UO grad, professional dancer to talk about career, new dance project

Editor's note: A high resolution image of Tiffany Mills can by obtained by contacting Pauline Austin, 541-346-3129, paustin@uoregon.edu.

EUGENE, Ore. -- (July 31, 2008) -- Tiffany Mills, founder of the Tiffany Mills dance company in New York, will talk about her most recent work, "Tomorrow's Legs," during a presentation at the University of Oregon on Monday, Aug. 4. The program will feature a video clip of the work. Mills is a graduate of the University of Oregon's Robert D. Clark Honors College.

The free public event will begin at 7 p.m. in 307 Chapman Hall, 990 E. 13th Avenue. The Honors College is sponsoring the event. For more information contact Therese Picado, communications coordinator, Robert D. Clark Honors College, 541-346-2442, picado@uoregon.edu.

Mills is collaborating with experimental theater artist Peter Petralia on" Tomorrow's Legs," which incorporates both dance and theater to tell the personal stories of the performers.

The finished work will premiere next year in New York. Mills also has worked with a number of contemporary composers, designers and filmmakers.

The Robert D. Clark Honors College, established in 1960, is the oldest four-year, public honors college in the nation. The college offers a small liberal arts education within a larger research institution. Curriculum includes interdisciplinary study and courses, capped at 25 students and taught by faculty renowned in their fields, a thesis in the student's field of study and access to faculty and fellow students in an intimate, enriched learning community.

About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.

Contact: Pauline Austin, 541-346-3129, paustin@uoregon.edu

Source: Therese Picado, communications coordinator, Robert D. Clark Honors College, 541-346-2442, picado@uoregon.edu

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