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Meet & Greet with SPDT
Jan 30 / 6:30-7:30pThe Dance Foundation Conference Room
For more information, contact [email protected]
Individuals impacted by cancer are invited to participate in “Raising Our Voices” with Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater and UAB Institute for Arts in Medicine.
Living with cancer can be isolating. The loss of normalcy, the effect on family and friends, the exhaustion, and the change of identity. Many people affected by cancer grapple with these daily realities.
Join the artists of critically acclaimed Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater (SPDT) and share your experiences with other people impacted by cancer. The stories will be the subject of a performance piece titled “Raising Our Voices: Stories of Cancer Told through Movement, Music and Voice” on Saturday, March 14, at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center.
Project participants will perform alongside members of SPDT, the UAB Theatre Department and community performers. This project is intended to honor participants’ experiences, allowing opportunities for solidarity, healing, connectionand creative expression.
Creation and rehearsal of “Raising Our Voices” will occur over a two-week period from Feb. 28–March 14 led by SPDT Artistic Co-Directors Suzanne Costello and Stuart Pimsler. Participants will be assigned specific rehearsal times.
This project is open to ANYONE who has been touched by cancer – including those living with cancer, survivors, family members, friends, medical professionals, etc.
NO ACTING/DANCING EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY.
For more information about this project, join us on Wednesday, January 29 at 12p or 6p at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center or at UAB Hospital on Friday, January 31 with SPDT Artistic Co-Directors Suzanne Costello and Stuart Pimsler.
Register for an information session at alysstephens.org/events/raising-our-voices.
Watch footage from a similar project with SPDT at tpt.org/listen-stories-of-cancer-and-resilience.
Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater is recognized by The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a “national model” for community programs, and the National Endowment for the Arts for “Best Practices” in the field of arts and health. For over 35 years, SPDT has garnered critical acclaim for its compelling and poignant performance work and commitment to community-inclusive programming.
This residency and performance are made possible with support from UAB’s Visual and Performing Arts, UAB Institute for Arts in Medicine, UAB Medicine, SPDT, National Endowment for the Arts, Community Foundation for a Greater Birmingham Women’s Breast Health Fund, Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center and UAB Department of Theatre.
Need more details? Contact Lauren at [email protected] or 205 996 1488.
uab.edu/uabarts