ARTISTS
Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance 1900-1955
Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance, 1900鈥�1955 celebrates the heroism of immigrant and BIPOC artists and challenges previous histories to consider how war, exile, inequality, and injustice shaped 20th century performance art. A manifesto of the unsung, Border Crossings demonstrates how exiled and marginalized artists catalyzed modern dance, giving voice to crucial issues of geopolitical circumstance and structural racism. Crossing borders鈥攑hysical, geographic, racial, artistic, spiritual鈥攅ither by choice or by force, became an historical circumstance out of people鈥檚 control. These crossings are woven into the grammar of 鈥渢he modern鈥� in dance; they are its DNA.
Border Crossings highlights the myriad ways in which dance is documented and showcases rare films, photographs, costumes, designs, and archival objects to tell both biographical and generational stories. The exhibition curators ask the viewer to consider two fundamental questions: What is a choreography of social justice? How is dance a weapon for social change?
Recommended for you
Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance, 1900鈥�1955 celebrates the heroism of immigrant and BIPOC artists and challenges previous histories to consider how war, exile, inequality, and injustice shaped 20th century performance art. A manifesto of the unsung, Border Crossings demonstrates how exiled and marginalized artists catalyzed modern dance, giving voice to crucial issues of geopolitical circumstance and structural racism. Crossing borders鈥攑hysical, geographic, racial, artistic, spiritual鈥攅ither by choice or by force, became an historical circumstance out of people鈥檚 control. These crossings are woven into the grammar of 鈥渢he modern鈥� in dance; they are its DNA.
Border Crossings highlights the myriad ways in which dance is documented and showcases rare films, photographs, costumes, designs, and archival objects to tell both biographical and generational stories. The exhibition curators ask the viewer to consider two fundamental questions: What is a choreography of social justice? How is dance a weapon for social change?
Artists on show
Contact details
What's on nearby
