Sri Lankan Dance Workshop MAC Dance Studio Featuring Sudesh Mantillake and Chinthaka Bandara This workshop is open free to the public. Movement Rhizome: Quillian International Symposium on Sri Lanka Inspired by the rhizome concept, the symposium will explore the intersection of dance, performance, film, geography, philosophy, anthropology, architecture, religion, music, literature, rhetoric, decoloniality, and migration. […]
“Contextualizing My Devil Dance” Houston Memorial Chapel Sri Lankan Dance Performance & Dialogue by Sudesh Mantillake Featuring Sudesh Mantillake, Chinthaka Bandara, & Vajira Mantillake This performance and dialogue is open to the public. Join us for a special Sri Lankan dance performance by Quillian Visiting International Scholar Sudesh Mantillake, joined by Chinthaka Bandara and Vajira […]
The symposium is open to all who register. Register Here 8:30 a.m – Contemplative Practice Session Houston Houston Memorial Chapel 9 a.m – “Identity & Politics” Roundtable Houston Memorial Chapel In-person roundtable presentations and discussion featuring the following scholars: Katie Powell, Director of the Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies and Professor, Virginia Tech […]
Join us for a lecture on the history of line dancing as well as a follow-along dance lesson led by Dr. Lindsay Michie, Aaliyah Williams, and the Hill City Sliders. Space is limited, please register at https://lynchburg.librarycalendar.com/.../placeholder...
Kuumba Dance Ensembe, Inc. Choreography by Sheron White Simpson. African and Ghanaian dances performed by company members from Greater Lynchburg as well as performers from the AGAR and Second Stage Amherst workshops.
4:15 p.m – Film Screening & Talkback: “The Dance Ritual of Eighteen Vannamas” (Public) Nichols Theatre Director & Speaker: Athula Samarakoon This screening and talkback is open free to the public. Movement Rhizome: Quillian International Symposium on Sri Lanka Inspired by the rhizome concept, the symposium will explore the intersection of dance, performance, film, geography, philosophy, […]
