Think Tank

Festival of the Moving Body

Summit on Friday, March 16, 2012

A Public Festival on Saturday, March 17, 2012

"The Body is the New Classroom" 

The Charles B Wang Center on the campus of Stony Brook University

 http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/dance/research/festival.html

On Friday, March 16, 2012 from 10am-6pm, The Festival of the Moving Body will host a Summit of invited-only experts, modeled after TED Talks. Our goal is to listen to one another in order to construct unknown territories for educating a new generation of healthy, creative, productive and imaginative citizens. Many consider dance and the movement arts to be closely aligned to medicine, music and architecture and we plan to have representatives from these and many other fields examine how we work together for the greater good. The opportunity to engage our minds and imaginations across disciplines would be the kind of academic and artistic feast that could inspire many.

The general public is invited to the Festival of the Moving Body on Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 10am-6pm at the Charles B Wang Center on the campus of Stony Brook University. The festival will examine the interdisciplinary nature of dance, movement and somatics. Our focus is to connect the dynamic relationships of performance, creativity, health, recovery and well-being through examples from some of the best experts around the country. We will include performance, film, media, installations, workshops, panels and lectures throughout the Wang Center. We plan to offer a stunning, strong consortium in order to promote the value and significance....live and through action... of our incredible fields as they contribute on diverse and interdisciplinary arenas. Admission to the festival will be open to the general public on March 17, through a modest fee of $15 per person for two days .

Photo by Elizabeth Silver

Wang Center Photos