Fox Cities P.A.C. Teams with Spectrum Dance for Week of Community Conversations

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced a week of community conversation while teaming up with Spectrum Dance Theater. The Center invites the community to participate in public workshops, demonstrations and discussions designed to provoke meaningful dialogue about race and diversity in the community.

The week also includes a performance at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center featuring Spectrum Dance Theater performing Rambunctious 2.0, a work that uses the music of African-American composers to explore American tradition through movement.

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Kick-Off Event
Monday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.
Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Enjoy a presentation by Spectrum Dance Theater artistic director Donald Byrd and learn how the arts can help us engage in difficult conversations about race. This event is free and open to the public.

Can We Talk
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 5 p.m.
Fox Cities P.A.C. Kimberly-Clark Theater
Partake in a community conversation about race after watching a dance demonstration meant to provoke meaningful dialogue. This event is free and open to the public.

Can We Talk
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 12 p.m.
Fox Cities P.A.C. Kimberly-Clark Theater
Partake in a community conversation about race after watching a dance demonstration meant to provoke meaningful dialogue. This event is free and open to the public.

Dance Workshop
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 5 p.m.
Fox Cities P.A.C. Kimberly-Clark Theater
Participate in a beginner's dance workshop with members of Spectrum Dance Theater and learn about dance as an art form and a voice for social topics. This event is free and open to the public but space is limited. Please register at foxcitiespac.com.

Spectrum Dance Theater pre-show presentation and performance
Friday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Explore American tradition through ambitious, artistic movement and inspirational compositions from African-American composers T.J. Anderson, Wynton Marsalis and Pamela Z. Founded in 1982, Spectrum Dance Theater has become the preeminent modern Dance Company of the Pacific Northwest. The company believes in bringing dance to a diverse audience of people from different social, cultural, ethnic and economic backgrounds.

Ticket holders can also enjoy a preshow presentation by artistic director Donald Byrd to learn more about what they will experience at the performance beginning at 6:45 p.m. Doors open to the Kimberly-Clark Theater at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are available by calling the ticket office at (920) 730-3760 or visiting foxcitiespac.com.

Art of Conversation
Saturday, Feb. 11, 12 p.m.
The Trout Museum of Art
Jason Adrians, editor/news director at The Post-Crescent will be conducting a panel discussion with featured voices Donald Byrd, artistic director of Spectrum Dance Theater, Maria Van Laanen, president of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center and Kimberly Barrett, Ph.D., vice president for diversity and inclusion and associate dean of the faculty at Lawrence University. The group will discuss how the arts can play a role in creating conversation about social issues such as race. This event is free and open to the public.

The Spectrum Dance Theater residency also includes a Bemis Company Education Series performance and private events throughout the week.

For more information about Spectrum Dance Theater's residency and performance visit foxcitiespac.com.

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The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and cultural education organization located in downtown Appleton, provides a premier venue for live performing arts. Since 2002, the Center has proudly served as a gathering place for the community to engage in educational opportunities while enhancing a greater understanding and appreciation of life through the live performing arts. The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center - Where the Arts Come Alive!

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