Film Screening: Why We Dance

Dancers holding circular objects while performing on a beach with white clouds in the background

March 18, 2024

4:00PM - 6:00PM

Wexner Center for the Arts

2024-03-18 16:00:00 2024-03-18 18:00:00 Film Screening: Why We Dance The Center for the Study of Religion will host the first U.S. screening of the documentary Why We Dance. The movie is based on the CSR visiting scholar Dr. Kimerer L. LaMothe’s book Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming (2015, Columbia University Press). She will host a question and answer session following the screening.Part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s long-running series The Nature of Things, Why We Dance explores the evolution of dance and how all living things express themselves through movement and rhythm. In Why We Dance, scientists (many of whom are also dancers) explore the evolutionary implications of dance in various species, while dancers explore how movement can connect humans to others, the natural world and our deeper selves. Find more information on the documentary here. Kimerer LaMothe is a dancer, author, playwright and philosopher of religion. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. To register for a ticket, follow this link. TicketsCo-hosted by the Department of Dance and the Melton Center for Jewish Studies, with support from the Center for Folklore Studies.  Parking & TransportationThe nearest parking to Wexner Center and Hagerty Hall is the Ohio Union North garage, located at (1780 College Rd S, Columbus, OH, 43016). For public transportation, the COTA #2 route on N. High Street goes past Wexner Center, and Hagerty is slightly southwest of Wexner, on the southeast corner of the Oval.  Wexner Center for the Arts America/New_York public

The Center for the Study of Religion will host the first U.S. screening of the documentary Why We Dance. The movie is based on the CSR visiting scholar Dr. Kimerer L. LaMothe’s book Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming (2015, Columbia University Press). She will host a question and answer session following the screening.

Part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s long-running series The Nature of Things, Why We Dance explores the evolution of dance and how all living things express themselves through movement and rhythm. In Why We Dance, scientists (many of whom are also dancers) explore the evolutionary implications of dance in various species, while dancers explore how movement can connect humans to others, the natural world and our deeper selves. Find more information on the documentary here.

Kimerer LaMothe is a dancer, author, playwright and philosopher of religion.

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. To register for a ticket, follow this link.

Tickets

Co-hosted by the Department of Dance and the Melton Center for Jewish Studies, with support from the Center for Folklore Studies.

Parking & Transportation

The nearest parking to Wexner Center and Hagerty Hall is the Ohio Union North garage, located at (1780 College Rd S, Columbus, OH, 43016). For public transportation, the COTA #2 route on N. High Street goes past Wexner Center, and Hagerty is slightly southwest of Wexner, on the southeast corner of the Oval.