Past Events 2019 – 2020 Academic Year


  • What is Nothing at the Ends and High in the Middle?
    An evening of dance/theatre short works Directed by Tzveta Kassabova With Lacey Moore, Rick Sparling, Malcolm Tulip and Brandon Washington Performances: Thursday September 26, 2019 at 6 pm and Friday September 27, 2019 at 6 pm & 8 pm Location: Duderstadt Center Video Studio, University of Michigan North Campus An evening of dance/theater short works […]

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  • Costume Designs: Some of My Favorite Things
    Costume Designs:  Some of My Favorite Things Duderstadt Center Gallery September 19 – 29, 2019  Featuring the costume renderings of former students’  along with favorite pieces designed by Professor Jessica Hahn for the School of Music, Theatre & Dance over the past 25 years. Free and open to the public. For more information, click on SMTD events.  […]

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  • Daddy Long Legs
    October 24 & 25, 2019 at 7:00 PMDuderstadt Video Studio 3 AM Productions’ presents Daddy Long Legs the Musical, directed by Stephanie Guralnick. The show follows teen orphan Jerusha Abbott, who is spotted by a young benefactor, who sees her potential and anonymously pays for her to have a proper education. The only stipulation being that […]

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  • Migrare – Work in Progress
    Migrare – Work in ProgressTuesday, October 29, 20195:00 pmDuderstadt Center Gallery “Migrare” is a dance and videography research project conducted by School of Music, Theater and Dance MFA student Mario Vircha in France, Jordan, Greece and Costa Rica; four countries that have welcomed refugee dance artists whose work he wished to investigate. He studied how […]

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  • Barriers and Preservers
    Barriers and Preservers – Paintings by Margaret DavisOctober 3-30, 2019Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct 3, 4-7:00 pmDuderstadt Center Gallery Margaret Davis’s exhibition focuses on the adolescent.  Barriers and Preservers is a visual response to numerous cultural concerns of today’s teens; be it record levels of anxiety, school safety, street safety, or those affected by migration, teen refugees.  The images […]

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  • Experiments in Translation Grants – Launch Party
    Experiments in Translation Grants – Launch PartyFeaturing “Ripple Effect” artist Dorsey KaufmannDuderstadt Center Gallery and Video StudioNovember 22, 20194:00 pm In March 2020, Experiments in Translation will award up to three $10,000 grants to collaborative projects that bring Duderstadt Center technologies to bear in response to a communications challenge. This launch event will begin at 4 […]

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  • Hidden to Observation (H2O)
    Hidden to Observation (H2O)November 25 – December 5, 2019Duderstadt Center Gallery Students in SI 616 (Advanced Topics in Graphic Design and Visual Communications) developed alternative interpretations, from Ripple Effect, using similar water contamination data from Flint. Seven of their posters will be on view in the Duderstadt Center connector hall alcoves in advance of the Nov. […]

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  • Ripple Effect
    Ripple EffectNovember 11 – December 5, 2019Duderstadt Center Gallery Ripple Effect is an interactive art exhibition that visualizes local water quality data through sound, light, and water. Through software technology, water contamination data is translated into sound waves. The installation consists of speakers that play the ‘data sound tracks’, which vibrate the water held in attached […]

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  • Interarts Performance
    Interarts PerformanceDecember 12 & 13, 20197:30 pmDuderstadt Center Video Studio The Interarts Showcase is put on by Interarts Performance students from the Stamps School of Art & Design. Students take courses both in art & design and theater, and their work is focused on hybrid forms of performance/technology/visual art. The Showcase is the culmination of […]

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  • Tea & Tunes
    Tea & TunesFeaturing Grant Flick and Hannah O’BrienFriday, December 13, 2019 at 4:00 pmDuderstadt Center Gallery “Tea and Tunes” is a series of musical performances by SMTD students held in the Duderstadt Center Gallery. This week we will be featuring music from Grant Flick, fiddle and tenor guitar and Hannah O’Brien, fiddle. Flick and O’Brien have […]

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  • Anonymous Autonomous
    “Anonymous Autonomous” Work in Progress Community DemoDecember 9-20, 2019Reception December 13, 5:00 pmDuderstadt Center Gallery  Anonymous Autonomous is a robotic art installation being developed by Katherine Behar, Artist in Residence at the University of Michigan, together with a team of U-M students. As the Fall 2019 semester draws to a close, we invite the U-M […]

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  • Cleopatra Boy
    Cleopatra BoyA New Work for the TheaterJanuary 24, 2020 at 7:30 PMDuderstadt Center Video Studio Cleopatra Boy is an original devised multi-media production created by Detroit-based ensemble “A Host of People”. Cleopatra Boy premiered to sold out audiences at Detroit’s Andy Arts Center in September 2019. A Host of People received the prestigious National Theatre Project Creation and […]

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  • Civil Rights through the Lens of Declan Haun
    Civil Rights through the Lens of Declan HaunJanuary 14-28, 2020Duderstadt Center Gallery A collection of photos capturing some of the most important events during the civil rights movement. Shot by Chicago-based freelance photographer Declan Haun, a highly regarded photojournalist of the era whose work appeared in Life, Newsweek, The Saturday Evening Post, and National Geographic, […]

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  • The Infinite Detail of This Place and Time
    The Infinite Detail of This Place and TimePresented by Virago and AWE SocietyJanuary 31, 2020 at 7:30 pmDuderstadt Center Video Studio Virago (improvising ensemble) and Bridget Quinn (visual artist) are creating an immersive multimedia project of improvised music, live video, and audience participation. In this work a microscope lens projector is utilized to project tiny […]

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  • White Feminist
    White FeministFebruary 3-9, 2020Duderstadt Center Video Studio Presented by the University Musical Society as part of their No Safety Net 2.0 Series. Gender and privilege collide in this scathing comedy that will grab you by the pussy hat. As the host of a morning talk show, “Becky’s Time,” Lee Minora skewers and dissects the failings of non-intersectional […]

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  • What Was + May Be
    What Was + May BeFriday, February 14, 20207:30 PMDuderstadt Center Video Studio The PROUD Polycultural Productions debut piece What Was + May Be will receive its world premiere at the Duderstadt Center Video Studio on February 14th. Written and performed by Alyxandra Ciale Charfauros and Michael Yuchen Tong. What Was + May Be is based on the pair’s longstanding […]

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  • 2020 Portfolio Exhibition BFA Design & Production
    BFA Theatre Design & ProductionFebruary 3-14, 2020Duderstadt Center Gallery Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays, musicals and operas throughout the University of Michigan. Explore the work of our undergraduate student stage managers, technicians, and scenic, costume and lighting designers in the annual Department of Theater Design and Production Portfolio Exhibition. Gallery Hours: […]

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  • 2020 Media & Studio Arts Symposium
    Inventing Oneself Through Art and Technology A diverse community of presenters representing students, faculty and industry professionals will be sharing their expertise, experience and collaborations.  Join our community as we embark on this exploration of the creative process, exploring the tools and techniques that can make your vision a reality! The third annual Media & Studio Arts Symposium is hosted by the Duderstadt Center, […]

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  • Lake Effects: Impact Beyond the Shore
    Great Lakes Themed Photo ExhibitionFeaturing the work of John Sullivan and Zach HaslickFebruary 18 -28, 2020Duderstadt Center Gallery The Great Lakes are about far more than fresh water and spectacular scenery. Join us in exploring the social, political, and environmental history of the region and the multiple challenges faced by the waterways that define it. […]

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  • And We Look On
    Thursday, February 27 & 28, 2020 7:00 pm Duderstadt Center Video Studio AND WE LOOK ON is an interdisciplinary performance piece that uses dance, theatre, puppetry, and music to celebrate the world’s natural landscapes and examine the deterioration happening right before our eyes. Please join us for a performance and post-show talk backs at the […]

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  • BabeWorld
    Thursday, March 12, 20207:30 pmDuderstadt Center Video Studio Justine (electroacoustic flute) and Cameron (percussion) traverse a world of their own making in BabeWorld. A whimsical piece that explores fantasy, fun, and storytelling through original music and interactive motion tracking projection technology. Free and open to the public. […]

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  • Migrare
    Friday, March 20, 20208:00 p.m.Duderstadt Center Video Studio Migrare is an interdisciplinary and international dance and videography performance that explores the ways refugee and immigrant dance artists are creating work in response to the political situations in their native countries, and the challenges they face in their adopted countries. This project brings together a large […]

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