Press Release

'Mapping the River' performance melds science and art (with video)

, February 11, 2009

EVENT: An interdisciplinary team of University of Michigan faculty members and students collaborated on this 45- minute performance work about the Huron River. The intricately layered piece interweaves live and recorded music, dance, video and poetry.

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DATES: 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, and Friday, Feb. 13, 2009.
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14.

The endless cycle of water inspires the work: rainfall trickling into headwaters streams that form the Huron, which flows to the Great Lakes and on to the ocean, where clouds bring more rain and renew the cycle.

PLACE: Duderstadt Center Video Studio, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd., U-M North Campus, Ann Arbor.

The U-M team includes:
--Sara Adlerstein, School of Natural Resources and Environment
--Evan Chambers, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
--Jessica Fogel, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
--Joseph Gramley, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
--Doug Hesseltine, School of Art and Design
--Keith Taylor, Department of English, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
--Christi Vedejs: videographer, writer and video editor

SPONSOR: U-M Arts on Earth program

NOTE: The performances are free and open to the public; seating is limited.

Contact: Jim Erickson
Phone: (734) 647-1842