The UW–Madison Dance Department and Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) present “bits ‘n pieces,” Nov. 17-19 in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall (1050 University Avenue). This family-friendly concert is packed with humor and delight, and will feature new choreography, fan favorites, and rarely seen works by award-winning movement artist Li Chiao-Ping, the Sally Banes …
By Kari Dickinson Tony Award-winning actor and UW–Madison alumnus André De Shields paid a visit to his alma mater on his “day off” last Monday, to see the new exhibit that honors him at Alumni Park. De Shields, who graduated from UW–Madison in 1970 with a BA in English, has achieved an international reputation as one of …
The UW–Madison Dance Department and Jin-Wen Yu Dance present “Home Wandering,” a two-part concert of new contemporary dance and older, award-winning work by Professor Jin-Wen Yu, Oct. 13-15 in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall. The first half of the program, created and performed over the summer in Taipei with six Taiwanese dancers, explores the surrealistic feel …
A team from UW–Madison co-authored an article that was published in the Journal of Dance Education, titled “Interdisciplinary Integration: Linking Differentiated P(arts) to Create Accessible Dance Experiences.” The article — written by Kate Corby, a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department and chair of the School’s Department of Theatre and Drama; Mariah Meyer LeFeber, an outreach …
“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. The work, which premiered at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison in March 2022, is a collaboration among visual artist …
UW–Madison’s Chell Parkins was a guest on a recent episode of Ocu-Pasión Podcast. In the episode, titled “Culturally Relevant Dance Education With Chell Parkins of Ballet Hispánico,” Parkins discusses the experiences of Latin youth engaged in culturally relevant dance-making practices, her contribution to the nation’s only doctoral program focused on educational research in dance, and her journey …
UW–Madison’s Christopher Walker spoke with Madison 365 recently about how the pandemic has altered the arts in Wisconsin. In the article, headlined “ ‘There’s so much momentum.’ The pandemic has altered arts, artists, and audiences in Wisconsin,” Walker reflects on the first time he returned to an arts event in the fall of 2021, after over …
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. Harris’s article examines …
Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) is launching a national tour of its mixed-media, collaborative dance theater work, “Here Lies the Truth,” in August. On Aug. 13, LCPD will present an excerpt from “Here Lies the Truth” at the Asia Pacific Dance Festival in Honolulu, Hawaii. A discussion about the work’s theme will take place following the …
By Kari Dickinson 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. This new position was made possible by a gift from dance advocate, educator, and founder of the Dance Education Laboratory Jody Gottfried Arnhold (BA 1965) and her husband John Arnhold. Their …