Jamie Lyons

As an intermedia, prototypical dance and performance troupe, The Chocolate Heads (founded by Aleta Hayes in 2009) cultivates student artists and interdisciplinary thinkers from across the Stanford campus. Each year we center our research and creativity in a collaborative workshop around a specific theme. Dance, Fashion, and the Photographic Eye, loosely inspired by the Cantor Arts Center's Gordon Parks exhibit became the focus for this academic year. Throughout our process, we explore ideas about inclusivity, transformation, self-expression, and metanoia (the journey of changing one’s mind, heart and life). As a result, Fashion Fable brings contemporary dance, live music, fashion presentation, and visual installation together in celebration of beauty in all of its forms; metamorphosis in all of the ways one can imagine; and a rich collaboration to awaken the muses. Thursday, February 22nd Cantor Arts Center Stanford University