Martha Bowers Residency, funded by the Linden Center, Will Involve Seniors and Students in Creative Dance

Susan Harris, 2/10/2009  ·  0 comments

Martha Bowers

Seniors residents of Longview and Ithaca College students will have an opportunity to work on a creative dance project with Martha Bowers, nationally recognized choreographer/ director and producer of large scale community events and site-specific
productions that engage culturally diverse communities in dialogue about socio-political issues. The Bowers residency will look at issues of creativity and aging, funded by a grant from the Linden Center for Creativity and Aging at the Gerontology Institute, Ithaca College.

Bowers meets with modern dance students at the Ithaca College Campus on February 15th at 12:00 pm, and on Feb. 16 at Dillingham Hall, 4-6 pm.  She will meet with interested residents of Longview at 10:30 am on the 16th, after giving a presentation at Longview at 7pm on the 15th of February.  March 15- 20 she returns for rehearsals, coaching and presentations. The final performances will occur on the 21st.

Martha has designed, implemented and taught in arts education programs throughout New York City Schools- Dancing in the Streets, the Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the Lincoln Center Institute and, premised on the belief that the arts are an effective vehicle for social transformation, with Dance Theatre Etcetera, which unites artists and community members as co-creators in dynamic cultural activities through site-specific performances, festivals, parades, and performing arts and media education programs.