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Performing Arts HOW LATITUDES BECOME FORMS LIVING DANCE STUDIO REPORT ON BODY THURSDAY-SATURDAY MAY 1-3, 8 PM SUNDAY MAY 4, 7 PM $18 ($14) RED EYE, 15 WEST 14TH STREET, MINNEAPOLIS

". . . captures a raw, disturbed feminine essence." -- Beijing Scene

Experimental choreographer Wen Hui and pioneering filmmaker Wu Wenguang codirect China's first independent dance-theater company, producing multimedia works that examine the everyday lives of women in modern China. Set within that country's greatly altered commercial and consumer culture, Report on Body explores the challenges and changes women experience as they operate in the shadows of a male-dominated society. This is a rare chance to glimpse the cutting edge of Chinese dance and performance art. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age.

RELATED EVENTS

CHINA VÉRITÉ: FILMS DIRECTED AND CURATED BY WU WENGUANG
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29-30, 8 PM, FREE, AUDITORIUM
Living Dance Studio artistic codirector-documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang introduces his film and a series of shorts he curated by Chinese directors.
APRIL 29: Life on the Road (Jiang hu). Directed by Wu Wenguang. The film follows a traveling performance group composed of farmers in search of a better life. 1999, China, color, video, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 60 minutes.
APRIL 30: Public Space-2002. These short observations by 15 filmmakers offer insight into the meaning of personal and public life in China. Featured directors include Song Dong and Wang Jian Wei, whose works are on view in the exhibition How Latitudes Become Forms. 2002, China, color, video, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 70 minutes.

CROSS CURRENTS: POSTSHOW DISCUSSIONS
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 1-2, FREE, RED EYE
Following the performances, join Wen Hui and Wu Wenguang for a discussion about Report on Body. 

ARTIST TALK: LIVING DANCE STUDIO
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2 PM, FREE, RED EYE
A group of prominent female artists--Wen Hui, experimental choreographer and codirector of Living Dance Studio; Rhodessa Jones, co-artistic director of the San Francisco-based Cultural Odyssey and artistic director of the Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women; and Juliana Pegues, Twin Cities-based performer-activist--discuss their explorations of social, cultural, and women's issues. Moderated by producer-media artist Eleanor Savage.  






SUPPORTED IN PART WITH FUNDS FROM THE BUSH FOUNDATION AND THE LILA WALLACE-READER'S DIGEST FUND. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL DANCE PROJECT OF THE NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, WITH LEAD FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND THE DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION AND PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC.

WALKER ART CENTER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE RELATED PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE LILA WALLACE-READER'S DIGEST FUND.