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Erin
Kamler is a writer, composer, singer and teacher whose work focuses on
themes of women’s empowerment. In the mid 90’s Erin put herself
through college working as a stripper in one of New York City’s
most controversial clubs, Runway Sixty-Nine. While she went into the profession
searching for a way to express herself in the face of a seemingly stifling
culture, Erin came out with a troubled understanding of how women’s
power can be misunderstood, feared and abused. |
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In
this one-hour presentation, Erin shares her experience working in the
strip club and asks us to think about our pre-conceptions of women who
take their clothes off in exchange for money. She examines the roots of
our desire to watch women dance, as well as the confines of a culture
that simultaneously reveres and condemns women for expressing their sexual
power. A native of Ann Arbor, MI, Erin began her career in musical theatre and went on to compose and sing off Broadway and on numerous albums and films. A three-time winner of Stephen Sondheim’s Young Playwright’s Festival, Erin won the University of Michigan Hopwood Award for excellence in playwriting. |
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