Dance as History

Tara Zahra, Homer J. Livingston Professor of History, and professional dancer and dance educator Meredith Dincolo develop new forms of embodied historical and artistic practice, including new methods for historical research and for representing and transmitting history, as well as new choreographic vocabularies for conveying narrative and storytelling. 

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Past events

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Nov

 Nov 29, 2023, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
 Logan Center for the Arts, Theater West

915 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

This new choreographic work by dancer Meredith Dincolo, originating from a Gray Center collaboration between Dincolo and UChicago historian Tara Zahra, engages the potential for bodily movement as a language.

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Nov

 Nov 29, 2023, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
 Logan Center for the Arts, Theater West

915 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

This new choreographic work by Gray Center Collaborative Fellows Meredith Dincolo (dancer) and Tara Zahra (UChicago historian) engages the potential for bodily movement as a language.

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Nov

 Nov 09, 2023, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 Gray Center at Midway Studios

929 E. 60th St.

The Gray Center welcomes director, interdisciplinary artist, dancer, and producer, Robyn Mineko Williams to our SIDEBAR series along with current fellows Meredith Dincolo (professional dancer and dance instructor) and Tara Zahra (Hanna Holborn Gray Professor of History at UChicago) for a conversation about dance as history and how artists and historians might develop new forms of embodied historical and artistic practice.