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UNM Theatre and Dance Hosts Dance Historian and Scholar Clare Croft March 7th

The UNM Dance Program welcomes dance scholar and historian Clare Croft to Albuquerque. Croft, in addition to being a dance theorist, curator, dramaturg, and dancer, has written on the role dance plays in cultural exchange and diplomacy as well as a focus on Jill Johnston – a queer writer, dance critic, and activist. In her written work Croft explores the relationship Johnston had between her physical body as a dancer, audience member, and protest participant, and her written critiques and traces the lesbian feminist movement backs to avant-garde art practices in the 1970s.

Clare Croft is the founder and curator of Daring Dances-a project that showcases work by dance artists about navigating through difficult situations. The project uses dance and bodies to teach us that policies have real effects on peoples’ lives and experiences. Daring Dances hosts a residency program that has been awarded to Anna Martine Whitehead, Leila Wadallah, and T. Ayo Alston.

Clare Croft will be at the University of New Mexico in the Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance to give a book reading and artist talk March 7th 1pm-2:30pm.

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