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Dancing Disability Lab

Molly Joyce and Jerron Herman: Left and Right

Photo of a barefoot dancer on stage in front of an audience. He is wearing a dark grey suit and is bent over with his left arm behind his back, head down, and right arm pointing forward in a bow.

UCLA Disability Studies is pleased to share that Jerron Herman, a member of the Dancing Disability 2020 cohort, will have a live performance at The Nimoy with Molly Joyce. Joyce and Herman present Left and Right, a new cross-disciplinary work combining original music, dance and poetic narration, which has been inspired by their respective experiences of their disabilities.

Molly Joyce and Jerron Herman

Left and Right

“For composer Molly Joyce, disability is no barrier to virtuosity” — The Washington Post

Composer Molly Joyce and choreographer Jerron Herman join forces for Left and Right, a new cross-disciplinary work combining original music, dance and poetic narration.

Joyce and Herman’s respective disabilities inform their artistry, creating a kindred and prolific artistic partnership. Their latest collaboration, Left and Right, is inspired by Joyce and Herman’s impaired left sides. (Herman’s is congenital from cerebral palsy. Joyce’s was acquired in a car accident.) The work is a rumination on the opposing lore of the left and right sides of the body— the left being cursed and dark, the right being healing and beneficial.

Joyce and Herman invite accessibility collaborators into their artistic process, including directory Austin Regan, writer / audio describer Max Greyson, accessibility consultant Sandy Guttman and blind/vision impairment consultant Andy Slater. Left and Right is an evening celebrating intersectional arts and identities with accessibility at the forefront.

Funds provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment Fund.

May 03, 2024

The Nimoy, 1262 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

8pm

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May 03, 2024

The Nimoy, 1262 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

8pm

Register
This event date has passed so registration is now closed