[CANCELED] Patriotism in Art: Robert Frost and Ted Shawn

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Join us at the Robert Frost Stone House Museum for a powerful, interdisciplinary discussion about patriotism in art. Slate cultural critic and Bennington College visiting professor Stephen Metcalf will discuss Robert Frost's approach, and choreographer Adam H. Weinert will discuss dancer Ted Shawn's intentions — and his own relationship with patriotism in his work. Seating is first-come, first-served.  

Adam H. Weinert is a performance-based artist born and raised in New York City. He began his training at The School of American Ballet, and continued on to Vassar College, The Juilliard School, and New York University, where he recently earned a Master’s Degree under the tutelage of André Lepecki. Adam has danced with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, The Mark Morris Dance Group, Shen Wei Dance Arts, and Christopher Williams, and for six years served as the Artistic Associate to Jonah Bokaer. In addition to his performance work, Adam has been published in The New York Times, the Juilliard Journal, and as a featured profile in New York Magazine. He produced and choreographed an award-winning collection of dance film shorts screened nationally and abroad, and his performance works have toured to four continents including a number of non-traditional dance venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, The Tate Britain Museum, and The Tate Modern Museum. He was awarded Presidential Distinction and Scholastic Distinction from the Juilliard School, and in 2008 received the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Outstanding Choreography. He is currently Visiting Artist in Residence at Bard College.

Stephen Metcalf is a critic, essayist, podcaster, and screenwriter whose work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Slate, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker. He is the co-creator and host of the Slate Culture Gabfest, a podcast. He is writing a book about the 1980s and a screenplay for Amazon Studios.