

Is Water Personal?
Is water personal? For me, the answer was an emphatic yes. But then I stopped to consider why. I grew up with water, as most children do....
The project was completed in March 2015.
Dry Run Studio, with the support of the Body of Water directors, researchers, students, and student interns, is developing community engagement projects and installations to offer another pathway to connect the community to the important ideas and research presented by this uniquely devised performance work.
Bridge "players" will engage in workshops, performances, and other community engagement projects and installations to create, grow and build conversations through art practice.
Body of Water
Jodi Enos-Berlage, a biology professor who conducts water quality research, and Jane Hawley, a dance professor who utilizes dance as an art form to communicate and express ideas, are collaborating to create Body of Water, an interdisciplinary performance that merges research from the sciences and the arts. Research students in dance and biology alike are critical contributors to this project and process.
Dance and video play key roles in this performance communicating the essentialness of water, the challenges we face concerning water quality and availability including local water challenges, both urban and agricultural, and potential solutions.
Body of Water was performed in March 2015, at Luther College, Jewel Theatre. More details on the performance here. Body of Water will also be performed June 6th, 2015, in Grinnell, Iowa as part of Grinnell College Summerfest. See their website for more information.
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Meet the players making Bridge possible.
Get inside the conversation, read on for updates on our projects, find out what we're thinking as we develop and plan projects, engage in performances, and rehearsals.
Find out what we're up to in your community and join the conversation!
6 February
11 - 12 noon
Participatory installation
Dahl Centennial Union, Luther College
20 Feb
We are water
Water Street Park
Decorah
5 - 7 March
Body of Water
Jewel Theatre, Luther College