ATLANTA -- Oglethorpe University, in partnership with Georgia Shakespeare, presents Maureen Fleming in two performances of "After Eros," April 23rd and 24th.

In the show, Fleming invents surreal movement poetry, bending herself into curving shapes of shattering beauty. In spare, elegant, sculptural transcendence inspired by Butõ, a minimalist movement developed in postwar Japan, she pushes the boundaries of the body's expressive potential and challenges the definition of what is physically attainable. Part dance, part sculpture, part dream, "After Eros" explores our never-ending search for what is universal about the journey of the soul, with accompanying music by Philip Glass and text by David Henry Hwang.

Fleming, an American born in Japan, has gained international recognition for her singular form of multimedia performance. She brings the discipline of a classicist and the imagination of an iconoclast to her unique performance art. In her latest work, she revisits the myth of Psyche and Eros, creating sculptural shapes both powerful and eloquent. Her goal is to capture the transforming energy of ritual.

Dr. Jason Wirth, Associate Professor of Philosophy, comments on Fleming’s “gentle storm” in performance: “Beyond the din of our daily lives, Fleming unleashes the counterforce of a great unspeakable silence, whose inarticulate laws emerge from the nether side of the tyranny of the concept. This is not to say that Fleming is a mere American Butõ epigone, for she also seeks to translate her careful cultivation of a Butõ sensitivity into a corporeal language that retains some traces of Western formality.”

Don’t miss the performance that The New York Times calls "a wondrous choreographic metamorphosis." This project is supported in part by awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Dance Project, The National Performance Network and Rockefeller Foundation.

Maureen Fleming in "After Eros”
Conant Performing Arts Center
Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Road N.E.
Please Note: This performance contains nudity.
Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m.
General Admission.
$15 for off-campus guests; $7.50 for seniors/students; free with Oglethorpe ID.

Tickets will only be available one hour prior to curtain. For more information, call the Georgia Shakespeare Box Office at 404-264-0020.