What are the limits of human compassion? When atrocity occurs, what separates the bystanders from the upstanders? Commissioned by Harvard Law School for the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, Liz Lerman’s Small Dances About Big Ideas uses movement, spoken word and documentary soundscape to examine the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust and more recent atrocities in places like Bosnia and Rwanda.

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“Liz Lerman has made a vibrant, provocative career out of fixing on a moment…and making it come alive in simple, plain-spoken dance.” – The New York Times

Presented in association with the Holocaust Center of Northern California and Facing History and Ourselves.

This presentation is supported in part by a grant from Covenant Foundation.