Visiting Artist Lecture with Liz Lerman

Join the School of Art for a lecture with renowned choreographer, writer, and arts facilitator, Liz Lerman!

About the talk: Shape and Momentum: How We Communicate, Work, and Plan for an Uncertain Future

Join internationally recognized choreographer Liz Lerman as she shares tools for living in extraordinary times of change. Drawing on themes from her forthcoming book, Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac’s Guide for a World in Constant Motion (to be published in June 2026), Liz will explore ideas ranging from Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle to the Big Bang as frameworks for thinking about creativity, change, and the role of artists today.

Liz founded and led the intergenerational Dance Exchange company for more than three decades, with an equal commitment to concert and community work. She is the inventor of the Critical Response Process® feedback system and has spent the past decade in higher education as an Institute Professor at Arizona State University.

Through storytelling and dialogue, Liz will guide participants through four central questions from her book:
1. What knowledge do we gain from our lived experiences?
2. Can Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle serve as a theory of change and a definition of creativity?
3. What happens when we pair rejection with reflection?
4. How do we distill our practices into experiential learning tools others can use?

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