SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series: Melanie Greene - "Sapphire Universe"
SLIPPAGE is proud to announce an ARTIST TALK at the end of a fall residency!
Friday, September 17 at 1pm, the SLIPPAGE 2021 Fall Series presents a residency presentation entitled “Sapphire Universe” from dance artist, writer, and organizer, Melanie Greene.
She is a Bessie Award Recipient for Outstanding Performance with Skeleton Architecture. She is no stranger to swirling on the edge of impossible, swimming in the sea of the minority. She has presented work in many crevices and corners, and has received generous support from MANCC, Marble House Project, Brooklyn Studios for Dance, Movement Research, Mount Tremper, New York Live Arts, Gibney Dance, Actors Fund, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Dancing While Black Fellowship, Bogliasco Fellowship, and Brooklyn Arts Council. Greene has contributed written works to Dance Magazine and the Dance Enthusiast, Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance, and more! A southern belle Brooklynite trying on the vibes of the Big Easy, Greene holds a special place for buttery biscuits, country ham, and collard greens. Stay tuned at www.methodsofperception.com.
All events will be in the SLIPPAGE lab, Room 202, Rubenstein Arts Center. All events are free and open to the public. There will be capacity limits and masking protocols. For more information email: t.defrantz@duke.edu.
FALL 2021 SERIES EVENTS:
Dance Party
Friday, August 27 | 8-10pm
Music Performance
Kenneth Stewart: “It’s Always a Ways Away”
Saturday, August 28 | 8pm
Film Screening
Leslie Cunningham: Leon Claxton's Harlem in Havana
Sunday, August 29 | 3pm
Artist Residency Presentation
Melanie Greene: Sapphire Universe - back home
Friday, September 17 | 1pm
Dance Party
Friday, September 24 | 8-10 pm
Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Research Presentations
Dancing the African Diaspora: Justice Perspectives
Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown
Dr. John Perpener
Saturday, October 2 |11am
Live Podcast
Catch That!: The Evolution of R&B
The R&B Representers (Lamont Stanfield & Alise Leslie)
Saturday October 9 | 8
SLIPPAGE Performances
The Talking Dance Series
Friday, October 29 |12pm & 7pm
12pm - I am black [you have to be willing to not know]
7 pm - White Privilege
Dance Party
Friday October 29 | 8-10pm
SLIPPAGE Performances
The Talking Dance Series
Saturday, October 30
12pm - I am black [you have to be willing to not know]
7 pm - White Privilege
SLIPPAGE Work in Progress
re-orientations
Friday, November 5 | 8 pm
Saturday, November 6 | 8pm
Artist Presentation
Santron Freeman: “Roots to Rising: A Feature Dancer with the Story of a Feature Film”
Monday, November 8 | 1 pm
Dance Party
Friday, November 26 | 8-10pm
Bass Project Showing: Visualizing Housing Inequality
Thursday, Dec 2 - Sat Dec 4
Thurs 7pm, Fri 12pm & 7pm, Sat 12pm & 7pm
These events are sponsored by SLIPPAGE, the Duke Dance Program, and the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts at Duke.