The Deeper Lecture Series is a new talk + Q&A program on Zoom designed to acquaint Gibney\u2019s community of artists and audiences with the most provocative, influential and inspiring minds at work in the arts, humanities and activism.<\/p>\n
This interactive discussion proposes that questions<\/i> might be a tool for changing power. Whether that is an attempt to defuse our own unearned power,\u00a0 a way to empathize with one another, a way to challenge the systems that hold us in hierarchies, or a way to understand our own motives, questions are an essential tool.<\/p>\n
We will ask:<\/p>\n
Why<\/i> is a question a tool?
\nWhen<\/i> should we use a question?
\nHow<\/i> do we form the ideal tool for a given moment?
\nWhat<\/i> are our questions, both for ourselves, and our neighbors?
\nWho<\/i> has the power, and how can asking a question open opportunities to shift power?
\nWhere<\/i> do our questions come from?<\/p>\n
I do not come to this with answers, only more questions, primed for a discussion, self reflection, and a fascination with the power of a question.<\/p>\n
Alexandra Beller, Artistic Director of Alexandra Beller\/Dances (2002-present), was a member of the Bill T. Jones\/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 1995-2001. Alexandra has created over 40 original Dance Theatre works, presented at\/commissioned by theatres throughout NYC, and companies in Korea, Hong Kong, Oslo, Cyprus, and the US. Alexandra choreographs predominantly for Theatre. Credits: Off Broadway: Sense and Sensibility (Sheen Center, Judson Gym, Folger Shakespeare Library, American Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage), (Helen Hayes Award, Lortel Nomination, IRNE Best Choreography), The Mad Ones (59E59), Bedlam\u2019s Peter Pan (Duke Theatre), How to transcend a happy marriage (Lincoln Center Theatre), Regional: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), As You Like It (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Folger Shakespeare Library), The Young Ladies of\u2026 (Taylor Mac), Chang(e) (HERE), Current: Antonio\u2019s Song (CATF, Milwaukee Rep), Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (La MaMa, and touring), Directing\/Choreographing Macbeth. She is on faculty at Princeton, Rutgers, and The Laban Institute for Movement Studies. Alexandra holds a BFA\/Dance, MFA\/Choreography, and CMA\/Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals. She develops courses in Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Directing, Dramaturgy, Choreography, Pedagogy, and more. For more info: www.alexandrabellerdances.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n All Winter & Spring 2021 Season events will be held online via Zoom. Gibney’s Box Office can be reached via email. For ticketing inquiries or requests, please email Marketing & Audience Services Manager, Kimiko Tanabe, at boxoffice@gibneydance.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n