UW-Madison Dance Department, Arts Institute remember ‘60s events with symposium

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Department and Arts Institute announce the Sunlight Project and Symposium, a series of 10 events related to Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss’ “They Marched into Sunlight.”

“They Marched Into Sunlight” chronicles two events in October 1967: the ambush of a U.S. battalion by North Vietnamese soldiers and a UW–Madison student riot protesting Dow Chemical.

The event, organized by the Dance Department, grew out of New York-based dance artist Robin Becker’s collaboration with Maraniss and will culminate in a March 26 dance concert presenting two new dance works based on Maraniss’ book: “Into Sunlight” by Becker and “Sunlit Fields” by Jin-Wen Yu, a UW–Madison professor of dance. With the exception of the dance concert, all events are free and open to the public.

Included in the events, to be held March 24-26, are panel discussions, a screening of “Two Days in October” (a documentary based on Maraniss’ book) and the spring Hilldale Lecture, delivered by Maraniss.

For more on the project and a complete listing of events, click here.