Summary: 4/27/2013---Dancing with the Art World convened a working group of artists, choreographers, curators, and historians to structure a space for critical reflection on the recent interface between dance and art. The Lives of Dances features renowned dance figures Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Art History, UC-Berkeley. Organized by Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, MFA candidates, Interdisciplinary Studio, UCLA Department of Art with faculty advisor Andrea Fraser. The symposium was co-organized by the Hammer Museum and the UCLA Department of Art. The program was sponsored by grants from the UCLA Arts Initiative Fund and University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA), and was funded by the UCLA Campus Programs Committee of the Programs Activities Board (Run time: 1 hr 16 min).
