Cynthia Oliver Co. Dance Theatre | Friday | July 10 | 7:30PM

Turn. Turning. TURNT is Cynthia Oliver Co. Dance Theatre’s visceral response to a world in flux. This movement triptych—Tether, Fallow, and Summon. Sow. Reap—dives into the wreckage and the recovery of our shared lives. Forget "business as usual"; this is a rhythmic investigation of how we collapse, how we wait, and how we finally rise to plant the seeds of what’s next.

Photo Credit: Natalie Fiol

Cynthia Oliver (choreographer/Director) is a Bronx born, Virgin Island reared dance maker and scholar. Her work incorporates textures of Caribbean performance with African and American aesthetic sensibilities. She has toured the globe as a featured dancer with numerous contemporary dance companies, including David Gordon Pick Up Co., Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, Bebe Miller, Tere O’Connor Dance and in theatre works by Laurie Carlos, Ntozake Shange, and Deke Weaver. She earned a PhD in performance studies from New York University, is widely published, and has won numerous awards including a New York Dance and Performance (BESSIE) Award, United States Artist, Doris Duke and Guggenheim Fellowships. She is a Gutgsell Professor of Dance at the University of Illinois and Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Arts Integration.

www.cynthiaoliver.com/ IG: @olicynt

Join us in the Beer Garden on the Alumni Walk outside the theatre for drinks & conversation with the artists immediately following the show!

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