Colby Arts Hosts Dance Performance, Workshops
Campus and community programs presented in partnership with Waterville Creates
Over the weeklong winter break for Maine school kids, Colby Arts hosted workshops and a multidisciplinary dance performance by Christopher K. Morgan & Artists. The residency during the week of Feb. 17 offered examples of collaboration with campus and community partners.
In addition to workshops and performances, company members engaged in classes hosted by the Department of Performance, Theater, and Dance, as well as programming with Waterville Creates. The workshops and community events led up to a performance of Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence at the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts Feb. 22.
Christopher K. Morgan & Artists create multi-disciplinary dance performances that give audiences an opportunity for self-reflection. The work synthesizes dance, storytelling, original music, and multimedia design resulting in performances that explore identity, social, and cultural issues and the impact of family, community, and environment on our identities and personalities.
Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence is the second work in a trilogy of performance pieces that began with Pōhaku in 2016 and will conclude with N(8)tive Enough next year. The company’s artistic director, Morgan taps his indigenous Hawaiian ancestry as an influence in all aspects of his work.
Campus and community events included a public lei-making and story-sharing workshop at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center downtown and a similar event for students at the Pugh Center on campus.
