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Nancy Kane, Kinesiology Department, was cited by the Theatre Association of New York State for her musical and ensemble performances in an outdoor summer performance of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” by Sophocles, held at the former Case Mansion in Auburn, N.Y. Also, she choreographed the stage combat in “Antigone.”

     Also, Kane’s History and Philosophy of PE and Sport class welcomed guest speaker Conor Heffernan, an assistant professor of physical culture and sport studies at Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Heffernan presented a session on “Irish Emigrants and the Shaping of American Sport.” Kane met the speaker through their participation in the summer 2020 International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES) Tokyo virtual conference, where Heffernan was a presenter.  

      The Fall 2020 American Dance Circle, a publication of the Lloyd Shaw Foundation (LSF), featured an article by Kane, who is LSF vice president, about dance and social activism at the Highlander School, where Myles Horton, Pete Seeger, Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, John Lewis and many others met to discuss workers’ rights, civil rights, adult literacy and more during the 20th century.