For Milwaukee Magazine’s Spring Arts Playbook, Lauren Warnecke spoke with acclaimed choreographer and guest artist David Roussève about his work with the UWM Dance Department and members of Milwaukee’s vogue and ballroom community on Care: Illuminating Milwaukee’s Queer and Trans Community, a community-based creative research process that culminates with a world premiere work at Winterdances.
As reported by Milwaukee Magazine, the project was shaped through workshops, conversations, and shared movement practices involving students, local performers, and community partners. The resulting choreography blends contemporary dance and vogue while foregrounding care, knowledge-sharing, and lived experience as forms of artistic research.
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