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Panel Discussion: Hostilities, Reconciliation, and Interventions through Dance

October 15, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Panel Discussion: Hostilities, Reconciliation, and Interventions through Dance

This panel discussion will occur on Thursday, October 23, 5:00 - 6:30pm in Leah Smith Recital Hall.

Hostilities are flourishing around the globe, online, in the air, on the ground. What does dance have to do with addressing reducing hostilities and promoting reconciliation? Come and find out how two remarkable, resilient, and thoughtful women use dance, movement observation, and dance-making to intervene and redirect such enmities around the planet.  Pascal da Rocha will lead the discussion from his years of experience as a peacemaker for the United Nations and related organizations.

Thursday, October 23  5:00pm - 6:30pm

Leah Smith Recital Hall, The Clarice, University of Maryland

Moderator: Pascal da Rocha, Columbia University, M.S. program on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Deborah Heifetz, PhD, CMA, co-founder, BraveHearts International, faculty at Tel Aviv University in International Conflict Resolution and Mediation in Culture, Conflict and Community Development

Shawn Lent, EducationUSA Coordinator at AMIDEAST Cairo, former Arts Integration Program Specialist at Columbia College Chicago, leader, Artist as Catalyst.

Image by Maureen St. Clair, http://www.maureenstclair.com/. Used with permission.