Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) 16th annual Season of Nonviolence is featuring “Encounters with Modernity,” a free interpretive dance performance by the Bend Contemporary Dance Company with choreographer Sinnamon Hauser, at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, in the Pinckney Center for the Performing Arts, Pence Hall, on the Bend campus.
The performance, an original commission, and a facilitated discussion to follow with COCC faculty members Jessica Hammerman and Stephanie André, will explore the impact of 19th-century modernization on societies throughout the world, including industrialization and the formation of nation states. Visit cocc.edu/snv to register and learn more about the remaining events of the 2024 Season of Nonviolence at COCC, presented by COCC’s office of diversity and inclusion and the Nancy R. Chandler Lecture Series.
COCC’s Season of Nonviolence — held mid-January through early April — is inspired by the work of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, honoring their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world. For more information, contact Charlotte Gilbride, coordinator of the Nancy R. Chandler Lecture Series, at 541-383-7257 or cgilbride@cocc.edu, or Christy Walker, director of diversity and inclusion, at 541-383-7412 or cwalker2@cocc.edu.
