Black Hair contemporary music ensemble takes its name from the Japanese ghost story by the 19th century writer Lafcadio Hearn, upon which director Roger Marsh based his song of the same name.
The final classical concert of our popular 2007/08 Music in the Round and Celebrating Schubert series.
A new theatre show melding music, dance and mime for children aged 2 – 6 and their families.
One or Two Week Course (Various start dates). Nature in all its beauty and complexity has been an integral part of art from the first images and artefacts ever created by humans. Recent years have seen a resurgence of its importance for artists, not just as inspiration but as the actual medium within which they work.
NB – This open evening is on a Tuesday
Venue: Schumacher College
Susan Derges is a photographer who uses the natural world as her darkroom to create images of water flows and the night sky around her Dartmoor home. She has created a major commission for the Eden Project’s new Education Resource Centre in Cornwall and has exhibited her work around the world.
At noon on Saturday 31st May Dartington will throw open its doors for the annual Open Day.
In association with Transition Town Totnes
Venue: Schumacher College
Lynne Hull has pioneered “trans-species” art, creating sculpture installations as wildlife habitat enhancement and eco-atonement for human impact. She has worked in the American West and eight other countries with a variety of wildlife agencies. Currently she is working on Migration Mileposts, linking communities in the Americas who share migratory birds.
One or Two Week Course (Various start dates). The practice of modern science has for centuries been divorced from values other than that of “objectivity” and this has done much to alienate us from our direct, intuitive experience of nature. This approach is now being challenged.
Arthur Zajonc is Professor of Physics at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1978. In 1997 he served as scientific coordinator of The New Physics and Cosmology, a dialogue with H.H. the Dalai Lama. He is author of Catching the Light, co-author of Quantum Challenge, and co-editor of Goethe’s Way of Science.
Venue: Schumacher College
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of many books, including The Rebirth of Nature and, with Matthew Fox, Nature Grace: Dialogues on Science and Spirituality.
A four-day celebration of the life and work of Rudolf Laban to mark the 70th anniversary of his arrival at Dartington.
Don’t miss this chance to see this inspiring contemporary dance company perform choreography by Miguel Pereira (Portugal), Allison Brown (Canada) and Lost Dog (UK).
One or Two Week Course (Various start dates). Participants will develop and understanding of the principals of Sacred Activism. They will discuss visions of the world and how to deal with global crisis through Sacred Activism, sustainable wellbeing, environmental ethics and religion.
In association with Transition Town Totnes
Venue: TBC
Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, teacher, and the author of over 30 books, including the critically acclaimed Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi, the award winning Journey to Ladakh and the best-selling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (co-author).
Venue: Schumacher College
Mary Evelyn Tucker is Professor of Religion at Bucknell University, USA and Co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. She is author most recently of Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter their Ecological Phase.
On sale from 30th June
Two Week Course. At this time of great change, how do we create organisations and businesses that engage with sustainability and ethics? This is a unique opportunity to explore these questions and develop your business plan or strategy.
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