The UW–Madison Dance Department and Professor Chris Walker are delighted to present Moonshine 2026, Friday, Feb. 27, at 3:30 p.m. in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall.
This free annual event brings together campus and community artists in performance — an embodiment of the Wisconsin Idea on stage — to celebrate Black excellence and the Black experience with live music, contemporary theater, and dance during Black History Month.
Atlanta-based artist Stacy Letrice will be in residence, bringing over two decades of dance expertise in African and Caribbean traditions and dance-movement therapy. Letrice is a dancer, choreographer, mas band leader, and dance-movement therapist with decades of global experience. During her time on campus, Letrice will teach masterclasses to UW–Madison students, and her residency will culminate in a solo performance during Moonshine.
Assistant Professor Omari “Motion” Carter will present his film “Don’t Play With (Kn)ives,” an original hip-hop screendance based on true stories of knife crime in the United Kingdom. The work brings together some of the United Kingdom’s finest hip-hop dancers, spoken word performances, and original music composition, delivering a poignant message to young people of awareness, prevention, and hope.
Carter is a screendance practitioner, body percussionist and hip-hop dance culture aficionado born and raised in London, England. He teaches hip-hop technique and theory, screendance production, and body percussion in the Dance Department. His latest research project, “Our Vibes: A Vibrotactile Screendance Installation,” combines a vibrating viewing platform with a body-percussion dance film.
Local guest performances will include a large ensemble hip-hop performance from Barrio Dance, choreographed by AJ Juarez; work from Papa-Kobina, an award-winning dance artist and educator who has appeared on MTV’s “Made,” “America’s Got Talent,” and “World Of Dance”; and Hanah Jon Taylor, owner of Cafe Coda and an internationally known jazz saxophonist and flutist.
UW–Madison students will also perform during the event.
Moonshine performance
Friday, Feb. 27, 3:30 p.m.
Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall
1050 University Ave.
Free and open to the public
A reception in the Virginia Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall, will immediately follow the performance.