4:00 pm Zell B. Miller Learning Center (SLC/MLC) 248 Sponsored by: Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Contact: Julie Dingus 706-542-3966 “Hiking the Horizontal: Making Rules, Breaking Rules," Liz Lerman, visionary choreographer, performer, educator and writer.Lerman is best known for organizing highly collaborative works that cut across traditional disciplines and communities. She has been the recipient of numerous honors, including a 2002 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship and a 2011 United States Artists Ford Fellowship. Her work has been commissioned by the Lincoln Center, American Dance Festival, Harvard Law School, and the Kennedy Center among many others. Her newest performance, The Matter of Origins, examines the question of beginnings through dance, media, and innovative formats for conversation.Born in Los Angeles and raised in Milwaukee, Lerman attended Bennington College and Brandeis University, received her BA in dance from the University of Maryland, and an MA in dance from George Washington University. In 1976 she founded the Dance Exchange, based in the Washington DC area and now regarded as one the most innovative and creatively expansive dance companies in the world. She is the author of many articles and books including “Teaching Dance to Senior Adults” (1983), “Critical Response Process” (2003) and “Hiking the Horizontal: Field Notes from a Choreographer” (2011).Lerman has weeklong residency at UGA hosted by Ideas for Creative Exploration and supported by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, the Department of Dance, and the President’s Venture Fund.Liz Lerman’s five-day residency will feature both her mastery as a choreographer and her extraordinary ability to galvanize and inspire dialogue among multiple voices – artistic, scientific, and scholarly – in all their varied perspectives. Her visit will include a public lecture, master classes in the Department of Dance, and a workshop based on her Critical Response Process, a critical feedback methodology that evolved over the past fifteen years through workshops and a book that has been adopted by many artmakers, educators, and administrators. The core of Lerman’s residency will be a series of collaborative workshops connecting faculty and students from various disciplines in the UGA community of research to spark new works that will grow with the continued support of ICE. Interested participants may contact ice@ideasforcreativeexploration.com . For more information about Liz Lerman, please visit http://www.lizlerman.com .News release: http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/liz-lerman-weeklong-residency-at-uga-101712/ Willson Center for Humanities and Arts