Delicious-Wild Space

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DE L IC IO U S 8 PM, February 9-11, 2012 The Milwaukee Rep’s Stiemke Studio Patty & Jay Baker Theater Complex 7:15 PM, Pre-Show Cooking Demo Chef Michelle Evans representing Braise Restaurant PROGR A M Amous Bouche Memory So Many Meals, So Much Meaning Animal Necessities You’re Going to Love This A Series of Steps Hand to Mouth Appetite Social Studies Pasta Primadonna Tuna Fish FDA Secret Ingredient/Slow Food/Hot Lunch Taste and Pleasure Cutlet and Coffee Dinner at Eight Choreography by Debra Loewen with contributions from the company The performance runs without intermission.

Music Rene Aubry, Biosphere, Brave Combo, David Byrne, Matthew Herbert, Night Traveler, Laurie Anderson, Mark Orton, Softbeat Giants, Tom Waits Voices Julia Childs, Interview excerpts with Gabrielle Hamilton, Adam Gopnik, Bulli, B. Lyndon Company Liz Herbst Fransee, Angela Frederick, Allison Kaminsky, Mandi Karr, Lindsey Krygowski, Molly Mingey, Laura Murphy, Jessie Mae Scibek, Kelly Radermacher, Yeng Vang-Strath Guest Performer Jennifer Goetzinger Stage Manager/Lighting Designer Jan Kellogg 2 Wild Space

PROGR A M NOTES We are delighted to offer Delicious, a new work about appetite, the culinary arts and the pursuit of satisfaction. Food is our deepest need, a sensory experience that correlates taste with memory, with expectation and satisfaction. Eating engages in a process, one that has changed through history and continues to change. Tastes have trends, cultures mix, foods fly, traditions disappear and resurface.

As Adam Gopnik writes in The Table Comes First, “Taste is only the art of knowing little things, that’s what makes it big, and we know the place of taste as a set of steps, and ongoing negotiation between values and fashion, between different views of what we want from life and what nature can give us.”

In the making of Delicious, we explore the metaphors that foods, cooking and tasting offer as a way to see how “we eat what we are.”

In the process of cooking as in choreography, we take something, change it, and change it again. We hunt for the moving gestures and see them in repetition, much like the forager hunts for the perfect cluster of morels. Through blending, there is an unstable compromise of unlikely opposites and when we make something, be it a duet or a dinner, we are surprised again by the complicated weight of tradition, craft, and knowledge it demands.

Looking back on our performances over the past 25 years, I find there are many “delicious” memories of artists and colleagues who have made the blending of ideas such an incredible feast. Ed Burgess was one of those creative collaborators I treasured working with as a choreographer and an instructor. Ed was an energetic presence contributing to dance and theater throughout the city—from choreographing for the Milwaukee Rep to leaping into a Wild Space show to instructing college students, he infused his vitality on countless performers and aspiring choreographers. I remember his sense of humor and incredible talent with the bittersweet taste of loss.

Debra Loewen Wild Space Artistic Director

SPECIAL THANKS Braise, Cafe Centro, Rick Clark, Danceworks, Bruce & Michelle Evans, Jennifer Goetzinger, Daniel Grego, Jan Kellogg, Tony Lyons, MATC Culinary Arts Program, Kirsten Mulvey, Tim O’Connell, Outpost, Kristine Petersen, Purple Door Ice Cream, Monica Rodero, Dan Schuchart, UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Dance Department, Waukesha Civic Theatre

W I L D S PAC E C O M PA N Y B I O G R A P H I E S Debra Loewen, Artistic Director, founded Wild Space Dance Company in 1986 following a career as an independent choreographer and solo performer. She holds a BFA in dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MFA in dance from UW-Milwaukee. She has created more than 120 works for the company, many of which have been performed to critical acclaim throughout Wisconsin and in Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, Japan, and South Korea. Her work has been featured in recent issues

of Dance and Pointe magazines. Over the past two decades, Debra has earned multiple choreographic fellowships from Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin Arts Board, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Currently an adjunct faculty member at UW-Milwaukee, she has taught for Lawrence University, the University of Delaware and Alverno College, and leads Wild Space’s residencies at Lawrence University and Lincoln Center Middle School of the Arts. She has consulted with K-12 educators to help design dance residenDelicious 3

W I L D S PAC E C O M PA N Y B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) cies and promote arts-in-education projects throughout Wisconsin. Over the past three years, Debra has presented and participated in national and international workshops and seminars, including La Mama ETC’s International Symposium of Theater Directors and Choreographers in Italy, Society of Dance History Scholars Conference at Stanford University and the prestigious Susan Marshall choreographic workshop in New York City. In 2009, she received a commendation from the Milwaukee County Historical Society for her history-based work and was selected by the Milwaukee Arts Board in 2011 as one of two Milwaukee Artists of the Year.

Laura Murphy, Artistic Associate, recently returned from two years of contemporary dance and choreographic studies in Poland, Germany, Austria and England. While there, she danced with the Warszawski Teatr Tanca, touring Poland and Japan.

She also collaborated and performed with local Warsaw artists to create Zerang.

Piotrowksa.Murphy, an independent improv project. Prior to her journeys in

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Europe, Laura danced with Wild Space for four seasons and was the lead instructor and curricular development associate for Wild Space / MPS Wellness residencies. She also has performed for local choreographers including Wild Space alums Sofi Askenazi, Katie Sopoci, and Dan Schuchart, as well as Peggy Choy and Simone Ferro. Laura holds a BA in dance and a BS in conservation/environmental science from UW-Milwaukee. She taught at Lawrence University as part of Wild Space’s residency and represented Wild Space for its 2011 school performances in the Milwaukee Symphony’s Project ACE. Laura would like to thank Deb and Wild Space for all the support and guidance, as well as a fabulous welcome back!

Liz Herbst Fransee is in her third season with the company and has performed in Wild Space’s performances Trace Elements, Speaking of Happiness, A Place for Everything, Past Present and How to Get From Here to There. Past credits include guest artist in UWM’s Orpheus in the Underworld, and company member of Foothold Dance

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Performance. Liz studied at the Milwaukee Ballet School before receiving her BFA in dance from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts. As a figure skater, Liz is a national medalist and has received high ranks for her technical accomplishments. Liz is also a fiber and textile artist, clothing designer, and owner of the art-wear company Ragademalion, www.ragademalion.com.

Angela Frederick is happy to join Wild Space for her fifth season with the company. After graduating with a BFA in dance from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, Angela established her presence in the Milwaukee arts scene by teaching dance and gymnastics, and performing with various local companies including Danceworks, the Florentine Opera Company, Dale Gutzman Productions, and City Ballet Theatre/Signatures Contemporary Dance Company. While performing with City Ballet Theatre, Angela made her move to Chicago and began working with Kinetic Dance Theatre. During her time in Chicago she was a company member with Perceptual Motion Inc, Irreverence Dance+Theatre, and Jayson Dance Co. Angela has choreographed and appeared in work with Solstance, Around the Coyote Dance Festival, and Dance Chicago. Angela can be seen in the Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival’s awardwinning film The Table. Since her return to Milwaukee, she has performed the role of Margot in the Florentine Opera’s The Merry Widow and has been enjoying dancing and teaching for UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Turners and for Wild Space at Lawrence University.

Allison Kaminsky rejoins Wild Space for her fourth season after earning her Masters of Arts in management from Columbia College. Allison holds a BFA in dance from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, where she performed in pieces

by Simone Ferro, Ed Burgess and Andre Tyson and guest artists Zvi Gotheiner and Susan Marshall. During graduate school, Allison spent a year working as the artistic administration intern for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She recently began working as the capital campaign coordinator for the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.

Mandi Karr holds a BFA in dance from Arizona State University, where she was a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. A Wisconsin native, Mandi returned this summer, joining Wild Space in August. Mandi has performed at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Fringe Festival, the American College Dance Festival, and numerous student performances at ASU. Additionally, she was fortunate enough to work with a handful of ASU faculty including Mary Fitzgerald, Karen Schupp, Elizabeth Johnson and Eileen Standley. She also performed in Projecto Paso, an international dance and video project with artists from Spain, Brazil and the U.S. Mandi represented Wild Space for its 2011 school performances in the Milwaukee Symphony’s Project ACE. Lindsey Krygowski joined Wild Space this season, performing in the September site-specific performance In the Space Between. Lindsey holds a BFA in dance from UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts and has participated in the Impulstanz Summer Intensive in Vienna, the Trisha Brown Summer Intensive in New York and the Bates Dance Festival in Maine. In addition to performing in UW student concerts, Lindsey’s choreography was presented at the Milwaukee Art Museum: After Dark performance and New Dancemakers: In the Flesh. Lindsey is a former member of the Point Dance Ensemble and has taught for Turning Point Dance Academy in Stevens Point and Mirror Image in Mequon. Lindsey performed as a dancer for the Kanye West tour at Summerfest and the Essence Festival in New Orleans.

Molly Mingey graduated with honors from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts with a BFA in dance. Molly’s first performance with Wild Space was Trace Elements in 2009. She has participated in the American College Dance Festival and the Impulztanz Vienna International Dance Festival. She co-choreographed Oust the Clout in Danceworks’ Art to Art in 2010 and Looking a Snake in the Eyes in Here Comes Trouble, an independent choreographers showcase in 2010. She has performed in the Milwaukee Art Museum After Dark series, Danceworks Art to Art and student performances at UWM. Molly represented Wild Space for its school Delicious 5

W I L D S PAC E C O M PA N Y B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) performances in the Milwaukee Symphony’s Project ACE and teaches dance at Milwaukee area studios.

This is Kelly Radermacher’s first season with Wild Space having recently relocated to the great city of Milwaukee after teaching, dancing, and creating in Minneapolis for the last 7 years. In the Twin Cities, she worked with DA Dance (Denise Armstead), Gerry Girouard (including their travels to Buenos Aires for tango training and research resulting in performance in the Ivey Award winning show “Crimes and Whispers” by Girouard and Off-Leash Area), Jim Lieberthal, Megan Flood, Chris Schlicting, April Sellers Dance Collective, Morgan Thorson. Radermacher’s own dances and dance-for-the-cameras have been presented at many venues including: MN’s Bryant-Lake Bowl, Danceworks, Intermedia Arts, Mpls Theatre Garage, Patrick’s Caberet, Ritz Theater, Rogue Buddha Gallery, Walker Art Center Theatre & Sculpture Garden, UW-Madison and Varsity Theatre. She has a bachelors degree in dance and anthropology from UW-Madison, an elementary/ pre-primary education certification from Augsburg College, and a WI DPI teaching license birth-age 11. She teaches dance, PreK and runs an afterschool study program at CommonBond Communities-Glenbrook Apartments on Milwaukee’s northside.

Jessie Mae Scibek recently graduated from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts with a BFA in dance. During her time studying at UWM she performed in various faculty pieces including works by Dani Kuepper, Janet Lilly, Ed Burgess, Darci Brown Wutz, Luc Vanier, Ferne CaulkerBronson, and Simone Ferro. She was also selected to perform Water Studies and Tensile Involvement choreographed by Alwin Nikolai and reconstructed by guest artist Alberto Del Saz. In the summer of 2010, Jessie Mae seized the opportunity to study dance and music abroad in Brazil.

After returning from Brazil she co-choreographed Oust the Clout a piece which was presented in Danceworks’ Art to Art in 2010. This is her second season with Wild Space and was most recently featured in In the Space Between, a site-specific performance at the Pritzlaff building. Jessie Mae was also featured dancing and acting in a corporate video for Walgreens, making 6 Wild Space

her film debut as the store manager. In November she toured the Midwest with the Hudson Vagabond Puppet Company, performing Butterfly: The Story of A Life Cycle, an educational show for children.

Along with her passion for dance she loves animals, the great outdoors and, of course, the Green Bay Packers. She has truly enjoyed the adventures her dance career has taken her on and is looking forward to the rest of the season!

Yeng Vang-Strath graduated with her BFA in dance from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts in 2010. She is ecstatic to be performing again with Wild Space.

While at UW-Milwaukee, she danced for Simone Ferro, Elizabeth Johnson and guest artist Suniti Dernovsek in Always Merry and Bright. She has danced and performed in San Diego with Mesa College, Jean Isaacs Dance Theatre, and Ballettiquette dance studio. In New York, she studied at the Broadway Dance Center with various professionals, including Kat Wildish, David Howard, and Finis Jung. Yeng is a very happy individual who simply enjoys dancing, teaching, performing, learning and most of all, being with her family.

Guest Performer Jennifer Goetzinger was a founding member of Wild Space Dance Company and performed with the company from 1987 through 1989. As owner of Black Tie Catering, Jennifer moved her performing space into her catering kitchen, from places such as yachts to inside diesel trucks, from Miller Park to the Bradley Sculpture Gardens, from museums to garages and even onto the Pabst Theatre’s backstage.

Currently Jennifer owns Personal Chef Concierge Services. Her cooking philosophy is a reflection of her support of local, seasonal and whole foods. The art of gathering and sharing food and time inspires Jennifer to cook from the heart. Tonight she contributes her love of the everyday dance and expertise in whole food cooking. “My inspiration is by the memories I have in my nose, tongue and eyes from my Grandmother’s cooking on our farm in Iowa. Everything from her garden and from the animals they raised was treated with respect. Gathering at the supper table was always a bounty of love.”

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Production Staff Jan Kellogg has been designing lights and stage-managing for Wild Space Dance Company since 2001. Previous shows include In the Space Between, Past Present, How to Get From Here to There, A Place for Everything, Speaking of Happiness, On-Sight, Map of Memories, and Place and Occasion. Jan has also designed the lights for Danceworks Performance Company,

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, In Tandem Theatre, Bialystock and Bloom, Your Mother Dances, Catey Ott Dance Collective, Carroll College, Theater X, Foothold Dance/Performance, the UWMilwaukee Dance Department, and work with choreographers Sofi Askenazi, Katie Sopoci Drake, Monica Rodero and Dan Schuchart.

A B O U T W I L D S PAC E DA N C E C O M PA N Y Wild Space Dance Company 820 E. Knapp Street, P.O. Box 511665 Milwaukee, WI 53203 414/271-0307, www.wildspacedance.org info@wildspacedance.org Artistic Director: Debra Loewen Managing Director: Sheri Urban Led by 2011 Milwaukee Arts Board Artist of the Year Debra Loewen, Wild Space Dance Company has intrigued audiences for 25 years. Known for site-specific dance events and artistic collaborations, the company merges dance with visual art, architecture and music to create inventive choreography and emotionally-charged performances. The company has toured performance work to Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, South Korea and Japan.

Through its outreach programs, workshops, and performances, Wild Space reached more than 22,000 people in southeastern Wisconsin during the past two seasons. Wild Space performs and conducts workshops for young people and adults at community centers and public and private schools. It is a company-in-residence at Lincoln Center Middle School of the Arts in Milwaukee and Lawrence University in Appleton, and is a cultural partner of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Project ACE (Arts in Community Education).

Wild Space Dance Company is operated by Wild Space, Inc., a non-profit organization, and is an affiliate of the United Performing Arts Fund.

W I L D S PAC E B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S Margaret Howland, President Brass Light Gallery

Kristine Havlik Foley & Lardner

Anne Wing Hamilton, Vice-President UW-Whitewater

Tony Horne UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts

Tricia Knight, Treasurer RitzHolman CPAs

Kirsten Mulvey Milwaukee Chamber Theatre

Karen Campbell, Secretary Community Volunteer

Kate Venne Marquette University

Lisa Lawless Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

Kimberly Walker Milwaukee County

Daniel Grego, Ph.D. TransCenter for Youth

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DONOR HONOR ROLL Wild Space thanks the following donors (July 2011–January 2012) for their generous support of our 2011-2012 season.

Major Funders CAMPAC The Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund The Helen Bader Foundation The Herzfeld Foundation MPS Partnership for the Arts MPS Partnership for the Humanities Wisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the state of Wisconsin United Performing Arts Fund Program Sponsor $1,000 - $2,499 Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors® Youth Foundation Daniel Grego The Greystone Foundation Barbara Meyer Elsner Foundation Park Bank Foundation Meyer & Norma Ragir Foundation David & Julia Uihlein Foundation Site Specific Creator $500 - $999 Richard Pieper Performance Presenter $250 - $499 Bird & Ray Bost Nancy & Stephen Einhorn Tim & Sue Frautschi Intuit Dance!

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Gagliardotto

Gary Grunau Greater Milwaukee Foundation Terry A. Hueneke Fund (other funds) Michael F. Hupy Paul Kosidowski & Kathy Donius Lynn Loewen Dr. Deborah McGriff & Dr. Howard Fuller David Paris Charles I. Trainer & Anne R. Booth Outreach Supporter $100 - $249 Sofia Askenazi Deanna Braeger Clark Graphics Sandy Duffy Bernie Erenberger, D.C. David Flores Richard Ippolito & Pam Frautschi Anne Bach Grunau Will Hughes David Johnson Johnson Controls Foundation Helen J. Kuzma Mr. & Mrs. Richard Larson Wayne & Kris Lueders Marie Kohler & Brian Mani Avigail Rubin & Joe O’Shea David Tojek & Marcia Parsons Dr. William Bradley & Jill Anna Ponasik Margie & Bob Shiel Valerie & Dan Stefanich Carolyn White-Travanti & Leon Travanti

Linda & Dan Wilhelms Jean Williams Dance Partner Up to $99 Anonymous Donors George Affeldt Nancy Aten Dick Blau Paul & Susanne Carter Kurt & Cathy Chandler Austin & Sarah de Besche Ellen Demers Harry Drake June Eastvold & Michael Frome Margot Fuchs John Gaebler & Andrea Roschke Dr. Michael Gordon & Michele Sumara Robert Kloes Jean Kowalski The Lacasse Family Norm & Judy Lasca Mrs. Natalie Lloyd-Jones Dena McPhetres Nancy & Paul Meylink Charul Munshi Rose Balistreri & Bruce Murphy Robert & Sonja Pavlik Anne O’Meara & Michael Stillwell Nancy Tawney Mr. & Mrs. William Teweles Tom Thoreson Cheryl Ward Thomas & Barbara Werderitch Robert & Lana Wiese Jim Wilch Windhover Foundation Jim & Doreen Zeller

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