Choreographer Brendan Fernandes on Dance in Museums
Exploring the exhibition’s themes through movement, Fernandes’ choreography examines not just Edmondson’s work but also the relationship between Black cultural production and the American museum.
How Dance Converges with Sculpture in Barnes Foundation Exhibition
Choreographer Brendan Fernandes and exhibition co-curator James Claiborne speak about how dance intersects with the design of the exhibition and visitor experience.
Questions of Practice: Poet and Performer Tracie Morris on Preserving a “Feeling of Liveness” in a Museum Setting
Tracie Morris on Preserving a “Feeling of Liveness” in a Museum Setting
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Maria Hassabi on Dancing in Museum Spaces
Choreographer Maria Hassabi discusses the unique challenges that emerge from this tension and how it can evoke new ways of moving and, for audiences, new ways of interpreting with the work.
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Boris Charmatz on How “The Museum Is The Body” In Dance
Boris Charmatz on how archiving dance happens in the body rather than in a museum.
The Paradox of Dancing in a Museum
For the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 2016 “Museum as Score” symposium, philosopher Marie Bardet reflects on the presumed “paradoxical” idea of dancing in a museum.
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Boris Charmatz on Creating a Museum of Dance
Choreographer Boris Charmatz on how Musée de la danse is considering what a collection can be in the field of dance.
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Boris Charmatz on “Re-Enchanting” Public Space Through Dance
Boris Charmatz on why dance is “the right medium to re-enchant the public sphere.”
Questions of Practice: Barnes Foundation’s Thom Collins on Unpacking the Museum’s Collection Through Performance
Thom Collins on the Barnes Foundation’s efforts to “unpack” the museum’s collection and history through performance.
Questions of Practice: Composer Jace Clayton and Barnes Director Thom Collins on the Making of Room 21
Composer Jace Clayton and Barnes Foundation executive director and president Thom Collins on presenting a site-specific performance informed by the artworks of the Barnes.