The UW–Madison School of Education’s Dance Department presents the Alumni Festival, a live stream event Sept. 24-26 on YouTube. The event will feature performances and choreography from our recent UW–Madison graduates Julianna Hom (BFA, 2020), Megan Schimke (BFA, 2020), and Alice Svetic (BFA, 2020).
Hom will present a video compilation from three sections of her project “What Are You?” and a live solo performance at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. Hom’s work examines the “othering” of Chinese Americans and the idea that Asian Americans do not encounter racial discrimination due to their economic and academic achievements. Her works address the role of family in identity-shaping, identity duality, assimilation into white society, and how individuals react when their identity is challenged.
Schimke will present “Pleasing” on Friday evening, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m., a solo, originally shown at the UW–Madison 2019 Undergraduate Symposium, that has been reworked for her larger project “Bittersweet.”
On Saturday, Sept. 26, at 2:30 p.m. Alice Svetic presents two solo works that represent the two sides of our present situation: wanting to return to the “past” while living more than ever in the present. Her work “BEAM / BEAST,” set on artist Tye Trondson, physicalizes the emotional range between shielding and attack, tenderness and force, prey and predator. Svetic will also present “Lullaby,” a work in progress solo.
Julianna Hom and Megan Schimke’s research and performances are generously funded by the Buff Brennan Senior Honors Award.
See below for live stream links to the performances.
Thursday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m.
WHAT ARE YOU?
Choreography by Julianna Hom
Live Stream Link
Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m.
PLEASING
Choreography by Megan Schimke
Live Stream Link
Saturday, Sept. 26, at 2:30 p.m.
BEAM / BEAST
LULLABY
Choreography by Alice Svetic
Live Stream Link