Open call for participant performers in ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2025!

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ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2025 is presented by Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) Dance Program in partnership with Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Foundation, and Heidi Latsky Dance. With student group partners: Conflux and Harvard Undergraduate Disability Justice Club.

CALL FOR PERFORMER PARTICIPANTS!
Students and community members with (apparent or unapparent) disabilities or without disabilities are all invited to participate as performers of ON DISPLAY HARVARD. This is a volunteer community experience. No previous dance or performance experience required!

Participation entails attending a training session on Thursday, November 20, 6-8pm, at Harvard Dance Center, and performing the work on Wednesday, December 3, 12-1pm, at Harvard Art Museums.

Performers will create sculptural compositions of their own making, on their own terms, and which evolve in real time. Designed for all bodies and abilities, the work involves stillness, slow movement, structured improvisation, and internal focus.

While it's meant to be durational lasting one hour, participants will be offered options for shortening the time they are performing, as needed. Total number of performers will be limited to 25 and prioritization will be given to Harvard students and affiliates.

Harvard undergraduate students, led by Sarah Yee '28 and Helen Hou ‘28, will be creating one-of-a-kind wearable art pieces for each performer.

Required Training Session
Date: Thursday, November 20
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Harvard Dance Center, 66 Garden St., Cambridge, MA
Pizza dinner will be provided!

Performance Installation
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 (International Day of Persons with Disabilities)
Time: 12-1pm
Location: Calderwood Courtyard, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA

Day-Of Call and Required Warm-up
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time: 10:30am call; 11:30am warm-up; 12pm performance

White clothing
The work requires that all performers wear solid white clothing. White socks or white shoes are best. We have some white garments that you can borrow, but you may also wear your own white that you are comfortable in.

If you have questions about participating in ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2025, please contact Elizabeth Epsen at epsen@fas.harvard.edu.

To participate as a performer in ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2025 please fill out the form below!

Email *

First Name *

Last Name *

What is your Harvard affiliation *

Harvard undergraduate student

Harvard graduate student

Harvard staff/faculty

Harvard alumni

Community member

Other:

Have you participated in a previous ON DISPLAY HARVARD (2018-2024)? *

Yes

No, this will be my first time

Other:

Do you have solid white clothing options to wear for the December 3rd performance?

The OFA Dance Program also has some white clothing you may borrow, but this will help us prepare for what you may need.

Yes I have both a solid white top and a solid white bottom (or a one-piece) that I can wear

I have only a solid white top

I have only a solid white bottom

I don't have any solid white clothing

If you will need to borrow white clothing from the Dance Program, please indicate your size in clothing. *

Will you be able to attend the full training session on Thursday, November 20, 6-8pm, at Harvard Dance Center?
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Yes

Will you be able to arrive at Harvard Art Museums by 10:30am on Wed, Dec. 3, in preparation for the performance at noon?
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Yes

ACCESSIBILITY: Both sites for training session and performance will be wheelchair and mobility device accessible. Speakers will provide visual descriptions. Please let us know of you need any other form of access to participate.

Additionally, if there is anything you would like us to know about how you move, learn, or communicate, please feel free to share below.

Release from Liability and Authorization*
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I hereby release Harvard University from any liability for any accident or injury occurring during ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2025.

Media Release*
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I hereby grant Harvard University permission to photograph, videotape and record me during my participation in the training session and performance of ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2022 and to use any such photographs, video tapes, and recordings, in any media around the world, in perpetuity, for non-commercial purposes. Such uses may include, without limitation, inclusion in Harvard websites, programs, and publicity; and any reviews or articles written about Harvard Dance Center or ON DISPLAY HARVARD OR ON DISPLAY GLOBAL..

If you are not able to perform the work in-person with us, there are other ways to be a part of ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2025. We need sighted guides for the audio described tour that will be offered for Blind and visually impaired audiences.

I would like to volunteer as a sighted guide for ON DISPLAY HARVARD 2025.

I would like to know about other installations happening in the city that I might be a part of.

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