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Dance lecturer Gina Laurenzi (BFA 2013, Dance<\/a>; MFA 2024, Dance<\/a>) and her newest concert dis\/connect<\/em> were featured in Shepherd Express following a premiere with Danceworks Performance MKE. dis\/connect <\/em>was Laurenzi\u2019s third full-length piece with Danceworks and her first as co-artistic director with Christal Wagner<\/a> (Lecturer, Dance; Outreach Coordinator, Dance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research from Laurenzi\u2019s MFA thesis was incorporated into the concert, as the piece explores the modern obsession that people have with social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen will we notice we tune into the phone more than each other, and the world around us?\u201d Laurenzi wrote in the dis\/connect<\/em> program.  \u201cWhen occupied by happenings online, and entranced by apps and social media, we miss out on these awe-filled experiences that happen in real-time and we risk missing out on moments of connection. Are we able to experience awe with our heads in our phones?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To read more about dis\/connect<\/em> and Laurenzi, read her feature in Shepherd Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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