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Dance

International Writing Program & Dance Collaboration

"Dialogic Works in Progress"

Presented by
Department of Dance
and
International Writing Program
Tickets
Free and open to the public
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 8:00 pm

An Iowa tradition connects writers from around the world and Department of Dance students.  

Every year, the University of Iowa's International Writing Program welcomes distinguished writers from around the world for a three-month residency. Select visiting writers connect with students and faculty in the UI Department of Dance to develop a collaborative performance. Dancers and writers converse across written, spoken, and movement languages, but also through a shared creative practice. This year's performance, "Dialogic Works in Progress: a sharing of collaborative exchanges and embodied experiments between dancemakers and writers," explores the intersections of dance and writing and celebrates the power of creative reciprocity.

This program features IWP Fellows Agnes Chew, Siddharth Dasgupta, Tomás Downey, Hyukin Michaela Kwon, Grig Shashikyan, and Ching Hang Wong alongside choreographers Bea Beaman, Zena Bibler, Lola Buczkowski, Rosie DeAngelo, Hutch Hagendorf, Kristin Marrs, Lauren Linder, David Liu, and Yoshito Sakuraba. The event will conclude with a short Q&A with the artists.

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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Paris Young in advance at (319) 467-4849 or at paris-sissel@uiowa.edu.