Performance artist and sculptor to lecture on the relationship between the body and our world

Bryan Saner

Lecture: Roy H. Umble Master Class – "The Body of Knowledge. The Art of the Thinking Body," by Bryan Saner
Date, time, location: Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m., in the Umble Center, Goshen College
Cost: free and open to the public; reception following

GOSHEN, Ind. – The 2008 Roy H. Umble Master Class keynote address titled "The Body of Knowledge. The Art of the Thinking Body" will be given by performing artist Bryan Saner on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in Goshen College's Umble Center theater. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Saner, who graduated from Bethel College, Newton, Kan., was a founding member, collaborative choreographer and performer with the Chicago performance group Sock Monkeys from 1989 to 1993. He also performed with Kast and Company from 1993 to 1995 and is currently working with Goat Island Performance Group where he has been performing, lecturing and touring internationally since 1995. He is also teaching a theory/practice seminar on The Body for the Interdisciplinary Arts Graduate program at Columbia College in Chicago.

Saner will be on campus Sept. 17 to 20 presenting lectures and workshops.

The Roy H. Umble Master Class brings nationally known practitioners and experts in communication and theater to the Goshen College campus annually for events and activities that enrich and inspire students, faculty, the broader campus and local and church communities. It was established with gifts from Goshen College alumni who had benefited from Roy's teaching and inspiration. An initial gift from Janette Brunk in 1994 served as a tribute both to Roy and her parents, Perry and Fern Brunk, who developed an appreciation for theater because of their daughter's involvement in it. In 1996, alumnus David E. Yoder, one of Roy's many former students and admirers, initiated a fund-raising effort to build an endowment to support a master class.

Roy H. Umble (1913-1996) dedicated his life as a faculty member to Goshen College and its heritage. He had a deep commitment to the Mennonite Church and expressed his faith to many generations of Goshen College students through his involvement in speech and theater.

– By Tyler Falk

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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