Welcome to the second half of our Masculine/Feminine season! Winterdances: Égalité! features Mark Morris’ “Canonic 3/4 Studies” (1982) and Alwin Nikolais’ “Water Studies” (1964), plus three adventurous premieres by Elizabeth Johnson, Dani Kuepper, and myself! In our variety of masculine and feminine communities you are going to enjoy the beautiful athleticism of our multi-talented dancers, some mind-blowing visuals, some drama, some comedy, some satire, some lust, some basketballs, fantastic live jazz, awesome choral music, and some very functional and some highly dysfunctional relationships! Yes, this is another wildly diverse show. The landmark Nikolais and Morris dances, restaged by Alberto del Saz and Joe Bowie, respectively, provide many lessons for us including encouraging us to continue to explore what a dance can be and the many different ways that a dance can be made. This is our world and our work. For their spirit of adventure, commitment, skill, and daring, I extend my thanks to our fabulously versatile dancers, all of our choreographers, to our performing musicians and singers and conductors, and of course, to our many offstage collaborators. We are happy you are here and I look forward to seeing you the rest of the season. Ed Burgess Artistic Director Exciting news! The UWM Department of Dance has received a gift of $25,000 from an anonymous donor to support its Guest Choreography Program. This gift will help make it possible for our undergraduate dancers to continue to have the opportunity to learn new choreography and historic recreations of landmark choreographic works by some of the profession’s most renowned choreographers. These opportunities connect our students to the absolute best in their chosen profession, inspire their ongoing education, and lay the foundation for future success. Guest choreographers have included (among so many): Susan Marshall, Ronald K. Brown, Laura Dean, Alwin Nikolais, Garth Fagan and Mark Morris.
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