Saturday, May 3

5 pm Performance
Storytelling

Storytelling with Rachel James.

Tuesday, May 13

12-1 pm Panel Discussion
Location, Location Location; Panel #1

Panel: Marie Cieri, faculty, Department of Geography; Kumasi Barnett; Steven Gutierrez; Herb Peterson; Aimee Sones; Chris Tyllia.

Thursday, May 15

12 - 12:45 pm Tour
Walk-In Gallery Tour

Please drop by and join us for a guided informal tour of the MFA exhibition.

6:30 - 7:30 pm Panel Discussion
Location, Location Location; Panel #2

Panel: Marie Cieri, faculty, Department of Geography; Alex Copley; Elizabeth Gerdeman; Adele Mattern.

Friday, May 16

12 pm Dance Open Rehearsal
Sololos (1976)

Saturday, May 17

3pm Dance Open Rehearsal
Sololos (1976)

Sololos is one of the purest expressions of Trisha Brown's love affair with choreographic structure. Created in 1976, it is a study of causality - cause and effect, as well as logical processes, properties, variables and facts in which dancers respond to instructions called to them from a dancer offstage. The piece begins in simple unison, quickly unravels into visual complexity, then re-ravels itself back to its beginning prompted by instructions given by the caller. Governed by strict adherence to a set of rules and requirements, it exists in endless permutation as a function of these improvised calls. The vocabulary is entirely fixed, yet the form is composed in the moment.

The piece is constructed of three movement palindromes. These phrases of movement material can be danced in forward or retrograde, and can be called to change direction at any time. The foundational phrase, referred to as Main, functions as a central artery delivering dancers to choreographic "doorways" through which they pass to splinter off into auxiliary palindromes referred to as Branch and Spill. Whereas there is only one Main and one Branch, there are four unique Spills created by each of the dancers in response to a written set of instructions.

Though Sololos may stand alone, it is frequently performed within the collection of line dances entitled Line Up (1976). When performed by the Trisha Brown Company, the Spill material created by the original cast is used. Here at OSU, the dancers have worked in partners to create four entirely new Spill phrases.

What you see here today is an open rehearsal. We invite you to spend a moment watching the piece unfold and to consider the structure as it reveals itself to you.

Dancers:
Laurie Atkins (2nd Year Graduate Student)
Julie Cruse (1st Year Graduate Student)
Bernice Lee (Sophmore)
Rachael Riggs-Leyva (2nd Year Graduate Student)
Ariadne Mikou (2nd Year Graduate Student)
Anna Reed (3rd Year Graduate Student)
JoAnna Reed (Freshman)
Katie Vickers (Sophmore)
Yu Xiao (3rd Year Graduate Student)
Yen Fang Yu (3rd Year Graduate Student)

Choreography:
Trisha Brown (Artistic Director, Trisha Brown Company)

Director:
Abigail Yager (Visiting Associate Professor, OSU;
Former Member Trisha Brown Company)

Thursday, May 22

12 - 12:45 pm Tour
Walk-In Gallery Tour

Please drop by and join us for a guided informal tour of the MFA exhibition.

6:30 - 7:30 pm Panel Discussion
Real and Concrete: The Abstract Painting of this Year's Ohio State Graduates

Panel: Michael Mercil, faculty, Department of Art; Laura Lisbon, faulty, Department of Art; Kumasi Barnett; Daniel Clemens; Scott Olson; Ian Magargee; Rob Thompson.