InterPlay with Matt and Mary
Mary Cohen and
Matt Cohen
Coralville, IA
Thursday, November 9, 2017m 7-8:30 PM
InterPlay is a powerful tool to change people’s lives.
It is an active, creative way to unlock the wisdom of the body.
But it is hard to describe. Once someone described it as “sneaky deep”. It can be both playful and profound. It uses forms associated with the arts—movement, storytelling, voice and stillness—but does it in ways that don’t require particular skill or even nerve.
Hands MovingInterPlay is easy and incremental. The things that you might be asked to do are things that almost anyone can do. We don’t generally put people on the spot or intentionally make people do silly things. Of course, if you are already down with being silly—which is a wonderful version of openness—you will have plenty of opportunities to go for it.
Cost: $10, free for UUSIC Members
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Leaders
Mary Cohen
Mary L. Cohen, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Iowa where she teaches a peacebuilding class, general music methods and materials, research classes, and graduate seminars. Her research area explores well-being through music-making and her scholarly activities explore this area with respect to abolishing the harmful aspects of the prison industrial complex, writing and songwriting, and building caring and collaborative communities. She is the founding director of the Oakdale Community Choir, comprised of incarcerated men and female and male community members who regularly perform original songs inside the Iowa Medical and Classification Center.
Matt Cohen