Author: Liam Otten

Courtesy photoBrigitta WinklerTango legend Brigitta Winkler, co-founder of the renowned Tanzart studio in Berlin, will host a weekend of dances and workshops Dec. 10-12 for The Tango Group at Washington University in St. Louis.

Ethnomusicologist Patrick Burke, assistant professor of music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, will present a lecture titled “Onyx Club Revue: Jazz and White Masculinity in the Early Swing Era” at 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10.

“Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors” will honor the work of scholars from across the arts and sciences disciplines.

Argentine tango maestro Pablo Alonso will host a week of dances and workshops Nov. 19-26 for The Tango Group at Washington University.

British tenor Paul Elliott will join Washington University’s Kingsbury Ensemble for a concert titled “Love and War: Music of the Early Italian Baroque” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo Servies“Taunting the Monster”Washington University Dance Theatre (WUDT), the annual showcase of professionally choreographed works performed by student dancers, will present Dancescape, its 2004 concert, Dec. 3-5 in Edison Theatre. The concert will feature 30 dancers, selected by audition, performing seven works by faculty and guest choreographers.

Courtesy photoMary Jo BangPoet Mary Jo Bang, associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences, will read from her latest collection, The Eye is Like a Strange Balloon (2004), at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, for The Writing Program Reading Series.

Studio Daniel LibeskindDaniel LibeskindDaniel Libeskind, master plan architect for the former World Trade Center site in New York City, will read from his new memoir, Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architecture, at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, in Washington University’s Graham Chapel.

GibsonRenowned literary theorist Stanley Fish will deliver the keynote address for Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors, Washington University’s third annual faculty book colloquium, at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building Formal Lounge. The event also will include readings by Judith Evans Grubbs, professor of classics in Arts & Sciences, and James L. Gibson, the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government in the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo Servies“Taunting the Monster”Washington University Dance Theatre (WUDT), the annual showcase of professionally choreographed works performed by student dancers, will present Dancescape, its 2004 concert, Dec. 3-5 in Edison Theatre. The concert will feature 30 dancers, selected by audition, performing seven works by faculty and guest choreographers.