MURFREESBORO — The
artistry of a dance pioneer and an MTSU faculty member’s interpretations of her
work will be the topic of the next “MTSU On the Record” radio program.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Meg Brooker, an assistant
professor of dance, will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, and from 8 to
8:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).
Brooker will explore Isadora Duncan’s work Dec. 11-14 at a
conference on musical movement in Moscow, where Brooker says Duncan is
appreciated more than in the United States. The professor performed
reconstructions of Duncan’s “Prelude” and “Narcissus” Nov. 19-22 at MTSU’s Fall
Dance Concert.
Duncan is considered the mother of modern dance, a
revolutionary whose free-flowing style represented a radical break from Victorian
mores and inspired a more organic, nature-based form of choreography.
“As she worked on her dance movement, she studied natural
forces like waves, the ocean, the way wind moves through trees,” said Brooker.
“She also looked to ancient Greece and was inspired by some of the artwork in
ancient Greek culture.”
Brooker will perform Duncan’s choreography of “Narcissus,” a
waltz by Frederic Chopin, again at the Moscow conference. To view a video of
her performance of “Narcissus” at the Spring Street Studios in Houston, Texas,
go to http://vimeo.com/81231710.
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to http://www.mtsunews.com/ontherecord/.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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