Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) proudly presents “terza rima; Writings on the Body” on April 29 and 30, in collaboration with the UW–Madison School of Education’s Dance Department and the Department of French and Italian. Li Chiao-Ping, the artistic director of Li Chiao-Ping Dance, is the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor in the Dance Department. …
Each spring, the School of Education recognizes some of its most outstanding individuals with Faculty and Staff Distinguished Achievement Awards. On Thursday, April 14, this year’s award winners were honored during a reception and short ceremony in the Education Building’s Wisconsin Idea Room. “Today we recognize an extraordinary group of people,” said School of Education …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts welcomes Omari “Motion” Carter to campus April 7–15, through the International Visiting Artist Program. A collaboration between the Division of the Arts and the International Division, which funds the program, the International Visiting Artist Program supports short-term residences for international artists on campus. Omari “Motion” Carter is a screendance …
State of the Art: The 2022 International Symposium on Screendance will be hosted at UW–Madison April 10-13, with events taking place primarily in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall (1050 University Avenue). The symposium, directed by UW–Madison Art Professor Douglas Rosenberg, will focus on topics that are timely to the field of screendance, including, …
The UW–Madison Dance Department is hosting its annual H’Doubler Concert showcasing the work of student choreographers April 7-9. The concert takes place at the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave. This year’s event will feature a mix of solo and ensemble contemporary dance works from student choreographers Akiwele Burayidi, Chloe Druckrey, Olivia Hintz, Meryl Hubbard, Sarah Langdon, Ellie McShane, Peighton Strasburg, …
The work of UW–Madison undergraduate students Aki Burayidi and Rakhi Winston was selected by an adjudication panel to be performed at the American College Dance Association’s (ACDA) Screendance Festival Gala Concert on Saturday, April 2. Burayidi and Winston, who are seniors with the School of Education’s Dance Department, are having their work, “Between Us” showcased. …
The inaugural Arts Crawl will take place on the UW–Madison campus from Thursday, March 31 – Saturday, April 2. Arts Crawl highlights a collection of arts events held over several days in the arts departments and co-curricular arts units at UW–Madison, including the School of Education’s departments of Art, Dance, and Theatre and Drama. It is an opportunity to have creative …
The UW–Madison Dance Department, housed in the School of Education, announces the creation of the Arnhold Directorship in Dance Education, a position made possible by a transformational gift from dance advocate, educator, and founder of the Dance Education Laboratory Jody Gottfried Arnhold (BA 1965) and her husband John Arnhold that was matched by the School of Education’s Impact 2030 initiative. …
Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) proudly presents “Here Lies the Truth” March 25-26 at the Overture Center for the Arts. This work of multidisciplinary dance theater is an exciting mixed-media collaboration between visual artist Douglas Rosenberg, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department; sound designer/composer Tim Russell, a faculty member in the School of Education’s Dance Department; …
The Arts + Literature Laboratory is hosting UW–Madison’s Li Chiao Ping for a screening and conversation about her “Women Dancing” Project, on Monday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. Li is a Vilas Research Professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department. For Li’s project, she commissioned seven postmodern choreographers to create unique solos for her to …