Where Ideas Come From: Thought, Movement, and the Brain
Campus Arts Event
Where Ideas Come From: Thought, Movement, and the Brain
Writer Jennifer Homans—author of Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet and the monumental recent biography of George Balanchine, Mr. B—in conversation with neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert, researcher of experimental approaches to human movement.
FREE
Lenfest Center for the Arts - The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room
October 10, 2024 | 6:30 pm
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Event Details

This conversation will explore the relationship of movement to the brain. How is thought movement and movement thought? How do we understand the nature of the particular movement and training that is dance? Where is such memory stored in the body and how does it affect those who pursue such a path? What function does dance serve in our personal and collective lives? And, finally, where did the idea to devote a decade to writing about the life and work of Balanchine come from and how did it evolve?

Speaker Details

Jennifer Homans
Author, Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet and the monumental recent biography of George Balanchine, Mr. B
Daniel Wolpert
Zuckerman Institute neuroscientist

Location

The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room
Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 West 129th Street
New York, NY 10027

About The Event

Writer Jennifer Homans — author of Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet and the monumental recent biography of George Balanchine, Mr. B — in conversation with Zuckerman Institute neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert, whose research focuses on experimental approaches to human movement. Moderated by Carol Becker, Professor of the Arts and Dean Emerita, and Daphna Shohamy, Kavli Professor of Brain Science; Director and CEO of Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute; and Co-Director of Columbia’s Kavli Institute for Brain Science.

This conversation will explore the relationship of movement to the brain. How is thought movement and movement thought? How do we understand the nature of the particular movement and training that is dance? Where is such memory stored in the body and how does it affect those who pursue such a path? What function does dance serve in our personal and collective lives? And, finally, where did the idea to devote a decade to writing about the life and work of Balanchine come from and how did it evolve?

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Image: Motor neurons, which give the body the ability to move / credit D. Ng and N. Balaskas, courtesy Zuckerman Institute