<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Tickets still available!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2012/fall/miriam">http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2012/fall/miriam</a></div><div>PERFORMANCE<br>Nora Chipaumire: <i>Miriam</i><br>Friday + Saturday, October 5 + 6, 2012, 8 PM<br>EMPAC Studio 1 � Goodman, Troy, NY<br><a href="https://tickets.empac.rpi.edu/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent124.html">$18 (discounted tickets available)</a></div><div><br></div><div><img id="c3fb2171-16a8-46cc-ad40-ae9cc3dde7f2" height="155" width="320" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:724DCA2A-B6A1-4903-91D6-F91972BA8D8B@nycap.rr.com"></div><div><br></div>With <i>Miriam</i>, renowned choreographer and dancer Nora Chipaumire creates her first character driven work�a deeply personal dance-theater performance that looks closely at the tensions women face between public expectations and private desires; between selflessness and ambition; and between the perfection and sacrifice of the feminine ideal.<br> <br>The inspiration for <i>Miriam</i> springs from the cultural and political milieu of Chipaumire�s southern African girlhood, her self-exile to the US, and her self-discovery as an artist. Performed by Nora Chipaumire and Okwui Okpokwasili, <i>Miriam</i> renders the intensity of women who fight to create themselves despite the dual legacies of strict cultural traditions and imperialist racial views that define female beauty and power.<br> <div>Born in Zimbabwe, New York City-based <b>Nora Chipaumire</b> has been challenging stereotypes of Africa and the black performing body, art, and aesthetic for the past decade. She has studied dance in many parts of the world. A graduate of the University of Zimbabwe's School of Law, she also holds an MA in dance and MFA in choreography and performance from Mills College (CA).<br> <br>She is the recipient of an Alpert Award in the Arts and two New York Dance and Performance (aka �Bessie�) awards, among others.</div><div><br>This presentation and tour of <i>Miriam</i> is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New England Foundation for the Arts� National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.</div><div><br></div><div><div>+ Nora Chipaumire: <a href="http://mappinternational.org/artists/view/494/">http://mappinternational.org/artists/view/494/</a></div><div>+ <i>Miriam</i>: <a href="http://www.mappinternational.org/programs/view/221">http://www.mappinternational.org/programs/view/221</a></div><div><br></div><div>+ teaser video: <a href="http://vimeo.com/45702470">http://vimeo.com/45702470</a></div><div>+ video from earlier work in progress: <a href="http://vimeo.com/34976490">http://vimeo.com/34976490</a></div><div><br></div><div>+ New York Times preview: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/arts/dance/nora-chipaumires-dance-about-miriam-makeba-comes-to-bam.html?_r=1&ref=arts">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/arts/dance/nora-chipaumires-dance-about-miriam-makeba-comes-to-bam.html?_r=1&ref=arts</a> </div><div>+ New York Times review: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/arts/dance/nora-chipaumires-dance-miriam-at-bam.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/arts/dance/nora-chipaumires-dance-miriam-at-bam.html</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Tickets are $18 general admission; $13 non-Rensselaer students, seniors, and Rensselaer faculty + staff; and $6 Rensselaer students (must provide ID for discounted tickets).</div><div><br>Evelyn�s Caf� will open at 7 PM with a full menu of meals, snacks, and beverages as well as a selection of wines. Service continues after the performance. Parking is available in the Rensselaer parking lot on College Avenue.<br><br></div><div>More information can be found on the EMPAC website: <a href="http://empac.rpi.edu">empac.rpi.edu</a>. Questions? Call the EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921.</div><div><br></div><div>---<br><br>The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)<br>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<br>110 8th Street<br>Troy, NY 12180<br><br></div></body></html>