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Seeking the Source of The Matter of Origins - Chicago Humanities Festival

Liz Lerman: Seeking the Source of The Matter of Origins

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  • ABOUT Liz Lerman

    Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator, and speaker. Described by the Washington Post as “the source of an epochal revolution in the scope and purposes of dance art,” her dance/theater works have been seen throughout the United States and abroad. Liz received her B.A. in dance from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in dance from George Washington University. She is the author of Teaching Dance to Senior Adults (1983) and Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process (2003).

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  • ABOUT Gordon Kane

    Gordon L. Kane is a leading researcher in particle physics and supersymmetry. Kane received his Ph.D from the University of Illinois in 1963 under J.D. Jackson. Since then, aside from numerous prestigious visiting positions, he has spent most of his career on the faculty of the University of Michigan. Currently he is the Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and is a well-known popular lecturer.

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“Sometimes you stumble into a way of describing, modeling, or actually understanding yourself better,” choreographer Liz Lerman explains of her ongoing conversations with physicist Gordon Kane. Lerman and Kane have both found benefits to exploration of each other’s fields. Kane, director of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, encouraged Lerman to visit CERN and the scientists at the Large Hadron Collider. These visits provided inspiration for Lerman’s new work, “The Matter of Origins.” Kane and Lerman share insights from their ever-evolving explorations.

This program is presented in partnership with the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan.

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  • leaders & thinkers

    Web Gordon Kane's profile at the University of Michigan
  • good reads

    Washington PostAn article published by the Washington Post that discusses the history of the dance company and how "The Matter of Origins" seeks to explain the unexplainable through dance
  • online resources

    The Matter of Origins Liz Lerman's "Matter of Origins" website

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