b'. . .the possibilities of dance within the museums collection galleriesnot to recreate a theater experience,but rather to put dance in direct relation to the art on display.focusing on intentional placing of bodies of color into traditionally white spaces. Frazer Ward, professor of art at Smith, Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford 83 Curator of Contemporary Art, Charlene Shang Miller and the dancers joined in to share catalytic experi-ences with dance in connection with the visual arts, to discuss the circumstances prompting the growing presentation of dance in museums in recent yearsand to examine how knowledge from one field is applied in the other. The panel concluded with an interrogation of the experience of creating and presenting a workin the SCMA gallery space and the process behindlimitations of the museum in order to best engage the developing the performance. Panelists and the audience in a deep experience with dance together audience discussed the challenges and opportunitieswith the works of art.of working through the physical requirements andWatch a video of Dancing the Museum.below:Tara Aisha Willis speaking in Graham Hallconnecting people to ideas48'