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DESCRIPTION:&lt;strong&gt;Carrie Preston&lt;/strong&gt; is an associate professor of E
 nglish and director of the Women’s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies Prog
 ram at Boston University. Her first book\, &lt;em&gt;Modernism’s Mythic Pose:
  Gender\, Genre\, Solo Performance &lt;/em&gt;(2011) was awarded the de la Torr
 e Bueno Award for dance studies. &lt;em&gt;Learning to Kneel: Noh\, Modernism\,
  and Journeys in Teaching&lt;/em&gt;\, recently released by Columbia University 
 Press\, focuses on the international circulation of W. B. Yeats&#x27; &lt;em&gt;At t
 he Hawk’s Well &lt;/em&gt;(1916) to examine the influence of noh drama on mod
 ernist theater\, poetry\, and dance. Her research for the project was supp
 orted by a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and t
 he Peter Paul Career Development Professorship\, which enabled her to stud
 y noh dramaturgy and performance technique in Tokyo. For chapter summaries
 \, film clips\, pedagogical activities\, and more please see:&lt;a href=&quot;http
 ://sites.bu.edu/learningtokneel/&quot;&gt;http://sites.bu.edu/learningtokneel/&lt;/a&gt;
 \n&lt;strong&gt;\n&lt;/strong&gt;Part of the &lt;strong&gt;Image-in-Focus&lt;/strong&gt; gallery
  talk series:\nSelect Sundays at 2 PM\, through January 14\, 2017. \n&lt;str
 ong&gt;October 16\, 2016&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;Javier de Frutos&lt;/strong&gt;\, chore
 ographer of At &lt;em&gt;Twilight/The Hawk&#x27;s Dance\n&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 20\, 
 2016&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;Tomoeda Akiyo&lt;/strong&gt;\, Living National Treasure\
 , Kita Noh Theater Company\nCap off your weekend at Japan Society Gallery 
 with these energetic\, 20-minute conversations with leading curators\, wri
 ters\, artists and specialists of Japanese art. Drop by to hear their uniq
 ue perspectives on select highlights from Gallery&#x27;s fall exhibition\, &lt;a 
 href=&quot;http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/gallery/simon-starling-at-
 twilight&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Simon Starling: At Twilight&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. \n&lt;e
 m&gt;Free with admission to the exhibition. Groups are limited to 30\, first-
 come\, first-served basis.&lt;/em&gt;
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SUMMARY:Image-in-Focus: Carrie Preston
URL:/en/events/2016/12/04/image-in-focus-carrie-preston/
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