October 6, 2015

Ashamu Dance Studio

Ralph Lemon presented his new and old work about the South, Ceremonies Out of the Air as part of the Mellon Dance Colloquium Series. Lemon’s long-standing exploration of the American South in his publications, performances and exhibitions uncovers the complexity of geography, history, memory and the body.

Lemon is a choreographer, writer and visual artist, and is the Artistic Director of Cross Performance. Lemon has participated in solo and group exhibitions at many institutions including Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Hayward Gallery, London; The Kitchen, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, among others. His honors include the Alpert Award in the Arts (1999), a Creative Capital Award (2000), the USA Fellowship (2006), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2009), the American Choreographers Award and the Doris Duke Artist Award (2012).

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