Leyya Tawil: A Conversation About Collaborative Process

Event Date and Time:

March 29, 2011
7:00 PM

Location:

Performance Studies Studio, 612
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Leyya Tawil will talk about her current projects: collaborative improvisations with violinist Mike Khoury, work with the New Orleans/Central City Artist Project, and the upcoming THIEVES with Iraqi composer Muhanad Rasheed.

Leyya Mona Tawil is Artistic Director of DANCE ELIXIR, an organization dedicated to artistic collaboration, dance research and contemporary arts production. As an improviser, Tawil has had the honor of working with musicians around the world. She primarily works in the duet format, in a free-improvisation style.

Tawil is a first-generation Syrian-Palestinian-American, born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BDA in Dance (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, School of Music) and an MFA in Choreography (Mills College-Oakland). She has received numerous grants and awards including the prestigious University of Michigan Emerging Artist Award (2008).