Sabbatical Presentation by Vincent Thomas, Department of Dance, College of Fine Arts and Communication

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Vincent Thomas, Professor in the Department of Dance, presents his sabbatical talk on Friday, October 18 on Zoom. The title of his presentation is “Opera & Gardens & Praise! Oh MY!!!”

Dance Professor Vincent Thomas will present an overview of the creative journeys of three major artistic projects- INTELLIGENCE Opera, Gardens of Clay, and Praise! Project.

  • As Associate Choreographer for the new opera INTELLIGENCE, directed and choreographed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, music by Jake Heggie, which premiered at Houston Grand Opera (HGO).
  • As the Artistic Director for the Gardens of Clay project, a multi-generational, multi-year dance and movement exploration of the impeccable moments of living dance legend Clay Taliaferro, Professor of the Practice Emeritus of Dance at Duke University.
  • As a co-creator of the Praise! Project, an investigation of self and spirit through a child’s experience of church. Through dance, song, storytelling, and religious fantasy, the two performers crisscross memory, liturgy, and the Heavenly spheres to re-construct coming-of-age within the modern mythos of god/God/Christ.

This sabbatical talk will be presented as part of COFAC’s Colloquium 66 on Friday, October 18, at 3:00pm on Zoom.

The Zoom link may be found here.

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