth Bravo, Assistant Professor of Music, NYUAD
The Translucent Borders workshop conference brought together 24 practitioners and scholars from across the globe to examine the role of dance and music at points of cultural juxtaposition. The sessions focused not only on borders as points of conflict, but on a range of types of artistic cultural encounter and their various effects. Performing artists have historically been drawn to cultures of difference. We asked the question: How can individuals reconcile the two effects of attraction and opposition at borders, and what is the relationship between them?
THE THREE DAYS OF CONFERENCE PRESENTED A SERIES OF LECTURES:
Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts
Francisco Cabanzo, Faculty, Universidad El Bosque, Columbia
Ali Chahrour, St. Joseph’s University, Lebanon
Walter Zev Feldman, Senior Research Fellow, NYU Abu Dhabi
Benjamin Hary, Director, NYU Tel Aviv, Israel
Amy Horowitz, Senior Fellow, Indiana University
Deborah Kapchan, Professor of Performance Studies, NYU NY, NYU Abu Dhabi
Terry Bright Kweku Ofosu, Lecturer, University of Ghana Dance Department
Joanna Sherman, Founder and Director of Bond Street Theatre
Andy Teirstein, Arts Professor, NYU Tisch Department of Dance
PANELS AND DANCE/MUSIC EXERCISES INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS/SCHOLARS:
Emilia Amper, Musician, The Forbidden Orchestra, Sweden
Bill Bragin, Executive Director, NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center, USA-UAE
Gwyneth Bravo, Assistant Professor of Music, NYU Abu Dhabi
Seán Curran, Chair, NYU Tisch Department of Dance
Sarah Horne, Project Producer, DanceAfrica
Dr. Aisha Bilkhair Khalifa, Research Advisor, Ministry of Presidential Affairs, UAE
Ross LeClair, Dance Producer, The Joyce Theater
Nathalie Peutz, Program Head, Arab Crossroads Studies, NYU Abu Dhabi
Aly Rose, Associate Arts Professor, NYU Shanghai
Madga Sobczak-Kotnarowska, Musician, The Warsaw Village, Poland
Nii-Tete Yartey, Noyam Dance Ensemble
Additional funding by the Global Institute for Advanced Study
CONFERENCE AGENDA
