{"id":3819,"date":"2012-06-01T15:43:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T15:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/?p=3819"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:37:24","slug":"commerative-dance-for-lyndsley-wilkerson-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/2012\/06\/01\/commerative-dance-for-lyndsley-wilkerson-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Commemorative Dance for Lyndsley Wilkerson &#8217;97"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Commemorative Dance for Lyndsley Wilkerson &#8217;97<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This silent participatory dance is being offered to the \u201997 and other alumni as a  space to honor Lyndsley Wilkerson \u201997 who passed away recently. Its  an extended \u201cmoment of silence\u201d but in movement. Be assured it\u2019s a  very simple dance anyone can do. Basically it\u2019s a slow motion meltdown  from standing (or sitting) to lying fully supported by the ground.<\/p>\n<p>We  aim to dance in the courtyard near the belltower if permitted,  otherwise we will dance somewhere near the belltower. Come find us.<\/p>\n<p>We  are inviting people who are not physically at Swarthmore to do this  dance at the same time to join in at the time we dance (between 1:30 and  2pm).You are also invited to dance at another time or more than once  and share your experiences with us.<\/p>\n<p>If you chose to do this,  please document your participation, ie take a photo or write a little  acount of your experience and share it with us.<\/p>\n<p>These can be  shared via the DearLyndsley.com website in the &#8220;Upload your Memory&#8221;  section by first sharing of a memory about Lyndsley or what inspired you  to dance in her memory. Then add any other thoughts\/reflections\/ images  of the dance. Instructions are on the site. We are dancing\/moving at the same time that her family and  friends are  hosting a celebration her life in New Jersey. If you would  like more  details about this, contact: Erik Huneke at\u00a0 <strong>ehuneke@umich.edu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then we will  have a map of the connections and acknowledgment of those lives she has  touched and where that love and influence have rippled out all over the  world.<\/p>\n<p>We are also inviting other alumni to dance in honor of classmates\/loved ones who have passed away, including Tara Schubert \u201998.<\/p>\n<p>For instructions of how to do the very simple silent dance,<br \/>\nplease email Colleen Bartley &#8217;96 : <strong>Colleen.Bartley@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commemorative Dance for Lyndsley Wilkerson &#8217;97 This silent participatory dance is being offered to the \u201997 and other alumni as a space to honor Lyndsley Wilkerson \u201997 who passed away recently. Its an extended \u201cmoment of silence\u201d but in movement. Be assured it\u2019s a very simple dance anyone can do. Basically it\u2019s a slow motion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7238,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3819\/revisions\/7238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}