This week in the arts, experience a modern portrayal of a classic Greek Tragedy, see the annual Faculty Dance Concert featuring new collaborations with students and guest artists, hear an internationally renowned classical vocalist showcase her work with UW students, and watch dancers tell a story of resilience in the first performance of an exciting trilogy.
Trojan Women: A Love Story
January 16 – January 28 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse
Playwright Charles L. Mee recruits 鈥渟hards of our contemporary world to lie, as in a bed of ruins, within the frame of the classical world.鈥� In his brutal, lusty collage,听Trojan Women: A Love Story, Dido reads Aeneas鈥� tarot cards in a post-apocalyptic spa and Cassandra incarnates as a furious dominatrix. The war is ended, yet it is unceasing: 鈥淎 world destroyed by the hands of those who thought themselves the creators of civilization.鈥� Love songs leaven war鈥檚 ravages, and a feminist utopia glitters, unreachable, on the horizon.听
Faculty Dance Concert
January 24 – January 28 |听Meany Studio Theater
The UW Department of Dance presents its annual Faculty Dance Concert, showcasing original work by nationally and internationally recognized faculty members Rachael Lincoln, Bruce McCormick and Dr. Juliet McMains, plus musical quartet Torch, and costume designer Michelle Lesniak.听This year’s concert will also feature a collaborative new piece for 21 student dancers by inaugural Kawasaki Guest Artists zoe | juniper, a Seattle-based dance and visual arts team.听
Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Sepideh Raissadat
7:30 p.m., February 1听|听Brechemin Auditorium
Winter Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Sepideh Raissadat, an internationally renowned Iranian classical vocalist who also plays the sehtar, performs solo and with students in this evening of classical Persian music showcasing her work with UW students.听
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company听
February 1 – 3 |听Meany Center
The repertory of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the modern dance world. MacArthur award-winning Bill T. Jones鈥檚 latest work, Analogy: A Trilogy, is comprised of three evening-length works that reflect Jones鈥檚 fierce engagement with race, class, gender, history and identity. Over three nights, Meany Center will present the entire trilogy (one of the first ever presentations in the country). The program, which features a live music soundscape, searches for the connection between three stories, focusing on memory and the effect of powerful events on the inner lives of individuals.听