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SUMMARY:"Clear-cut" performed at UF Swampfest Dance Festival
DESCRIPTION:Clear-cut: Informed by scientists at the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation\, Xavier Cortada is working with choreographers Whitney Wilson and Tiffany Rhynard to develop a performative piece about logging\, consumerism and conservation. The three dancers on stage end the performance by providing each audience member with a tree sapling and invite them to continue the dance at home by planting it in their yard. \n\n\n\n\n7/31/2014 to 8/3/2014\n\n\nWhen:\n7/31/2014\n\n\nWhere:\nUniversity of Florida\nG-6 Studio\nNadine M. McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion\nGainesville\, Florida  32611\nUnited States\n\n\nPresenter:\nSwampfest Dance Festival\n\n\nContact:\nTiffany Rhynard and Whitney Wilson\n(843) 830-4141\n\n\n\n  \n \n1clear–cut\n adjective \ˈklir-ˈkət\ \n\n  \n: very obvious and sharp : free from doubt or uncertainty : very definite \n2clear–cut\n noun \-ˌkət\ \n\n  \n: an area of land in which all the trees have been cut down \n\n\nPlease visit: https://cortada.com/2014/clearcut\n \n  \nClear-cut\nPart I: On our stage | Part 2: In your garden\n\nInformed by scientists at the University of Florida School of Forest Resources and Conservation\, visual artist Xavier Cortada collaborated with choreographers Whitney Wilson and Tiffany Rhynard to develop a performative piece about logging\, consumerism and conservation. \n \n\n\n\nClear-cut\, comprised of two parts\, begins on stage where dancers invite the audience to conclude the dance by planting a sapling at home.\n\nThe work generates awareness about the choices we make as individuals and as society when we choose to produce and consume our resources.  It also engages the audience in the problem-solving.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe collaborative process that generated the work also served as a beautiful reflection of a positive method to come together as people and use our resources efficiently as many people have provided their skills\, time\, and resources to help build this piece\, including choreographers\, video designers\, costume designers\, scene designers\, musicians\, visual artists\, scientists\, forest specialists\, and administrators. \nClear-cut is being premiered at the Swampfest Dance Festival at the University of Florida on July 31st. \n\n\n#clearcut #xcortada #creativebuf\n\n\n\n\n  \nClear-cut Performances during Swamp Dance Fest\nJuly 31-August 3\, 2014\n7:30 p.m. July 31-August 2; 2 p.m. August 3\nG-6 Studio\, Nadine M. McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion\n$13 for UF students\, UF faculty/staff and senior citizens; $17 for the general public\nTicket sales: University Box Office located at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center\, by calling 352-392-1653 or at ticketmaster.com\n \n\n \nhttp://creativeb.aa.ufl.edu/activities.aspx \n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Artist: Xavier Cortada \nMiami artist Xavier Cortada is this year’s University of Florida (UF) Creative B public artist.  Cortada has created art installations at the North Pole and South Pole to address environmental concerns at every point in between. He has been commissioned to create art for the White House\, the World Bank\, Miami City Hall\, Miami-Dade County Hall\, Florida Botanical Gardens\, the Miami Art Museum\, Museum of Florida History\, Miami Science Museum and the Frost Art Museum. Cortada has also developed numerous collaborative art projects globally\, including peace murals in Cyprus and Northern Ireland\, child welfare murals in Bolivia and Panama\, AIDS murals in Switzerland and South Africa\, and eco-art projects in Holland\, Hawaii and Latvia.\n\nABOUT CREATIVE B \nIntroduced in 2010 by the Office of the Provost\, Creative B is designed to delight\, educate and entertain with a wide variety of live cultural performances and interdisciplinary summer activities. Learn more atcreativeb.aa.ufl.edu. Join the conversation online with #creativeBUF.
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