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Alisha Jihn and Tisiphani Mayfield are Wild Space’s guest choreographers for “InSite: Dances for Washington Park.” Their dances are created in conversation with Fredrick Law Olmsted’s design elements throughout Washington Park.
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First Stage and Ko-Thi Dance Company are collaborating in the production and showcase of The Dancing Granny. Actor Marina Murphy, who plays the dancing granny, and director Samantha Montgomery join Lake Effect to talk about the show and the African folktale behind it.
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A group of second-generation Mexican immigrants seek to create a safe space at Marquette University to celebrate and practice their culture with new Baile Folklorico group.
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When Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring premiered in Paris in 1913, the audience rioted. The music was angular and dissonant. The dance…
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There are loaded words in all languages. From swear words to sacreligious words to simply crass words, most of us know them but refrain from using them —…
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In just two years, Peter Stathas went from his first dance class to performing with the José Limón Dance Company on Center Stage in New York City. "I was…
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It's 1983, and a little film called Flashdance featured a dance style not yet popularized — breaking (not breakdancing). While the style was developed in…
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Wednesday is Milwaukee Ballet Day. Eighty structures in 20 locations around Milwaukee are festooned with 2,500 yards of ribbon and 100 pointe shoes. It’s…
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When enslaved Africans were taken to the Americas, they brought few — if any — possessions. But they retained the legacy of their homeland through…
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Milwaukee’s dance chops will be on full display this weekend, as companies in the area get together for the inaugural Dance Fest, hosted by No Studios.…