November 9, 2021, ZSR Auditorium The Department for the Study of Religions and The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies come together to present Saba Taj. Described by the HuffPost as “socially conscious queer Muslim woman of color in America,” Saba Taj is a […]
October 20, 2021, DeTamble Auditorium The Wake Forest University Classics Department brings musician and Classics B.A. Joe Goodkin to campus to perform his adaptation of Homer’s Iliad. Joe’s first-person songs capture the horror, grief, and love that permeate the Iliad and the combat experience. Sung […]
May 7, 2021 The students of WFU Choir Director and Music Department faculty Dr. Chris Gilliam spent the spring term learning works by all female-identifying composers. Gilliam organized a guest artist workshop and collaborative virtual performance featuring the work of (among others) Alysia Lee, Kennedy Center […]
May 7, 2021 “Say Her Name” is a 4-minute choral work by Alysia Lee. This performance was a collaboration between the Wake Forest Choir and the Winston-Salem State Singing Rams, supported by the WFU Interdisciplinary Arts Center and the Slavery, Race, and Memory Project. Additional support was […]
April 14-18, 2021 “Interstitial 3” was a weeklong rehearsal residency and video installation at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA). It was a collaboration between WFU staff member Steve Morrison (Communications Strategist for the Arts), Chris Yon/Taryn Griggs, a group of triad area dancers, […]
March 31, 2021 Guest artist discussion with Gregg Mozgala with students in THE 372 Contemporary Drama Class. Mozgala is an award winning writer, actor, dancer, and activist with Cerebral Palsy who has founded the theatre company, Apothete. He talked with students in THE 372 and followed […]
March 18, 2021 Viewing of a 90-minute dance performance titled “Peony Dreams: On the Other Side of Sleep” for students in EAL 222, “Themes of Chinese Literature,” and HST 352 “Ten Years of Madness, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976,” plus a guest lecture by and conversation […]
February 2021 Guest artist workshops with students in THE 295 Development and Performance with performance artist Tim Miller, culminating in an original performance by students, documented by film professor Cagney Gentry’s class, and lighting & projections design by Kevin Frazier, assistant professor in Theatre. Collaborators:
February 10, 2021 A guest visit by Broadway stage manager and producer Cambra Overend (‘04) with Dr. Brook Davis’ Contemporary Dramatic Literature class (THE 372/ENG 394) and a follow-up public talk to discuss Overend’s history with the play Oslo and her role as producer of the HBO […]
A lecture-workshop (mini-lecture about history and culture, experiential dance instruction, and Q&A) for MUS 134 Music of Asia relating to the music, the Bhangra dance form, and its practice in India-Pakistan and in the diaspora. Collaborators: WFU Department of Music, Learn Bhangra