Rod is no clod. In one of the most engaging (but also slightly troubling) emailed holiday greetings I’ve seen this season, Bigelow, executive director and chief diversity and inclusion officer (a mouthful) of the Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, gracefully trips the light fantastic through the otherwise visitor-free galleries. His footwork is pegged to the museum’s current exhibition, The Art of American Dance.
But what if he really did trip while leaping among works by Bingham, Beaux, Sargent, Chase and Nick Cave (three of which are loans from other museums) during his fantasy night at the museum? And might some visitors be inspired to follow Rod’s sterling example?
New litany for the guards: “No flash photos. No foxtrots.”
I knew and admired Bigelow as the museum’s financial expert (its former deputy director of operations and administration). I never knew he had dance (let alone art) in his résumé. Could it be that he’s a natural at both?
Some credit for this must go to Karen Castleman, a Northwest Arkansas dancer and teacher, who choreographed Rod’s routine:
Best Wishes from CultureGrrl for an Art-Filled Holiday Season!