2011 Fall Performing the Body Politic: Transgressions, Interventions, and Expressive Culture


November 15, 2011

Kristina Wong

Kristina Wong is a San Francisco native now living in Los Angeles. Her last solo work “Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” looked at the high rates of depression and […]

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November 1, 2011

Harvey Young, Jr.

Dr. Harvey Young is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University, where he holds appointments in African American Studies, Radio/Television/Film and Performance Studies. He is the author of  Embodying […]

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October 25, 2011

Tobin Siebers

Tobin Siebers has been selected for fellowships by the Michigan Society of Fellows, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Institute for the Humanities. In 1999 he was nominated […]

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October 20, 2011

Tres Vidas

Tres Vidas is a chamber music theatre work for singing actress and trio (cello, piano and percussion) based on the lives of three legendary Latin American Women: Mexican painter Frida […]

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October 11, 2011

Fawzia Afzal-Khan

Fawzia Afzal-Khan is Professor of English, University Distinguished Scholar, and Director of Women and Gender Studies at Montclair State University. Afzal-Khan received her BA from Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, […]

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October 4, 2011

Rhodessa Jones

Rhodessa Jones is Co-Artistic Director of the San Francisco acclaimed performance company Cultural Odyssey. She is an actress, teacher, singer, and writer. Ms. Jones is also the Founder and Director […]

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September 20, 2011

Mariachi Mujer 2000

With a decade of success behind them, Mariachi Mujer 2000 has continued to amaze audiences throughout the world. In addition to their appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, […]

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September 6, 2011

Olga Nájera-Ramírez

Mexican folkloric dance tells the story of the vibrant art form through the life and work of the internationally acclaimed artist and choreographer, Rafael Zamarripa. A former member of the […]

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