The Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium (IAS) of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts brings multi-disciplinary artist Richard Move to Lincoln for three events Feb. 26-28.
IAS celebrates its fifth annual season this spring with an exploration of "Performing Partnerships: Great American Collaborations of the Stage."
Move, a director, choreographer, performing artist, filmmaker and artistic director of MoveOpolis and Move It! Productions, will appear at three events:
• A screening and discussion of his film about the life and mysterious death of a Cuban-American art icon, "Bloodwork: The Ana Mendieta Story" on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Sheldon Museum of Art. Free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended: http://www.unl.edu/ias/richard-move-residency.
• A free-ranging lecture about his work in the Presentation Room of the Van Brunt Visitors Center on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended: http://www.unl.edu/ias/richard-move-residency.
• A performance of his celebrated portrayal of 20th Century dance icon Martha Graham in "Martha @ The Johnny Carson Theater" on Friday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center's Johnny Carson Theater. Tickets are $12 adults, $6 for non-UNL students and free for UNL faculty, staff and students. Tickets are available through the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747 or online at http://www.liedcenter.org.
"Richard Move is a contemporary Renaissance man; he moves fluidly among genres, illuminating all of them with his rare, humane intelligence," said Professor Rhonda Garelick, founder and artistic director of IAS. "We will get to experience many facets of his work during his residency with IAS. Lincoln will be moved!"
For more information on all of IAS's 2014 events, visit http://www.unl.edu/ias.