CHRIS WALKER'S NUMORUNE COLLABORATIVE

TANUPONYUHMAALA

ONE & TWO GATHER &

IN HONOUR OF LOCKS WITH KEYS AND COUPONS TO MY HEART

NuMoRune Collaborative presents a 15-minute program of 3 short works taken from “Generation Dancing” a dance and spoken-word project exploring immigration and migration stories using contemporary choreographic lens and elements of Hip Hop Theater. They represent the unique characteristics of dance and immigration narratives in the forms of text and physical dialogues, looking at how contemporary vocabulary has evolved as a direct reflection of the uniqueness of individual cultural challenges/experiences within shared geographical spaces. The work speaks to ownership and authority over one’s own narrative and encourages conversation and reflection on the self and community as distilled and challenged by the art created.

BIO

Chris Walker, Assistant Professor, Dance Department and Artistic Director of the First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble at UW-Madison is the co-founder and artistic director of NuMoRune Collaborative - an ensemble of dancers, choreographers, storytellers and musicians, who come together under a united artistic vision to create collaborative works. Walker is also a dancer and choreographer with the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica. He received a professional diploma in Dance Theatre Production at Edna Manley College in Kingston, and MFA and BFA degrees from SUNY-Brockport. Walker is the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards including the 2004 New York-Thayer Fellowship, Certificate for Merit from the American Theatre Festival Association for choreography, gala performance of his work at American College Dance Festival. He continues to tour, present work and conduct artistic residencies throughout the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, North and South America.

QUANDO e ONDE:

Sábado, 2 de julho de 2011 / 19:00h

RAMPA, Lugar de Criação, Rua Sa Ferreira, 202 – Copacabana