LEGACY & ACTION Liz Lerman’s passionate curiosity has driven her work for over 40 years. The result is a pioneering legacy that places dance in the hands of practitioners of all ages from the highly trained professional to the shipyard worker, clergy member, and returning veteran. By entwining art-making tools with scientific research, community activism, learning environments and our natural world, she has advanced dance on the stage and well beyond. Along the way her work has provoked us to think, feel, laugh and question. Liz Lerman is a 2002 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, a 2011 USA Ford Fellow in Dance, and the recipient of the 2014 Dance/ USA Honor Award In 2011 Liz made the bold move of handing her thriving company, Dance Exchange, to the next generation of leaders as she set out to establish an innovative model for independent artists. Today she is launching Legacy & Action, a campaign that will enable her to do three things: CREATE performance projects in fresh ways ESTABLISH an open-source online toolbox CONTINUE to develop the Critical Response Process Currently in production are: Healing Wars, a theatrical dance about wartime medicine and the aftermath of conflict in the civilian world; and an Appalachian Spring in which the entire orchestra will dance while playing Copland’s iconic composition. Offering artists, community activists, educators and health care professionals methods and instruments they can use in their own work, this animated toolbox will also document current projects and build a platform for dialogue and exchange. A system for giving feedback that Liz created over 25 years ago, CRP is now in use around the world. Upcoming projects include a book about CRP innovations in the field and an international conference. CREATE + ESTABLISH + CONTINUE = LEGACY & ACTION Please join Liz as she continues her groundbreaking work. Liz Lerman LLC 822 Guilford Avenue #161 Baltimore, MD 21202 www.lizlerman.com [email protected]
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