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AND THE INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER & PERFORMANCE STUDIES PRESENT ID21 STRATLAB: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO IMPROVISING IDENTITIES THE INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS And THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER & PERFORMANCE STUDIES preSent STANFORD UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2013 CSRE 151H, DANCE 151H, DANCE 251H, TAPS 151H, TAPS 351H, AMSTUD 151H, TAPS 190-09, EDUC 180-103 ID21 STRATLAB: CSRE 151H, DANCE 151H, STANFORD DANCE 251H, TAPS 151H, UNIVERSITY, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TAPS 351H, AMSTUD 151H, ABOUT THE ARTIST: Named by American TheatreTO IMPROV ISING IDENTITIES TAPS 190-09, EDUC 180-103 SPRING 2013 Magazine as one of fifteen artists whose work would THE INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER & PERFORMANCE STUDIES PRESENT “change American stages for decades to come.” DANIEL ALEXANDER JONES is an award-winning ID21 STRATLAB: INTERDISCIPLINARY interdisciplinary artist. He is the recipient of the APPROACHES TO IMPROVISING IDENTITIES prestigious Alpert Award in the Arts in Theatre for STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 2006. His theatre pieces include Phoenix Fabrik, SPRING 2013 CSRE 151H, DANCE 151H, Bel Canto, Earthbirths, Blood:Shock:Boogie and DANCE 251H, TAPS 151H, Cab and Lena. As an international performer, Jones TAPS 351H, AMSTUD 151H collaborates regularly with other artists including Walter Kitundu, Grisha Coleman, HelgaU Davis, Sharon Bridgforth, Erik Ehn and Robbie McCauley.D Daniel is a faculty member with Goddard College’s.E Master of Fine IMPRO RD Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts and has been an Adjunct VISING Faculty member with The Department of Theatre and with: MICHELLE KRUSIEC is an American film and stage actor of taiwanese descent. She has been nominated for a Best Actress JAZZ + NFO Dance since 2004. A native of Massachusetts, Daniel Chinese language oscar, the golden horse, for her work in splits his time between Austin and New York City. the film Saving Face. ms. Krusiec has accumulated over three STA hundred film, television and stage credits. her films include Far ABOUT THE COURSE: . North, What Happens in Vegas and she recently completed the international Broadway tour of david henry hwang’s Chinglish. AFRICAN IMPROVISING In the 21st century, we all improvise identity and race. LYNN CHEN made her feature film debut in Saving Face, a role In this so-called “post-identity” era,ARTS improvisation that won her the title of “outstanding newcomer” at the 2006 Y is a metaphor for both how we construct our selves AXAwards. Since then, she has appeared in over a dozen films, FREEDOM most recently starring in the sequel to Surrogate Valentine with and the mode through which we create our selves. and Yes We’re Open—both film festival favorites. She is also RSIT a prominent blogger. Throughout this 10-week course, we will exploreMICHELLE how KRUSIEC SHEETAL SHETH PAUL FRANKLIN BERLINER is an American ethnomusicologist, VE artists improvise identity through jazz music, modern SHEETAL SHETH is a stage, film, and television actress who DR. PAUL specializing in African music as well as jazz and other improvisational DI is both a favorite in the independent film world and a powerful systems. He is best known for his popular ethnomusicology book on dance, drag performance, contemporary art, race advocate for community outreach causes. She starred in ABCD and FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT DIVERSITYARTS.STANFORD.EDU VISIT DIVERSITYARTS.STANFORD.EDU MORE INFORMATION FOR the Zimbabwean mbira, The Soul of Mbira, for which he received the it comedy, food, hip-hop theory, and freestyle. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. Sheetal graduated with BERLINER ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. He also published Thinking in Jazz: S honors from the tisch School of the Arts at new york university. The Infinite Art of Improvisation for which he received The Society of Ethnomusicology's Alan Merriam Prize for Outstanding Book in TANUJ CHOPRA holds degrees from Brown and Columbia Musicology. Berliner received his Ph.D. from Wesleyan University. universities. he has directed a number of award winning films Berliner is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the John Hope Frank- including Butterfly, Clap Clap, Carbon Dated and Pia. his first lin Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke tion vi feature film, Punching at the Sun, premiered at Sundance and University. He has recorded and produced albums of Shona mbira A tribeca and won the grand jury prize at the Sf internation- music, and has been recorded as a performer with the Paul Winter al Asian American film festival. he also facilitates the new Consort. Berliner was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of voices for youth filmmaking initiative and serves on the board Arts and Sciences in 2004. LYNN CHEN TANUJ CHOPRA for the palo Alto international film festival. ABOUT THE COURSE: together, these multi-talented artists will discuss identity DIVERSITYARTS.STANFORD.EDU DIVERSITYARTS.STANFORD.EDU In the 21st century, we all improvise identity and race. In this in Asian American comedy and film, and their popular online so-called “post-identity” era, improvisation is a metaphor for both MAY 20, 4:15–5:45pM series Nice Girls Crew, which recently premiered at CAAmfest how we construct our selves and the mode through which we create in San francisco. our selves. 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She has been nominated for a Best Actress NFO Chinese language oscar, the golden horse, for her work in the film Saving Face. ms. Krusiec has accumulated over three STA hundred film, television and stage credits. her films include Far . WITH: North, What Happens in Vegas and she recently completed the international Broadway tour of david henry hwang’s Chinglish. HIP– LYNN CHEN made her feature film debut in Saving Face, a role ARTS that won her the title of “outstanding newcomer” at the 2006 Y AXAwards. Since then, she has appeared in over a dozen films, most recently starring in the sequel to Surrogate Valentine MUSLIM and Yes We’re Open—both film festival favorites. She is also RSIT HOP a prominent blogger. MICHELLE KRUSIEC SHEETAL SHETH e University of VE SHEETAL SHETH is a stage, film, and television actress who INTERN is an AssociateATIO Professor of bothN Film andA L DI is both a favorite in the independent film world and a powerful es. advocate for community outreach causes. She starred in ABCD and SOHAIL DAULATZAI it Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. Sheetal graduated with Media Studies and African American Studies at th tion, S honors from the tisch School of the Arts at new york university. California, Irvine. gination in OFFENDUM is a Syrian-American Hip-Hop artist born in OMAR TANUJ CHOPRA holds degrees from Brown and Columbia Saudi Arabia, raised in Washington DC and living in Los Angel - universities.

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