Friday, October 04, 2019

[Venue Change] 'Psalms in Dialogue' Engages Music, Dance, Visual Art on Oct. 20


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*** Venue change: This event will be held in Goodson Chapel in the Divinity School's Westbrook Building. ***

Longing and Belonging: Psalms in Dialgoue will take place Sunday, October 20, at 4:00 p.m. in Duke Divinity School's Goodson Chapel. The event engages the Psalter through the performing and visual arts.

The evening begins with a lecture about "On Painting the Psalms" by Makoto Fujimura, a leading contemporary artist.

Performers include Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet, Andrew Nemr, Duke Chapel Evensong Singers, and Christopher Jacobson. In addition to traditional sacred music by Herbert Howells, Caroline Shaw, and others, the evening includes new dance works choreographed for this event and artworks by Makoto Fujimura. Stay after the performance to have a conversation with the artists.

This performance is part of the Psalms in Dialogue series, a multi-year collaborative project engaging artists, performers, and theologians in a creative dialogue on the power of the Psalms to comfort and inspire communities of faith.

Admission is free. Event parking is available for $5 in the Bryan Center Parking Garage at 125 Science Drive; ADA parking is available in the Bryan Center Surface Lot at the same address.