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SUMMARY:Nowhere Apparent: Arts\, Activism\, and Policymaking with Jack Ferver
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DESCRIPTION:\nDate and Time: Thursday\, February 15\, 2024\, 5:00pm - 6:30pm EST\n\n\n\nLocation: Malkin Penthouse\, Harvard Kennedy School\, 79 John F. Kennedy Street\, Cambridge\, MA 02138\n\n\n\nPreregistration for this event is required. This event is co-sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard's Dance Program and the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\nJack Ferver is a New York–based writer\, choreographer\, and director. Ferver’s “darkly humorous” (New York Times) works interrogate and indict an array of psychological and sociopolitical issues\, particularly in the realms of gender\, sexual orientation\, and power struggles. Domestically and internationally\, Ferver has been presented by the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College\; American Dance Institute (Maryland)\; Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (Illinois)\; Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (Oregon)\; Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA (Maine)\; Institute of Contemporary Art (Massachusetts)\; Diverse Works in collaboration with the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston\; and Théâtre de Vanves (France). Their work has been critically acclaimed in the New York Times\, La Monde\, Village Voice\, and ArtsJournal among others. They have been awarded residencies and fellowships from the Maggie Allesee National Center of Choreography at Florida State (2012)\; Baryshnikov Arts Center (2013)\; Watermill Center (2014)\; Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art (2014)\; and Live Arts Bard\, the commissioning and residency program of The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College (2014)\; and Abrons Art Center (2014-2015). They are a 2016 recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant. Ferver teaches at Bard College in the Theater and Performance Program and for the graduate Vocal Arts Program. They have also taught at NYU Tisch\, SUNY Purchase\, and have set choreography at The Juilliard School. As an actor they have appeared in numerous films and television series and plays.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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