HubChat: Time & Memory

HubChat: Time & Memory - A conversation between Megan Mazarick (DanceVisions 2024-2025 Resident Artist) & Dr. Jason Karlawish (Co-Director of the Penn Memory Center).

The Performance Garage is proud to team-up with the Penn Memory Center to kick-off the 2024-2025 DanceVisions season with a new edition of HubChat.

Megan Mazarick will perform tentacle, a dance solo about memories, floating, and perception, inspired by her father's slow decline through dementia and the immortality of some hydrozoans. What impact does an individual leave on the world and do we eventually only exist in the minds of others? The trace of a tentacle in the water swirls beautifully like the trace of our own remembrance.

Our esteemed guest, Dr. Jason Karlawish, Co-Director of the Penn Memory Center and author of the book , will lead a conversation on the topic of Time & Memory.

About Megan Mazarick
Megan Mazarick is a Philadelphia choreographer and performer known for blending movement, theater, and text. Her choreographic style is marked by its bold exploration of identity and the human experience, often weaving personal narratives into powerful, emotive performances. Her work has been presented through out the United States and in Singapore, Bulgaria, Hungary, Egypt, Poland, Mexico, and Australia. Megan’s solo old swan won the Audience Award at the 2022 Gdansk Solo Dance Festival and she was selected as a resident artist at the 2024 Festival. As an organizer, she developed a free dance program for the nEW Festival and co-produced the By Chance Festival in Cairo in 2015. She teaches technique, improvisation, and composition globally. Megan is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at Rider University.

https://www.performancegarage.org/dancevisions

About Dr. Jason Karlawish

Dr. Jason Karlawish is a physician and writer. He researches and writes about issues at the intersections of bioethics, aging, and the neurosciences. Author and novelist, his essays have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, The Hill, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, STAT news, and The Washington Post. He is a Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director of the Penn Memory Center, where he cares for patients.

https://www.jasonkarlawish.com

About HubChats

HubChats are panel discussions led by guest artists that focus on relevant topics for Philadelphia dance artists. Participants can come with questions, stories to share, or just lend a supportive ear.

https://www.performancegarage.org/hubchats

About DanceVisions

DanceVisions began in 2017 with the aim of developing more seasoned work from the selected choreographers by having the time, space, and support for thoughtful and mentored creation.

The Performance Garage provides the DanceVisions Resident Artist with mentorship, marketing, publicity, box office, and a $10,000 stipend. Included in their support is video documentation, photography, and light design for their three-performance season when they premiere their new residency choreography.

https://www.performancegarage.org/dancevisions

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