The UW–Madison Dance Department, housed in the School of Education, presents its Faculty Concert 2022, featuring work from Kate Corby, Duane Lee Holland Jr., Li Chiao-Ping, Liz Sexe, and guest artist Natalie Desch. The concert will take place over two weekends, Feb. 3-5 and Feb. 10-12, in the H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall.
Guest artist Natalie Desch, an assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Dance, and a former dancer with the Jose Limón Dance Company, will restage “Dances for Isadora,” a work containing five solos that pay homage to Isadora Duncan, an American pioneer of modern dance.
Desch, who danced with the Limón Dance Company for five seasons, is spending three weeks in residence at UW–Madison setting the work on student dancers and teaching master classes in the department.
Also on the program is Professor Kate Corby’s new work for nine dancers, with an original score by Seattle-based experimental composer Nat Evans. The work uses unison, spatial exploration, and partnering as metaphors for a society in transition.
Vilas Research Professor Li Chiao-Ping will present “Still Water,” a work made in collaboration with 10 UW–Madison dance students. Li’s work features her “design as storytelling approach” to the disposition of bodies in motion.
Liz Sexe, a lecturer in the Dance Department, will present an ensemble work for nine dancers that explores the movement within feedback systems. The original sound score for the work is directed by Timothy Russell and Liz Sexe with contributions from the dancers.
Tickets ($24, general; $18, students and seniors) are available online at the Campus Arts Box Office, by phone at 608-265-2787, or in person at the Campus Arts Box Office, 800 Langdon Street, in Madison. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door one hour before the performances.
This concert is presented and produced by the Dance Department. The José Limón Dance Company residency with Natalie Desch was made possible with generous support from the Anonymous Fund.
Learn more about the UW–Madison Dance Department’s Faculty Concert 2022.