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Performances by artist Autumn Knight scheduled for April

Performance artist Autumn Knight will be on campus this month for two performances.

Krannert Art Museum is hosting the first solo museum presentation – “Autumn Knight: In Rehearsal” – by Knight this semester. Knight incorporates elements of theater, dance, psychology and religious studies into her work, which examines with perceptions of race, gender and authority.

Knight will present “Lament” at 7:30 p.m. April 13 at the U. of I. Stock Pavilion, 1402 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana. This dance performance is an interpretation of addiction, class and mental illness. Rebecca Ferrell, a choreographer and lecturer in the U. of I. dance department, collaborated with Knight on the piece, which will feature Abijan Johnson, a Houston-based dance and movement therapist.

“An Experimental Freezing of a Room through Metaphorical Means,” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. April 19 at the Activities and Recreation Center pool, 201 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign. In this performance, Knight portrays a figure of black motherhood against the soundtrack of the jury’s decision to acquit George Zimmerman of murder charges in the death of Trayvon Martin.

More information about the exhibition and the upcoming performances can be found online.

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