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April 5, 2007
Liz Lerman
Dance Meets Genetics
Liz Lerman, founder and artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, recently completed a four-year collaboration between scientists and choreographers culminating in Ferocious Beauty: Genome, a multi media dance/theater work that explores the human implications of discoveries in genetic science. Created with geneticists from organizations including The Institute for Genomic Research, Wesleyan University, Stanford University, Princeton University and Howard University, Ferocious Beauty has toured from Connecticut to California, deepening dialogue between science and the arts. Lerman will be joined by two dancers who will perform excerpts from Ferocious Beauty: Genome.
Co-sponsored by Life Sciences and the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics.
Video
Selected Bibliography
- Liz Lerman Audio Interview About "Ferocious Beauty: Genome"
- Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
- "Nonfiction Dancing: Choreographer Liz Lerman on Ferocious Beauty: Genome." Ask Big (2006-2007).
- Dunning, Jennifer. "Connecting Bodies, Apples and DNA Through Dance." New York Times (February 6, 2006).
- Durbin, Paula. "Liz Lerman's "Hallelujah" Project." Dance Magazine 77.4 (2003; 2003): 38-41.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue. - Gladstone, Valerie. "Beyond Tokenism: When Diversity Is Part of the Art." Dance Magazine 79.6 (2005; 2005): 32-36.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue. - Harding, Cathryn. "Reviews: National: Redemption: Liz Lerman Dance Exchange." Dance Magazine 71.10 (1997; 1997): 106-107.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue. - Mtangi, Shamiso. "Liz Lerman Exchange connects science and dance." Wesleyan Argus Volume CXLI, Number 26 (February 10, 2006).
- Traiger, Lisa. "What They Learned From Liz Lerman: Choreography by Dance Exchange Members." The Washington Post [12 January 1998](1998; 1998): B7.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue. - Lerman, Liz, et al. Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. 2 videocassettes (129 min.) vols., 2001. Location: Music Library Circulation Desk. Call Number: VIDEO M916
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