Constitution
Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United StatesCONSTITUTION A Social Choreographic Site By Michael Kliën Monday, April 17 & Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Start 7PM (75 Min) von der Heyden Studio Theater Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University With: Simone Barros, Sang Chi Liu, Marika Niko, Julia Piper, Leo Ryan, Tomo Waters, Miki Zhu, Alphonso Blades Jr., Tyler Burden, Gi Chun, Avery Lythcott-Haims, […]
Threats to Higher Education in Florida: A Webinar
ONLINEWhat are the threats to higher education in Florida, and how should we face them? Governor Ron DeSantis’ antagonistic actions towards the state’s public higher education institutions have highlighted a national trend: the hyper-politicization of colleges and universities, with state leaders and state-appointed university governing boards exercising more and more control over campuses and curriculums. […]
The Ethics of Now with Kim TallBear
Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NCJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane-Lentz Smith for a conversation with Kim TallBear on being in good relation. Author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science and The Critical Polyamorist blog, Kim TallBear thinks deeply and creatively about how to “be in good relation,” whether in how […]
Parliament
Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United States“Parliament is a psychedelic thunderbolt. It draws everyone out of their day-to-day functional perception and plunges them into a lived world of communal wealth, mystery, beauty and potential.” Parliament is a pioneering work of situational choreography and exploration of ecological aesthetics. The work offers participants a critically needed withdrawal from normal modes of social action […]
Interwoven Bodies: The Art of Assembly XXV
Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United StatesHow do we deliberate before and beyond language? How do we create relations without words? How are our bodies determined by the spaces we are in? The Art of Assembly is a nomadic series of talks and conversations exploring the potential of assembly in activism, art, and politics. This 25th edition of The Art of Assembly […]
The Ethics of Now with adrienne maree brown
Durham County Main Library 300 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with adrienne maree brown on justice and imagination. adrienne maree brown grows healing ideas in public through her multi-genre writing, her music, and her podcasts. Informed by 25 years of movement facilitation, somatics, Octavia E. Butler scholarship, and her work as a […]