Tag: The Seldoms

Dancer and founder of The Seldoms Carrie Hanson conducted

“Bodies on the Gears” offers Purdue dance students chance to learn with pros

Carrie Hanson from Chicago-based dance company The Seldoms conducted the “Bodies on the Gears” dance workshop at Purdue.

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A ballet instructor and students from the Chicago-based dance group The Seldoms practice in a dance studio, all performing an arabesque pose with one leg raised behind them, arms extended gracefully among mirrors, ballet barres, and dancers in leotards and tights.

Chicago-based dance group The Seldoms offer Purdue students workshops

As part of The Seldoms dance company artist residency, Purdue Modern Dance and Ballet classes participated in master class workshops ahead of “Power Goes”.

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Two older men in suits stand face-to-face in a formal room with a fireplace and portrait, engaged in an intense conversation about how to get power, surrounded by empty chairs.

How to Get Power

WHAT I BELIEVE IS ALWAYS TRUE ABOUT POWER IS THAT POWER ALWAYS REVEALS. —Robert Caro, Lyndon Baines Johnson biographer This essay by Michael J. Kramer was originally published by Purdue Convocations in Spring 2016. Lyndon Baines Johnson was an imposing man....
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Power Goes

Not just for dance fans, ‘Power Goes’ explores LBJ’s presidential power

The Chicago-based dance company explores the concept of “power” itself, using former president Lyndon B. Johnson’s policies as an unlikely backdrop.

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The Triplets of Belleville, Ken Burns, Safety Last

“Moving Images” Collection Focuses on Powerful Imagery

The “Moving Images” platform includes a compelling investigation of powerful images and ideas that have shaped culture and society.

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