In this virtual series, Center for World Performance Studies invites performers and scholars from diverse disciplines to reflect on how performance is being used to respond to the political, social, health and environmental crises that we face at this moment. In March 2021, Larry La Fountain-Stokes, U-M Professor of American Culture, Romance Languages and Literatures,…
Category: Performing the Moment
ASYNCH \\ Performing the Moment, Performing the Movement: Gabby McLeod
We have expanded the “Performing the Moment, Performing the Movement” series to include asynchronous content! In this session, CWPS faculty advisory member and Daring Dances curator Clare Croft interviews Gabby McLeod, Queen of Detroit jit. An acclaimed dancer and choreographer, Queen Gabby is an ambassador and tradition-bearer for her hometown dance style. She teaches, performs…