INTERROGATING THE DANCE ‘CLASSICS’ - Swan Lake

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Alastair Macaulay (international writer and critic) - Swan Lake, JdP, St Hilda’s.

Alastair Macaulay, Historian and critic of the performing arts and former Chief Dance Critic of the New York Times, will give an illustrated talk, “On Meaning in ‘Swan Lake’ ".

Free and open to all but seats limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. Booking is essential. Contact Professor Sue Jones or Marcus Bell to register.

The event livestream can also be viewed here.

Dance Scholarship Oxford (DANSOX) provides a major forum for dance scholarship in Europe, promoting dialogue between prominent academic disciplines and the worlds of dance theory and practice. DANSOX inaugurates an international exchange of interdisciplinary dance-related research with a major programme investigating a wide range of enquiries into all forms of dance. These events explore the ways in which the role of choreographic practice reveals its essential contribution to innovations across academic fields, theatre and performance.

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