by Catherine Roberts, OSAI PR Counselor
Every evening at Quartz Mountain, students attend lectures, performances and demonstrations by faculty and students. This year, the evening presentations debuted with returning faculty member Daniel Squire, modern dance instructor, and Troy Word, photography instructor.
Every evening at Quartz Mountain, students attend lectures, performances and demonstrations by faculty and students. This year, the evening presentations debuted with returning faculty member Daniel Squire, modern dance instructor, and Troy Word, photography instructor.
Daniel Squire, formerly a featured dancer for Merce
Cunningham, performed with modern dance accompanist Indigo Street. The two read
a transcript of a dialogue between them, with Daniel reading Indigo’s part and
Indigo reading Daniel’s part. This dialogue revealed both artists’ career paths
and artistic interests.
During their reading, a video of several dancers was
projected on a large screen. Daniel later explained that this footage was taken
of one of his latest projects, a modern dance performance he curated in
conjunction with an exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Dancing
Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg, and Duchamp.
Photography instructor Troy Word followed with a
presentation detailing his career as a noted fashion photographer. An alumnus
of OSAI who was inspired by his Quartz Mountain photo instructors David
Fitzgerald and Richard Avedon, Word cited OSAI as the inciting event that
ultimately led to his successful career. His subjects have included dozens of
notable names from Matt Damon to Barack Obama.
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