Arts
Friday22May
Central Javanese Shadow Puppet Performance with gamelan, by students of S25
7:30 pm
Performing Musical Art of Indonesia with guest artist Darsono
For more information: sgurley@bates.edu (Gurley, Stuart)
Sunday24May
Senior Composition Thesis Concert: Hadley Blodgett
7:00 pm
Senior Thesis Concert
For more information: sgurley@bates.edu (Gurley, Stuart)
Friday10July
Cynthia Oliver Co. Dance Theatre: Turn. Turning. Turnt.
7:30 pm
“Oliver works with members of our community to embody her artwork and present masterful, immersive experiences for her dancers and the audience. There’s music. There are visuals and graphics and…Sunday12July
Cynthia Oliver Co. Dance Theatre: Turn. Turning. Turnt
7:30 pm
“Oliver works with members of our community to embody her artwork and present masterful, immersive experiences for her dancers and the audience. There’s music. There are visuals and graphics and…Wednesday15July
Cara Hagan: Choose a Spot in the Sun (working title)
7:30 pm
A work in progress showing Using our current geopolitical moment as a point of ignition, Choose a Spot in the Sun channels global tensions, uncertainty, and transformation into a…Friday17July
Kyle Marshall Choreography: Feminine
7:30 pm
“Marshall seems to build an entire world in the movement, somehow creating a set of rules the dancers must live (and dance) by…the world he creates is so distinctly individual…Saturday18July
Kyle Marshall Choreography: Feminine
7:30 pm
“Marshall seems to build an entire world in the movement, somehow creating a set of rules the dancers must live (and dance) by…the world he creates is so distinctly individual…Sunday19July
BDF/Flatlands Dance Film Festival
7:30 pm
Bates Dance Festival is happy to partner with The Flatlands Dance Film Festival to curate an evening of screendance that touches on the themes of autobiography, time, comedy, and social…Thursday23July
Miguel Gutierrez: Welcome to the Jungle (Working Title)
7:30 pm
A work in progress showing At Bates, Miguel will begin a new project inspired by his first sabbatical as a UCLA professor this past winter. During this time, he…Friday24July
Leslie Cuyjet: For All Your Life
7:30 pm
“Leslie Cuyjet is a master of layers.” – Dance Enthusiast For All Your Life is an ongoing performance project that examines the value of black life and black death, through…Wednesday29July
Dan Safer & Tommy DeFrantz: Particles, Fields, & The Void
7:30 pm
A work in progress showing An encounter between Thomas F. DeFrantz and Dan Safer about: Godzilla, personal demons, Basquiat, Abstract Expressionism, drone strikes, treating each other kindly, dancing, wrestling,…Thursday30July
Jesse Factor: The Marthaodyssey
7:30 pm
“A delectable spectacle that merges Graham’s rigor, pop’s ecstasy, and drag’s defiance.” – Elise Ryan, Petrichor Pittsburgh What happens when the “High Priestess of Modern Dance” meets the “Queen of…Friday31July
Jesse Factor: The Marthaodyssey
7:30 pm
“A delectable spectacle that merges Graham’s rigor, pop’s ecstasy, and drag’s defiance.” – Elise Ryan, Petrichor Pittsburgh What happens when the “High Priestess of Modern Dance” meets the “Queen of…