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Performance in the Borderlands: Spring 2006

Under the auspices of the Performance in the Borderlands Project at Arizona State University, this series features lectures, workshops, screenings, performance and public discussions with artists, critics, scholars and community members about the history, current state and future of the performing arts of the U.S./Mexico Borderlands region and beyond.

February 17, 18 and 23-25
The Venus Project: African Diaspora Performance and African-American Theatre
Galvin and Lyceum theatres
ASU Tempe Campus

In conjunction with the production of Suzan Lori Parks' Venus, the School of Theatre and Film is offering public symposium on African Diasporic Performance. Nationally renowned scholars and practitioners of African-American theatre and performance will gather for two days of critical conversation about the history, politic s and future of the field. For additional information: http://theatre.asu.edu/venus or 480-965-5337

February 24, 8 p.m.
Film screening: Cornerstone: An Interstate Adventure
Architecture North, room 60
ASU Tempe Campus

Screening of the documentary film Cornerstone: An Interstate Adventure as an intimate, humorous and provocative look at three very different Americans and the way that theatre changed their lives. Post-screening discussion with Cornerstone Company members Debra Piver and Paula Donnelly.

March 25, 8 p.m.
Teatro Bravo's performance of El Vagon
Phoenix College, John Paul Theater
1202 W. Thomas Road

A post-performance discussion with the playwright Sylvia Gonzalez S. and director Guillermo Reyes. For tickets: 602-258-1800 or info@teatrobravo.org
Tickets: $15

April 7, 3 p.m.
Screening of Mateo
Agriculture Building, room 250
ASU Tempe Campus

Screening of Mateo, a video-dance project by internationally acclaimed dance troupe Delfos Danza Contemporanea.  This event will include a post-screening discussion with company members.

April 14, 3 p.m.
"Powerful Performatives: From 'American' to Hemispheric Studies"
ASU Memorial Union, La Paz, room 223
ASU Tempe Campus

A lecture by Diana Taylor, Professor of Performance Studies and Spanish at New York University and Executive Director of the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics.

For more information on the series, contact:
Christopher.Danowski@asu.edu, 480.965.5337

This lecture series is sponsored by the ASU Office of Pan-American Initiatives, the Herberger College of the Arts and its School of Theatre and Film, ASU Public Events, and the Consulate General of Mexico.

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