HowlRound Theatre Commons's video: Welcome Invocation at The Gathering with the Lab at Georgetown on Wednesday 4 May 2022

Welcome + Invocation 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EDT (Washington, D.C., UTC -4) The Lab team welcomes all participants to this 4 day intensive with ritual and rhythm. We honor each other and the space with acts of invocation. Welcome – Derek Goldman, Artistic & Executive Director, Co-Founder, The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics Emma Crane Jaster, Resident Movement Artist, Global Fellows Program Manager, Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Prassanam/Presence Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner (Payómkawichum/Kúupangaxwichem) Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University. First-generation descendant of the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, specializing in Indigenous philosophy, knowledge and languages Amb. Cynthia Schneider, co-Founding Director, The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics Azar Nafisi, best-selling author (Read Dangerously, Reading Lolita in Tehran); Centennial Fellow, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre; Founder, In Place of War; The Aesthetics of Care. “Care Is Where It’s At” Ali Mahdi Nouri, UNESCO Ambassador & Secretary General ITI, International Theater Institute & Albuggaa Theatre Company Ersian Francois, General Manager and Associate Producer, Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics Manuel Viveros, Actor, Director; Inaugural Lab Fellow, musician with Chonta’s Sound & Others The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. presents The Gathering livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Wednesday 4 May to Saturday 7 May 2022. In May 2019, The Lab inaugurated our signature event The Gathering as part of our city-wide, international CrossCurrents Festival. Over 400 visionary artists from over 40 countries came together to share performances and ideas addressing critical global issues. We are thrilled to bring this event back to the Georgetown campus with both in-person and virtual engagements this May. For this year's edition of The Gathering we are thrilled to be offering FREE access to diverse programming centered around the contributions of our Global Lab Fellows including productions, readings, discussions and workshops focusing on climate change, immigration and indigeneity, with comprehensive live-streaming for all of our community. Access to full schedule of streamed performances can be found on The Lab's website. https://howlround.com/happenings/livestreaming-gathering-crosscurrents-festival