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January 6, 2023 Dancer in illuminated costume

Guest Artist Showing: Alfonso Cervera

UWM Department of Dance Showing of Work in Progress with Guest Artist Choreographer in Residence As part of choreographer and educator Alfonso Cervera’s residency at UWM’s Department of Dance, you are invited to attend a free, public showing of his... Read More …

March 27, 2018

Finding His Body (and his ‘Wisdom Teeth’) Through Dance

“Young Milwaukee dance artist Zach Schorsch struggled after graduating from UWM’s dance program in 2016. ‘My emotional and physical health was fluctuating drastically,’ he said, ‘and I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to participate in dance again.'” Read... Read More …

March 26, 2018

Choreographer JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s Innovative Work with Horses

Drawing material from JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s work with horses, “The Breaking Ring” translates inter-species choreographic devices into human encounters. Read more about the inspiration here. …

March 7, 2018

The Golden Age of Dance

Movement instructor and dancer, Jeannde Ford, has studied the work of Anne Basting, a professor of theater. Basting specializes in gerontology, aging, memory and dementia, and the use of theater in eldercare. The Louisville Ballet has sent Ford to see... Read More …

February 12, 2018

The Value of Arts Education

Dance lecturer and alumna Gina Laurenzi featured in story that covers successful artists who have emerged from local arts education programs. Read more about Gina, and other Milwaukee art professionals, here. …

February 6, 2018

Hope for Milwaukee at UWM’s “Winterdances: Transit”

“How great that UW-Milwaukee’s dance students have the opportunity to perform work so close to their skin, work they’ve helped make and can present with transparent honesty. Being in the room with such dancing never gets old. And in the... Read More …

January 26, 2018

‘Winterdances’ features hip-hop choreographer D. Sabela Grimes

D. Sabela Grimes — an assistant professor of practice at the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance and a 2014 Rockefeller Fellow — will be the guest artist for 2018 Winterdances: Transit. Performances of Grimes’ Bubbling Utterance will join the works of... Read More …

January 5, 2018

UWM Dance lecturer featured in national periodical for the Iyengar Yoga Association

Dance lecturer Ann Melchior authored a three-page article on UWM yoga practice in the winter 2018 edition of Yoga Samachar, a national periodical of the Iyengar Yoga National Association of U.S. …

October 25, 2017

‘Dancing on the Ceiling’ is a Fabulous Protest by Women of Stature

Dancing on the Ceiling, conceived and produced by Ferro, also included solos by Milwaukee dancers. …

September 25, 2017

Women ‘of a certain age’ launching dance performance tour in Iowa City

Inspired by an idea shared by UWM Dance chair & professor, Simone Ferro, the production is traveling to Milwaukee (Oct 21–22) …

August 29, 2017

Sierra Club ranks UWM among top sustainable universities

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is the state’s leading sustainable university, according to a recent ranking by the Sierra Club. …

July 13, 2017

UWM’s Role In Addressing Poverty In Milwaukee

Hear Dean Emmons discuss how the Peck School addresses challenges associated with poverty in Milwaukee via Milwaukee Public Radio. …

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