A Time to Mend

About This Event

A Time to Mend is a full-day event led by multidisciplinary artist, Mike Durkin, who presents The Mending Project, his community-based mending project that combines physical mending and quilt making to facilitate storytelling, communal understanding, and creative partnership. Mike would lead a "mending session" for attendees. This session emphasizes physical mending, shared narratives, and appreciation for sustainability. After a lunch break, the afternoon session includes a restorative session, by Deb Corea followed by an movement session that focusing on elements of non-verbal storytelling, improvisation, and/or authentic movement. Following the movement workshop an open discussion for all participants focused on the theme of mending. Central questions will be: How does dance contribute to mending in the body? How does dance contribute to mending in the body? How can dance help mend community? What areas in our field need mending?

Featured Guests

Mike Durkin, independent multi-disciplinary artist from Philidelpha/New York City Deb Corea, University of Rochester

Co-sponsors

• Program of Dance and Movement, University of Rochester
• Humanities Project, University of Rochester