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AADL Talks To: Peter Sparling, Lecturer, Poet, Essayist, Dancer, and Filmmaker

Peter Sparling
Peter Sparling

In this episode, AADL Talks To Peter Sparling. Peter is a lecturer, poet, essayist, dancer, and filmmaker. He is the Rudolf Arnheim Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Dance at the University of Michigan. Peter talks with us about his career, from his start as a member of the José Limón Dance Company and principal dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company through his time in Ann Arbor as director of his own Peter Sparling Dance Company. Peter talks about his activism, the changes in the Ann Arbor dance community over the years, and his current work after retiring from the university 6 years ago.

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AADL Talks To: Michael Kondziolka, former Director of Artistic Programming at University Musical Society

Michael Kondziolka
Michael Kondziolka

In this episode AADL Talks to Michael Kondziolka. Michael, who retired in 2023, served for 30 years as the director of artistic programming and production for the University Musical Society. Michael talks with us about the thrill of bringing performers to Ann Arbor; how he and the UMS team responded to the changes and challenges of the late 1990s and how he helped reshape UMS’s aesthetic and took programming in different directions.

 

She Attacks Barriers Via Dance

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24
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March
Year
1972
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Principal Says She Was Forced To Retire

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30
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March
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1985
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Pioneer Official's Ouster Sparks Boycott

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11
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April
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1985
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The performers save 'September Dances'

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8
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September
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1984
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