Monica Bill Barnes: What's So Funny About Dance?

Monica Bill Barnes: What's So Funny About Dance?
Choreographer Monica Bill Barnes, described by Deborah Jowitt of The Village Voice as "one of the wittiest young choreographers around", joins Jacob's Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Maura Keefe to discuss dance making and humor. Topics include the role of empathy, sincerity and failure in Barnes' work and responses to the Christopher Hitchens Vanity Fair article 'Why Women Aren't Funny'.



EXCERPT from PillowTalk: What's So Funny About Dance? Recorded July 29, 2010.



PillowTalks feature world-renowned choreographers, dancers, authors, filmmakers, historians, and critics in live hour-long moderated discussions of the cultural forces shaping the field of dance. Curated by Jacob's Pillow Director of Preservation Norton Owen and moderated by Jacob's Pillow Scholars-in-Residence, PillowTalks use dance as a prism to explore the world at large.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700
Location: Becket, MA, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow Dance
Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/07/29/Monica_Bill_Barnes_Whats_So_Funny_About_Dance

Source: http://fora.tv/2010/07/29/Monica_Bill_Barnes_Whats_So_Funny_About_Dance

CHARLIE RANGEL CHARLIE WILSON CHELSEA CLINTON CHICAGO (ILL)