Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts Presents In conjunction with First Year Matters
Feet to the Fire: H2O, Seeking Solutions
Stephen Petronio Dance Group
I Drink the Air Before Me
“…an instantly recognizable style…fresh and unpredictable…infused with emotional texture and wit…”
–New York Times on the Stephen Petronio Dance Group
Student Tickets $8
When: Friday & Saturday, September 25 & 26, 8pm
Where: [...]
Photo by Nick Lacy 9/4/09
Start out with the cold sweetness of ice cream, and then move into the rhythms of incredible drumming and the celebratory dancing of six different water cultures, followed by the human histography of our water footprint, and ending with the magical performance of Prometheus, the fire spinners, TONIGHT at 7:30 p.m., Andrus Field. AWESOME!
Be a part of the solution and learn more about water issues at the FYM Feet to the Fire faculty seminars this afternoon from 4-5:30 p.m.
The Water Crisis in the American West – Prof. Peter Patton, E&ES, Shanklin 107
Oceans, Boats, and Human History – Prof. Vijay Pinch, HIST, PAC002
Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Not a Drop [...]
This year’s Common Moment promises to be a memorable experience! Produced by the amazing staff at Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts, it will include incredible drumming, rhythmic movement, Prometheus (Wesleyan’s fire spinners), a human histogram, and of course, ice cream.
As a class, you get to showcase drumming and dance movements from six different cultures—Korean, Cuban, [...]
The First Year Matters program will offer four faculty seminars during New Student Orientation that will explore this year’s theme of water from the discipline of the faculty presenter. One seminar features a discussion between two professors, a humanist and a scientist, who will talk about issues connected to water contamination, ground water depletion and [...]
This year’s Feet to the Fire program explores the challenges we face as a result of global climate change with a focus on the increasing scarcity of water and its impact on cultures and ecosystems around the world. The program begins with a set of readings that explore the issue of water scarcity from a [...]
