Who: Meryl Murman, choreographer and dancer
Film by: UNO student and filmmaker Nigel Copeland
Editor’s Note: The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (CAC) will be exhibiting two performances of the dance performance by FLOCK–The Lipstick–choreographed by local choreographer Meryl Murman and accompanied by a solo violin and a tube of lipstick. Both performances will take place in the CAC’s Freeport-McMoRan Theater, with the first being the U.S. Premiere onSeptember 30 and the final performance taking place as part of the 2016 CAC’s Art for Arts’ Sake | DOWNTOWN on October 1. Learn more about Meryl Murman, her work, and her inspirations through Nigel Copeland’s documentary film focusing on Meryl Murman and FLOCK.
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