UW-Milwaukee Summer Dance Season Features Original Works from Emerging Artists

The Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Department of Dance summer season heats up with three unique and innovative dance performances in July.

Upcoming performances include:

JULY 10 - ScreenDance, 9:15 pm, Danceworks (outdoors)
Now in its fourth year, ScreenDance unites the Departments of Dance and Film at UWM with the Danceworks DanceLAB to bring innovative dance films to Milwaukee audiences. The award-winning international films are selected through Dance Film Association, a non-profit dedicated to heightening awareness of dance films and dances created specifically for the camera. ScreenDance is an exciting outdoor film experience, with a screen hung outside of the Danceworks building. Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets.
Tickets: $10. Call (414) 277-8480 or visit Danceworks online at www.danceworksmke.org.

JULY 16-17 - MFA Dance Thesis Show: create.collide.combust, 7:30pm, Danceworks
The Peck School Department of Dance and the Danceworks DanceLAB co-present an evening of meditation, dangerous consumption, and mouth-watering perspectives. This year's annual performance features choreographic work by the following faculty-nominated MFA candidates:

Kate Digby is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City. Her work has
been presented across the US and internationally, and has been supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the LEF Foundation, World Music/CRASHarts, and the Yard. In addition to dancing in her own work, Digby performs with David Parker and the Bang Group and Erika Batdorf/Moleman Productions. Click for more info

Holly Jaycox is a part-time faculty member in the Division of Dance at Purdue University. She is a founding member of TransSonic Music, a multi-media improvisation group, and teaches Contact Improvisation around the Midwest. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts/Dance from the University of New Mexico. Click for more info

James Robey holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Akron. He is the Founding Artistic Director of James Robey Dance, director of the Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance, and is author and creator of the Robey Jazz Dance Technique and Syllabus. Click for more info

Digby's and Jaycox's work, PolyEsthers, was recently chosen to represent the North-Central region at the American College Dance Festival Association's National Conference. They performed the piece at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on May 29, 2010.
Tickets: $25 reserved, $20 general, $15 students and seniors.
Call (414) 277-8480 or visit Danceworks online at http://www.danceworksmke.org

JULY 30-31 - Dancemakers 2010, Mainstage Theatre, 7:30pm
The Peck School of the Arts Dance Department presents two unique evenings featuring works by Dance MFA students. Each summer, professional dancers and choreographers travel from across the United States to participate in the school's renowned graduate program. Their collaborations will culminate in two evenings at the end of July when they share their original and compelling work with the public. The programs will include work from MFA students Amii LeGendre, Olase Freeman, Scott Lyons, Victoria Olender, Cynthia Gutierrez-Garner, Joel Valentin-Martinez, Lindsay Gilmour, Angie Yetzke and Lesya Popil.

Tom Strini of Third Coast Digest will moderate a pre-performance discussion on Friday, July 30 from 6:15-7:15 p.m. with choreographers and dancers. A reception will also follow Friday's performance.

Tickets: $10 general/$7 students, seniors and UWM alumni, faculty & staff. Call (414) 229-4308. More information at: http://arts.uwm.edu/dancemakers

About the UWM Peck School of the Arts Department of Dance
The Peck School Department of Dance is committed to the development and training of skillful and creatively vibrant dance artists. Through its diverse faculty, curriculum and students, the department offers undergraduate and graduate dancers a learning environment that emphasizes creative artistic individuality and the development of professional skills.

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