Moving Histories: Creating Biography Through Dance

Mon Apr 20 2026 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-04:00

19 Washington Square N | New York

NYUAD Institute
Publisher/HostNYUAD Institute
Moving Histories: Creating Biography Through Dance
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Explore how dance archives history. A choreographer and historian discuss the process of "writing" personal biographies through movement.
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Can we “write” history through movement rather than words? What histories and knowledge do our bodies archive and express? In this event, choreographer Meredith Dincolo and historian Tara Zahra explore the artistic process and methodological challenges of researching and creating personal histories through movement.

Choreographers and Speakers
Meredith Dincolo, Choreographer, Dance Educator
Tara Zahra, Hanna Holborn Gray Professor of History, University of Chicago

With collaborators
Jessica Tong, Rehearsal Director, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
Kendra Moore, Dance Educator


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19 Washington Square N, 19 Washington Square North, New York, United States

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