LEXINGTON, Ky.—Kentucky artist Dan Dutton transforms the Morlan Gallery into
an environmental installation, The Faun, based on the Greek myths of Pan and the
nymphs, Jan. 14 – Feb. 22. In conjunction with the exhibit, dance performances
will be held in the gallery on Thursday, Jan. 24, from 12:20-1:20 and 6:30-7:30
p.m. The dancers’ movements will enact the myths and are guided, in part, with
performance methods adapted from the Japanese tea ceremony and Noh theater. Noh,
the oldest existing form of theater, grew out of a combination of Chinese
performing arts and traditional Japanese dance.
The lyric texts of The Faun are derived from Nonnus, Ovid, the Homeric hymns,
Sappho, Mallarme and Cherokee chant. The music is dance electronica featuring
field recordings of native Kentucky insects, birds, and amphibians.
Gallery hours are weekdays noon-5 p.m. The gallery will also be open for the
Lexington Gallery Hop Friday, Feb. 15, from 5-8 p.m.
The Morlan Gallery will be closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday,
Monday, January 21.
For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or
Morlan Gallery Director Andrea Fisher at (859) 233-8142.
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