This immersive lecture—equal parts performance, conversation, and participatory workshop—will illuminate the ever-complex transition from academic study to professional artist, and the elusive questions and interrogative nature of arts funding, a sustainable career model, and the role of the artist as the occasion for social change. Dr. Roumain will present examples from his past and current repertoire consisting of works produced worldwide in collaboration with internationally renowned artists such as Bill T. Jones, Philip Glass, Lady Gaga, The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the sports channel ESPN, and the writer/spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph.

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