Alexia Petasis to present at AIS Conference in Detroit
What will you be presenting at the conference?
I am attending the Association of Interdisciplinary Studies conference to present my
choreographic works based on the Ph.D. dissertation of Nick Sousanis, Unflattening. I will be explaining how I
translated his images and words into movement within the context of the
Interdisciplinary Studies 330 course I took at UMBC. Specifically, I will
highlight how the interdisciplinary approach allows us to reach outside of
disciplinary constraints and, in my case, integrate the discipline of dance as
a way to communicate the critique of our standardized education system, as
expressed in Unflattening. I am excited and eager to meet Dr. Sousanis
at the conference as he has inspired me to see the potential of dance as scholarship
and activism.
Posted: October 10, 2018, 9:10 AM
