September 26, 2022
“Here Lies the Truth,” a mixed-media, collaborative dance theater work from Li Chiao-Ping Dance, is receiving significant media attention in the lead up to its San Francisco run from Sept. 29 – Oct. 1.
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Parkins is guest on Ocu-Pasión Podcast
September 24, 2022
UW–Madison’s Chell Parkins, the inaugural Arnhold Director in Dance Education in the School of Education's Dance Department, was a guest on a recent episode of Ocu-Pasión Podcast.
UW–Madison’s Walker reflects on how pandemic has altered the arts
September 22, 2022
Christopher Walker spoke with Madison 365 recently about how the pandemic has altered the arts in Wisconsin. Walker is the director of the UW–Madison Division of the Arts and a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department.
Article by UW–Madison’s Harris examines 1930s film that revolutionized dance training
August 25, 2022
UW–Madison’s Andrea Harris is the author of a new article that was published in Dance Research Journal, titled “Blanche Evan’s ‘Film Studies of the Dance’: The ‘Technique Problem’ and the Creation of New Forms in 1930s Revolutionary Dance.” Harris is an associate professor and chair of the School of Education’s Dance Department.
Mixed-media dance theater work ‘Here Lies the Truth’ begins national tour in Hawaii
August 11, 2022
Li Chiao-Ping Dance is launching a national tour of its mixed-media, collaborative dance theater work, “Here Lies the Truth,” in August. The tour will begin in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 13, with performances in San Francisco and Minneapolis to follow in the fall and spring.
Parkins to be the inaugural Arnhold Director in Dance Education
June 30, 2022
Michelle (Chell) Parkins was recently named the inaugural Arnhold Director in Dance Education with UW–Madison’s Dance Department, a position she will start on Aug. 1.
School of Education projects receive Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grants
June 21, 2022
Three projects led by School of Education faculty and staff are among eight projects and 10 seed projects selected to receive grants from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. These projects show the range of how UW–Madison faculty, staff, and students can collaborate with community members to co-create and share knowledge and solutions that will benefit and enrich the lives of the people of Wisconsin, the nation, and the world.
Dance Department hosts choreographer Cameron McKinney for summer residency
June 9, 2022
New York City-based choreographer Cameron McKinney, artistic director of Kizuna Dance, has been a summer guest artist in the School of Education’s Dance Department the past three weeks. The residency will culminate on Friday, June 10, at noon, with a premiere of a new work created by McKinney on Dance Department students in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall.
SEED Festival by Li Chiao-Ping Dance returns June 19-25
June 2, 2022
Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) announces the return of the company’s Summer Exploratory Experimental Dance Intensive and Performance Festival (SEED Festival) from June 19-25 in Oregon and Madison.
UW–Madison’s Brennan, professor emerita and influential supporter of dance, dies
May 12, 2022
Mary Alice “Buff” Brennan, a longtime UW–Madison faculty member who dedicated her career to supporting and encouraging dance students, died on April 8, 2022. Brennan was a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Dance Department, where she was on the faculty from 1967 until her retirement in 2002.