“Oh! You Pretty Things”: Theater, Performance & Spectacular Bowie & Prince (conference session)

1.28.17 | 1:30pm–3pm
January 28, 2017 | 1:30pm–3pm |

Location: 

Yale University Art Gallery see map 
1111 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06520

Event description: 

“Oh! You Pretty Things”: Theater, Performance & Spectacular Bowie & Prince

Speakers:

Shane Vogel, Professor of English and Director of the Cultural Studies Program, Indiana University, “Downtown Bowie”

Tavia Nyong’o, Professor of African American Studies, American Studies, and Theater Studies, Yale University, “ ‘I was Dreaming When I Wrote This’: Prince and the Social Dream of Everynight Life.”

Moderator: Joseph Roach, Professor of Theater and English, Yale University

Featured image: “Blackstar Rising & The Purple Reign: Celebrating the Legacies of David Bowie and Prince,” will explore the legacies of these two iconic musicians in four days of discussions, critical listening, and musical performances.