COLA Performing Arts Fellows: Lionel Popkin, Bruce Bauman & Cheng-Chieh Yu June 19, 2009

Cheng-Chieh Yu's imaginative solo choreography for Dancing Mother Courage explores the themes of feminism and martiality, questioning women's roles and relationships to martial cultures. 'There Is An Elephant In This Solo' is Lionel Popkin's rich and contradictory work that offers metaphors on identity and what truly lies beneath - all performed in a fluidly bulky elephant costume. Award-winning author Bruce Bauman's staged reading accompanied by female voice brings to life the written word. Program contains strong language.