Some of you may recall that a little over a year ago, Wesleyan was proud, outraged and indifferent to be named “Most Annoying Liberal Arts School in the U.S.” by New York-based gossip blog Gawker. In mid-October, Gawker triumphantly confirmed its decision with an eye-rolling post about “Feet to the Fire,” a University course that would combine dance and science for an interdisciplinary look at global warming. While this class seems to have mysteriously disappeared from the online course catalog, you too can join in on some good old-fashioned hippie fun with the Feet to the Fire Common Moment, an outdoor fest that will address climate change through interactive performance. Bring your environmentally friendly vehicle of choice for the first part of the evening, which will feature wheeled performers zipping around Andrus Field on bikes, trikes and unicycles. This will be followed by a student group performance led and choreographed by the experimental Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. Next up, in what must have been a planning nightmare, hundreds of students will assemble into a human histogram representing the results of a campus poll on climate change. The histogram will be outlined with rope and, in what promises to be a true “Children of the World” moment, adorned with students’ wishes for future change. Thrown in for good measure will be ice cream and fire dancing by Prometheus. Common Moment is one of a series of events taking place as part of Feet to the Fire: Exploring Global Climate Change from Science to Art, an eighteen-month project in which students and faculty explore climate change through studies integrating art and science.
Event Spotlight: Feet to the Fire Common Moment
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