Faculty Concert Featured in The Lantern

November 29, 2017

Faculty Concert Featured in The Lantern

The Difficulties of Flying, by Crystal Michelle Perkins, photo by Chris Summers

Department of Dance faculty concert highlights African-American culture
 

By Lydia Freudenberg, The Lantern

Combining her research of African-American culture with the art of dance, Crystal Michelle Perkins, an assistant professor and contemporary faculty in the Department of Dance, will showcase a powerful routine this weekend at the Faculty Concert.

The concert consists of six faculty-created routines all performed by students. In her first semester as a faculty member, Perkins will present “The Difficulties of Flying,” a contemporary piece depicting the journey of slavery in American history, while focusing on the African-American folklore of sprouting wings and flying.

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