Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, recently named "Favorite Minnesota Role Model for Women in the Arts" by the Minnesota Women's Press, and her company, Ananya Dance Theatre, announce the United States premiere of Moreechika: Season of Mirage.
The work received its world premiere in July at the "New Waves! 2012" festival in Port of Spain, Trinidad, presented by the New Waves!Commission Project for the International Choreographers Commission Program (ICCP).
It will then be performed in September at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis and will travel to Temple University in Philadelphia to be performed at Conwell Dance Theater.
October 5 and 6, 2012
7:30 PM
Conwell Dance Theater
NE Corner of Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue
5th Floor
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The theme of Moreechika, an evening-length piece, is oil and the environmental, cultural and human costs of oil extraction around the world, particularly on women in global communities of color.
$20 general admission
$15 non-Temple students and senior citizens
$10 for Temple employees or patrons with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass
$5 Temple Students with OWLcard
Purchase tickets online or Call 1-800-298-4200.
Parking is available at the Liacouras Garage ($14 cash only) enter from 15th Street between Montgomery and Cecil B. Moore Avenues.
The Art Market at Tyler
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Friday, October 12
Saturday, October 13
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Tyler School of Art on
Temple University's Main Campus.
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The event is FREE and open to the public.
Both alumni and non-alumni will be showing and selling their work throughout the 255,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility designed by world-renowned architect Carlos Jimenez.
From ceramicists to glass blowers to jewelers to photographers --- over 30 artists will be selling their work in a range of prices.
Sponsored by the Tyler School of Art Alumni Association, a portion of the proceeds from the Art Market will benefit student scholarships at the Tyler School of Art.
For more information please contact Molly Clark Davis, Director of Alumni Relations, 215-926-2226 or molly.clarkdavis@temple.edu.