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 hrough-dance-in-lebanon/
SUMMARY:Performance: “Developing Community Through Dance In Lebanon”
DESCRIPTION:During the Lebanese Civil War\, many artists continued to creat
 e and teach dance and theatre\, crossing borders and risking their lives t
 o bring art to the people. Amidst the current political unrest in the reg
 ion\, how does art play a role in creating a certain sense of normalcy\, h
 ope\, and balance? Does developing community through dance help in the fac
 e of struggle? Professional dancers from LAU and Stockton will demonstrat
 e to New Yorkers the positive impact dance has on the lives of Lebanese pe
 ople living in the current instability. They will also explain the success
  behind the International Dance Day Festival in Lebanon\, an annual event 
 that brings recognition to the need for artistic expression to maintain hu
 manity.\nPerformers:\n·         Nadra Assaf has been teaching at 
 LAU since 1991. She is the founder of Al-Sarab Alternative Dance School an
 d has many dance productions to her credit. Since 2011 she has been organi
 zing the International Dance Day Festival. Assaf received her PhD in Educa
 tion from Leicester University and her MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence Co
 llege.\n·         Rain Ross is an Assistant Professor of Dance at
  Stockton University. She has worked with a diverse range of choreographer
 s and has presented her work at the Philadelphia International Festival of
  the Arts and DUMBO Dance\, among others. She earned her MFA from the Univ
 ersity of Iowa and her BA from Mount Holyoke College.\n·         
 Beau Hancock is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at Rowan Univers
 ity. He is a recipient of the Ellen Forman Memorial Award from Drexel Univ
 ersity and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Project Stream Grant. He has 
 an MFA in Dance from Temple University and a BA in Dance and American Stu
 dies from the University of Kansas.\n·         Alex Abdallah and
  Maria Saliba are currently enrolled at LAU\, and have participated in man
 y performances with Al-Sarab Alternative Dance School. Bacel El Hachem is
  a recent graduate of LAU and a well-accomplished dancer who has won champ
 ionships in Latin dancing. Danielle Gillis and Emily Vaughan are currently
  students at Stockton University and Rebecca Brodowski is a Stockton Unive
 rsity alumna.\nThe event is free and open to the public.\nContact: Lina Be
 ydoun\, Academic Executive Director\, lina.beydoun@lau.edu\nLocation: 211 
 E. 46th Street (map)\nWebsite: nyac.lau.edu\n
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CATEGORIES:Community,Dance
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