The Border Crossings Symposium is a 2-day gathering of artists and scholars in the Ballet Studio Theater. Panels, artists’ roundtables, lecture demonstrations, spoken word performances, rare film showings, and reception will follow. The Border Crossings Symposium embodies the “live” accompaniment to the exhibition catalog with scholarly and artistic contributors in attendance, including: Thomas F. DeFrantz (Northwestern), Anurima Banerji (UCLA), Emily Wilcox (William and Mary), Jessica Friedman (Northwestern/UCSB), Linda Tomko (UC Riverside), Hannah Kosstrin (OSU), Mana Hayakawa (UC Davis), Kiri Avelar (UCSB), Tara Rodman (UC Irvine), Wendy Perron (Dance Magazine), Rena Henrich (USC), and Constance Valis Hill (5 College Dance Program). In addition, graduate students from the Universities of California, and UCSB artists and faculty moderators will present. The Symposium days include live dance performed by the José Limón Company and Flamenco artist Chitli Ocampo.

View a recorded livestream of the Symposium Day 1 here.

View a recorded livestream of the Symposium Day 2: Part 1, Part 2.

For more information, please visit the event website here. RSVP here for Day 1. RSVP here for Day 2.

Image: Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Katherine Dunham at Villa I Tatti in Florence, Italy" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1949. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/39b748c0-41c9-013b-369c-0242ac...