14.12.23 | ab 17:30 Uhr | Virtueller Vortrag in englischer Sprache
What happens inside our bodies and minds while performing and participating in the arts, and what are the mental and psychological benefits of it? In this last virtual lecture of the year Prof. Dr. Judith Revers dives into the field of performance art and dance with New York based artist Vangeline, who’s involved in artistic research with neuroscientific methods around the Japanese artform Butoh. Together they will be investigating interdisciplinary research in Arts and Neurosciences and its implications for the Arts Therapies.
Vangeline is a teacher, dancer, and choreographer specializing in the Japanese art form butoh.She is the founder of the New York Butoh Institute Festival, which elevates the visibility of women in butoh, and the festival Queer Butoh. She pioneered the award-winning, 15-year running program The Dream a Dream Project, which brings butoh dance to incarcerated men and women at correctional facilities across New York State.
Her choreographed work has been performed in Chile, Hong Kong, Germany, Denmark, France, the UK, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Her work as an educator, choreographer, and curator has been supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, Japan Foundation, New York Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York Council on the Arts, Robert Friedman Foundation, and Asian American Arts Alliance. Widely regarded as an expert in her field, Vangeline has taught at Cornell University, New York University, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Sarah Lawrence, and Princeton University (Princeton Atelier). She is the author of the critically-acclaimed book: Butoh: Cradling Empty Space, which explores the intersection of butoh and neuroscience.
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