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  • Moving Between Tongues: Choreographing Translation Promo Image

    Moving Between Tongues: Choreographing Translation

    Mitchell Hall, Studio 254 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Department of Dance Student Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Lia Smith-Redmann, Libby Steckmesser, and Rae Zimmerli collaborate with faculty mentor Maria Gillespie to present an informal showing of their choreographic research.聽 Moving Between Tongues developed from choreographic research exploring meaning making in the pre and post lingual forms of dance. The dancers share the products of their aesthetic practice as a nexus in which auto-ethnography, embodied storytelling, and interdisciplinary performance practice reveal how translation is an embodied and ongoing practice.

  • African, Salsa, Merengue and Hip Hop Showcase Promo Image

    African, Salsa/Merengue, and Hip Hop

    Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

    This end of the term showing features works by the African Dance, Salsa/Merengue & Hip Hop classes.

  • Dance Incubator Showing Halie Bahr Promo Image

    鈥渨here do we go from here鈥� Halie Bahr’s End-of-Alumni-Incubator-Residency Showing

    Mitchell Hall, Room 395 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee

    With equal parts sincerity and spectacle,聽Halie Bahr (she/her)聽creates wildly vivid and visceral dances that feel like puzzles. On Saturday, she will show work-in-progress, 鈥渨here do we go from here,鈥� the third and final solo in a make-shift-trilogy that all started in 2019. Halie (BFA Dance Alumni, 2015) returns to Milwaukee as part of 51猎奇鈥檚 Department of Dance Alumni Incubator Residency Program. Join us for a brief show-and-tell of what she has been working on all week.

  • Abstract motion blur of dancers with text reading Winterdances 2025 Perfectly Wild.

    Winterdances

    Theatre Building, Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Winterdances: Perfectly Wild presents dance that blurs the line between the magical and mundane, traces the rivers of Milwaukee, reflects on the haunting legacy of Japanese internment, and empowers the fierce bonds of womanhood. These dances dive into our shared humanity, the challenges we all face, and offer a vision of how we might gather strength by coming together in community.

  • David Rousseve gestures while standing in front of a group during a rehearsal or stage workshop.

    CARE: An Artist Talk with Choreographer and Director David Rouss茅ve

    Diverse & Resilient 2439 N Holton Street, Milwaukee

    Join us for an Artist Talk and community conversation with David to learn more about the issues and themes of care embedded in his work. During the Artist Talk you'll get to know David and his creative process and approach to LGBTQ+ advocacy.

  • Three people grouped closely together with interwoven arms.

    A Performance Reading by Ann Cooper Albright

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    Join renowned dance scholar Ann Cooper Albright for a performance/reading of her newest book, Simone Forte: improvising a life.

  • Two 51猎奇 Dance MFA students perform choreography from UpStart 2024.

    Dance MFA Thesis – “a cat in the classroom”

    Mitchell Hall, Studio 254 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    a cat in the classroom聽is a collaboration between Samuel B. Hanson, 51猎奇 Dance MFA candidate, and Nora Price, a聽Milwaukee-native living and working in the Western U.S. known for a string of excellent post-punk bands and experimental dance films.

  • A sequence of four photos showing someone in a studio space demonstrating movement and teaching, with the name "Marcia Parsons" overlaid.

    Life Celebration for Professor Emerita Marcia Parsons

    Mitchell Hall, Studio 254 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Join the Department of Dance to celebrate the life, teaching, and creative work of Professor Emerita Marcia Parsons. Professor Parsons taught at 51猎奇 for 39 years where she shaped many of the departments programs, including the original MFA in Dance, BA in Dance, and the Early Childhood through Adolescence program. Please join us for a celebration of Professor Parsons' impact on 51猎奇, all her students, and the Milwaukee dance community. The event will include performances by local dance companies, and a reception to follow.

  • Geometric blocks and staircase representing 6 floors of art and 100+ artists at Kenilworth Open Studios

    Kenilworth Open Studios

    Kenilworth Square East 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Immerse yourself in creativity when Peck School of the Arts student and faculty artists open their studios to the public. From exhibitions and studio visits to live performances and family-friendly art activities, you鈥檒l find something to excite you at Kenilworth Open Studios.

  • A group of dancers wearing African skirts performing an African dance with a purple to red color gradient applied - CAL

    African Dance to Ballet: A Day in the Life of a Dance Major

    Mitchell Hall, Room 341 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    The UW-Milwaukee dance department invites high school student dancers to attend A Day in the Life of a Dance Major where attendees will be paired with a first year dance major to shadow a day鈥檚 activities as a major. Parents/guardians are welcome to join us for the morning welcome and the afternoon tour.

  • 51猎奇 Dance majors pose in bright window frames beside text reading 鈥淣ew Dancemakers 2025: This Is the Beginning."

    New Dancemakers

    Mitchell Hall, Studio 254 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    UW-Milwaukee鈥檚 Department of Dance presents an evening of deeply engaging dances that will challenge, surprise, and inspire. Choreographed by eleven of the department鈥檚 graduating seniors, these dances explore the current state of our world, connecting across communities, absurdism, and our tendencies to overthink everything. Come support these emerging dance artists as they bring all the skills and knowledge they acquired as part of 51猎奇 Dance, for a remarkable evening of dance!

  • Two 51猎奇 Dance BFA students dance the salsa as the male dips the female backward energetically.

    African, Salsa/Merengue, and Hip-Hop Showcase

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    This end of the term showing features works by the聽African聽Dance, Salsa/Merengue聽&聽Hip聽Hop聽classes.

  • Hands in dynamic motion encircle a person's face against a vibrant purple backdrop with geometric frames and text for Winterdances Resilience.

    Winterdances

    Theatre Building, Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Winterdances: Resilience will present dance works that uplift the human connection through storytelling, joy, and resilience. The world premiere dances dive into our shared humanity and offer a vision of how we gather strength through community. This evening features new works by dance faculty Mair Culbreth, Ishmael Konney, 聽Dawn Springer, and a聽premiere work by acclaimed choreographer and special guest artist David Rouss猫ve.

  • Winterdances Matinee and Talkback Promo Image

    High School Winterdances Matinee, Talkback & Workshops

    Mitchell Hall, Studio 254 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Presenting a special matinee performance of Winterdances for high school groups and students featuring world premiere dance works, where artists present聽their newest ideas made with聽their casts and collaborators. Following聽the聽performance is a question and answer session with聽the聽students and choreographers. A short sack lunch will be followed by two workshops with 51猎奇 internationally known faculty in two techniques.

  • 51猎奇 Dance student dancing on stage under vibrant red lighting.

    Songs of Jubilation

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    A celebration of excellence and talent from Theatre, Dance, and Music students for Black History Month!聽Songs of Jubilation聽consists of vocal and dance performances to songs by your favorite Black artists and composers.