This screening includes Hair
- Date and time:
- Sat, Aug 25, 2018, From 7–9:01 pm
- Runtime:
- 2 hr 1 min
- Cost:
- Free, but ticketed
Twyla Tharp Dance company dancers Richard Colton and Shawn Stevens are scheduled to be present.
Shawn Stevens is an adjunct professor in Indiana University’s Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance. She is the instructor for IU’s “Fundamentals of Movement and Creativity: Twyla Tharp” course. Stevens attended the Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts under the direction of Sydelle Gomberg and continued her training at the School of American Ballet. In 1982, she was chosen by George Balanchine to join the New York City Ballet. During the 10 years Stevens performed with NYCB, she danced in the TV programs “Live from Lincoln Center with NYCB” and “Dance in America.” In 1991, Stevens joined Twyla Tharp Dance, where she performed for five years. With Tharp’s company, she performed repertoire works as well as new works as a principal. She was asked to dance in the Cutting Up tour with Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and her film credits include I'll Do Anything and In the Upper Room, both choreographed by Tharp.
Richard Colton has worked with dance maker Twyla Tharp since 1973. He has performed and staged her work for Joffrey Ballet, Twyla Tharp Dance, American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet of London, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and National Ballet de Lorraine/Nancy, among others. He appears in Tharp’s films with Miloš Forman, Hair and Amadeus, and the Great Performances/PBS presentation of Tharp’s The Catherine Wheel with music by David Byrne. In addition, Colton was a member of Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project. He founded and directs Summer Stages Dance at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, a residency for the creation of new cross-media collaborations between dance and visual art.