Center Presents
Luminaries: Choreographing Dance Narratives - What Inspires My Creativity
The Palladium // Tuesday, Mar 25, 2pm ET
Event Details
Tue Mar 25 - 2pm ET
2 p.m. presentation followed by light refreshments
Choreographing Dance Narratives: What Inspires My Creativity
Iris Rosa Santiago is an Afro-Puerto Rican immigrant who attended college at Indiana University Bloomington and taught there for 43 years. Her presentation will focus on various ideas, philosophies, thoughts, feelings and lived experiences that inspire her storytelling in the dance discipline. Dance narratives can be political, historical, social and cultural, and this provides a plethora of material from which to choose. She will share some videos of past choreographic pieces that illustrate her creative work.
About the Presenter
Iris Rosa Santiago was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, and raised in East Chicago, Indiana. She is a Professor Emerita in IU’s Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and the founding and former Director of the African American Dance Company. Her specializations include teaching dance technique, history and choreography from the perspective of the African American and African Diaspora. She has studied, researched, presented and taught dance in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica and China. She opened the Iris Rosa Dance Studio in May 2022 and is the Artistic Director of Seda Negra/Black Silk Dance Company, both located in Indianapolis.
