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Sunday, May 16 • 9:00am - 10:00am
Moving Words

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Link to recording:  https://salemstate.zoom.us/rec/share/Z_nKiblYWLe4VaMoVk5JWpqdTEqSH7yfm-jKBEjEYq_eH4TNd1JxYZPEMhsQxo6L.5f5_PoaVS-d6-mSD

Link to Dance Videos

This event will involve a showing and discussion of the videos below. After an introduction, attendees will view the dances for approximately 20 minutes, and then have a conversation with Meghan McClyman and others involved in the work. There will be a Q&A segment of this event.

Although there will be dedicated time during this event to view the linked videos, attendees may watch any time before or after the event. They will remain available at the link below.

Link to Dance Videos


Speakers
avatar for Cindy Veach

Cindy Veach

Cindy Veach is the author of Her Kind (CavanKerry Press, forthcoming 2021); Gloved Against Blood (CavanKerry Press; named a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize, and a ‘Must Read’ by The Massachusetts Center for the Book; and the chapbook, Innocents (Nixes Mate). Her poems... Read More →
avatar for Catherine Fahey

Catherine Fahey

Catherine Fahey is a poet and librarian from Salem, Massachusetts. When she’s not reading and writing, she’s knitting or dancing. Her chapbook The Roses that Bloom at the End of the World is available from Boston Accent Lit. You can read more of her work at magpiepoems.com.Moving Words EventWriter: "The Young Girl in the Torn Dress"Dancer: Jake Crawford... Read More →

Artists
avatar for Angelina Benitez

Angelina Benitez

Angelina Benitez (she/her/hers) and Rebecca Lang (she/her/hers) are both creative and life partners. They started dancing together six years ago at Salem State University where they both studied dance and received Presidential Arts Scholarships. Their recent performance credits in... Read More →
avatar for Betsy Miller

Betsy Miller

A native of Ohio, Betsy Miller is a dance artist, educator, and facilitator based in Salem, Massachusetts. Her choreography blends improvisational practice, ritual, athleticism, and theatricality through collaborative practices. More info at www.betsymillerdanceprojects.comphoto credit: Jonathan Hsu... Read More →
avatar for Danielle Legros Georges

Danielle Legros Georges

Danielle Legros Georges is a creative and critical writer, translator, and academic whose work sits in the fields of contemporary U.S. poetry, Black and African-diasporic poetry and literature, Caribbean/Latin American and Haitian studies, and literary translation. She is the author... Read More →
avatar for Gregory Glenn

Gregory Glenn

Beloved Eternal Editor Supreme, Unpopular Writer
Moving Words (5/16)Writer: "Safe Outside"Dancer: Olivia OwenRegional mid-carderBeloved Eternal Editor Supreme for Unpopular WriterFormer Poetry Editor for Soundings East, 2017-20192019 Pushcart Nominee, for Big Bird Singing at His Father's Funeral ( https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2019/9/9/poetry-big-bird-singing-at-his-fathers-funeral-gregory-glenn... Read More →
avatar for Jackie Bowden

Jackie Bowden

Jackie Bowden graduated with a minor in dance from Salem State University where she received the Creativity Award in Dance. She is the former co-director of Kaleidoscope Dance Company and has danced with Boston Community Dance Project and Onstage Dance Company Rep. Jackie is the owner... Read More →
avatar for Jake Crawford

Jake Crawford

Jake Crawford is a dancer, choreographer, and visual artist from the Boston area. After graduating from Salem State University with a BA in both contemporary/modern dance and 3-dimensional studio art and design, he has focused on creating a body of work centered on gender and queer... Read More →
avatar for Kathleen Aguero

Kathleen Aguero

Writer: "Self Portrait as Geranium"Dancer: Betsy Miller
avatar for Laura Smith

Laura Smith

Writer: "Late Fall"Dancer: Meghan McLyman
avatar for Lindsey McGovern

Lindsey McGovern

Lindsey McGovern is a 2015 graduate of Salem State University's dance program and is the owner/director of Enchanted Dance Academy in Winchester, MA. She co-founded, dances, and performs for Vitality Dance Project, whose work was most recently seen in NACHMO Boston 2021. Lindsey is... Read More →
avatar for Lis Weiss Horowitz

Lis Weiss Horowitz

Writer: "In The Museum Sculpture Garden"Dancer: Lindsey McGovern
avatar for Meghan McLyman

Meghan McLyman

Meghan McLyman is a professor of dance at Salem State University. In addition to her teaching, she co-creates dances with Kristen Duffy Young under Accumulation Dance. Please view their website for more information www.accumulationdance.orgphoto credit: Eric Fisher... Read More →
avatar for Rebecca Lang

Rebecca Lang

Angelina Benitez (she/her/hers) and Rebecca Lang (she/her/hers) are both creative and life partners. They started dancing together six years ago at Salem State University where they both studied dance and received Presidential Arts Scholarships. Their recent performance credits in... Read More →

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