Deborah Farris

Executive Director: Deborah Farris
Artistic Director: Dani Kuepper
Artistic Manager: Kim Johnson
Lighting Design/Stage Management: Mike Van Dreser
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State
of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Danceworks is a proud member of the United
Performing Arts Fund.
Cover photo and photo above: ©2015 Paul Ruffolo Photography
From Danceworks PRESIDENT Board of Directors
Welcome, and thank you for joining us for Writing About
Music/Dancing About Architecture. Danceworks Performance
Company (DPC) continually focuses on collaboration, fusion
of forms, current trends in the field, and includes educational
components to encourage artist-to-audience dialogue and
participation. The concert you are seeing today not only fully
embraces these elements, it celebrates them.
Danceworks is celebrating many things this year from our enthralling DPC concerts,
to the hundreds of students inspired weekly to be healthy and creative in our studio,
to our outreach programs impacting a record number of community members and
so much more. Each day we find new ways to celebrate!
Did you know that dance, music, language and architecture describe, inform,
correlate, abstract and redefine one another? I didn’t, until I participated in this
unique interactive concert experience. Today you will first hand celebrate how
structures rise from solid foundation through art. Since Danceworks’ inception, we
have been building that solid foundation that is now enabling us to stretch to meet
growing needs in our community. We have been called to rise, and we are ready for
the challenge.
This year celebrates a particularly special milestone for our signature outreach
program–Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap program (Mad Hot). Mad Hot
provides 15 weeks of ballroom and tap dance instruction at 44 Milwaukee-area
schools. The program has touched more than 21,000 Milwaukee children from the
central city.
Mad Hot is a piece of our structure that is being allowed to rise because it has been
laid on the solid foundation of our organization. We are so proud and delighted
to celebrate 10 years of Mad Hot this spring and we invite you to join us. This
year’s 10th Anniversary Celebration will take place Thursday, March 10th at the
BMO Harris Bradley Center and features delicious food, exciting music, inspiring
entertainment from 10 years of Mad Hot students and all of our Danceworks family!
I can’t wait to celebrate—how about you? And the party doesn’t end there. Join us
again on Saturday, May 21 for our Mad Hot Competition (free to the public) to see
nearly 9,000 people in our community come together to witness the culmination of
this year’s special program.
Danceworks has laid a solid foundation. May the lines, shapes and structures we
continue to build on top of that foundation, maintain many reasons to celebrate!
Danielle Bly | President, Danceworks Board of Directors
FROM DPC’S Artistic Director
The concert idea for Writing About Music/Dancing About
Architecture was inspired by the famous quote of unknown
origin, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”
The concept was inspired by Jason Powell. He actually sent me
the quote and said, “Wouldn’t this be a cool dance concert
idea?” Yep. I stole his idea and ran with it (with permission).
Jason has become a strong creative collaborator of
Danceworks Performance Company—in part because he knows very little about
dance! Why would I want to steal ideas from and collaborate with someone who
knows very little about dance? Because I’m interested in making work that speaks
to all kinds of people, and I’m interested in his outsider’s perspective. Let me be fair
and upfront… it’s not as though he is an uninformed party. Jason is a trained actor
and skilled writer, musician and songwriter, and has an excellent understanding of
nuance, hilarity, complexity and timing. From Jason’s instigation and understanding
that writing, music, dance and architecture all have things in common and can
inspire one another, this concert has taken shape.
This concert is about collaboration and inspiration drawn from writing, music, dance
and architecture. What are similar concepts in all of these forms? Theme and
variation, positive space and negative space, angularity and circularity, shape and
flow, staccato and legato, etc. How does the structure of choreography correlate to
architecture? The structure of music is a kind of architecture, too. How can words
and sound inform a choreographer’s choices? These concepts can be heady and
hard to decipher from the outside.
In curating this complex concert, I asked myself: If it is our intention for DPC to
make work that speaks to a diverse audience, then how will the audience have a
window to see in plain view the correlating structures of this concert? How can we
make the concert’s give and take between art forms more tangible for our viewers
and listeners?
AHA! The audience will become collaborators! Haiku poems submitted by DPC
audience members have inspired dances onstage. Our guests will be invited to
design sculptures and dance in their seats during the performance. Writing About
Music/Dancing About Architecture is an interactive event, with the aspiration of
empowering audiences to make correlations and be an important part of the
collaboration.
Thank you for supporting the Milwaukee arts community. We can’t do what we do
without you!
Dani Kuepper | Artistic Director, DPC
PROGRAM
Danceworks Performance Company: Melissa Anderson, Alberto Cambra,
Kim Johnson, Dani Kuepper, Gina Laurenzi, Liz Licht, Christal Wagner,
Joëlle Worm, Andrew Zanoni.
*University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (UWM) Dance Department Interns:
Caroline Seigworth, Melissa Gross.
Construction Site Specific
Choreography: Andrew Zanoni and Dancers
Scenic Design: Posy Knight, Kirk Thomas
Music: “Places” by Shlohmo, “Business Building Lobby Ambience” by Finnolia Sound Effects
Dancers: Alberto Cambra, Dani Kuepper, Gina Laurenzi, Christal Wagner
Playback (1984)
Richard Bull Dance Theatre | Performed by Joëlle Worm and Jason Powell
Playback features an improvising dancer responding to an audio that she has never heard before. Created
by the Richard Bull Dance Theatre (RBDT), it was performed primarily by Richard Bull and Peentz Dubble.
This version of Playback was made possible through participation in The Field Milwaukee’s Fieldwork Fall
2015 workshop and generous feedback and information sharing from original RBDT members (Peentz
Dubble and George Russell) and RBDT/De Facto Dance (Kelly Donovan, Meg Frye, Aggie Postman).
Haiku Fiction #1 (see insert)
Choreography: Christal Wagner in collaboration with Dancers
Music: “Sekstur from Vendsyssel (The Peat Dance)” performed by The Danish String Quartet
Dancers: Melissa Anderson, Alberto Cambra, Kim Johnson, Gina Laurenzi, Liz Licht,
Andrew Zanoni
Projection: Christal Wagner
Haiku Fiction #2 (see insert)
Choreography: Christal Wagner in collaboration with dancers
Music: “With the Dark Hug of Time” by Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld
Dancers: Melissa Anderson, Gina Laurenzi, Liz Licht, Kim Johnson, Andrew Zanoni
Projection: Christal Wagner
Haiku Fiction #3 (see insert)
Choreography: Christal Wagner in collaboration with Gina Laurenzi
Sound score: Christal Wagner
Dancer: Gina Laurenzi
Haiku Fiction #4 (see insert)
Choreography: Christal Wagner in collaboration with Dani Kuepper
Dancers: Melissa Anderson, Kim Johnson, Dani Kuepper
~INTERMISSION~
Haiku Fiction #5 (see insert)
Choreography: Christal Wagner in collaboration with the dancers
Music: “Piano Trio: III. Moderato” by Germaine Tailleferre
Musicians: Jiwon Lee, Piano; Ernest Brusubardis, Violin; Jichen Li, Violoncello
Dancers: Melissa Anderson, Kim Johnson, Dani Kuepper, Liz Licht, Andrew Zanoni
Dance Fiction (see insert)
Choreography: Christal Wagner in collaboration with the dancers
Music: “Spiegel im Spiegel” by Arvo Pärt
Projection: Christal Wagner
Musicians: Jiwon Lee, Piano; Iuliia Mykolyk, Violin
Dancers: Melissa Anderson, Kim Johnson, Dani Kuepper, Liz Licht, Andrew Zanoni
Schubertiade
Choreography: Dani Kuepper in collaboration with the dancers
Music: “Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 99, D. 898: I. Allegro moderato, II. Andante
un poco mosso” by Franz Schubert
Musicians: Jiwon Lee, Piano; Ernest Brusubardis, Violin; Jichen Li, Violoncello
Dancers: Melissa Anderson, Alberto Cambra, *Melissa Gross, Kim Johnson, Gina Laurenzi,
Liz Licht, *Caroline Seigworth, Christal Wagner, Andrew Zanoni
This dance is offered as an expression of gratitude to Ruth Knoll for teaching me to listen well.
Special Thanks: UWM Dance
Department, Rebecca Ottman,
UWM Leonard Sorkin Institute
of Chamber Music, Bernard
Zinck, Posy Knight, Jason Powell,
Sandy Wallisch, Catey Ott and
Karen Estrada.
Danceworks staff
Deborah Farris, Executive Director
Dani Kuepper, Artistic Director, Danceworks Performance Company (DPC)
Kerry Bergin, Studio Manager
Amy Brinkman-Sustache, Education Director; Artistic Director, Danceworks on Tap (DOT)
Ryan Cappelman,
Jolie Collins, Customer Satisfaction Manager/Registrar
Kelly Drake, DYPC Manager
Sammy Goodrich, Box Office Manager
Rachel Howell, Mad Hot Executive Assistant
Kim Johnson, Artistic Manager
Posy Knight, Mad Hot Project Manager
Linnéa Koeppel, Director of Development and Marketing
Gina Laurenzi, DYPC Artistic Director
Jacqui Lefebvre, MHBT Lead Ballroom Teacher
Bryan Michaels, Operations Director
Izetta Rees, Development and Marketing Assistant
Roberta Rideout, Showcase Assistant
Lisa Wenzler, Design and Advertising Manager
Susan Wiedmeyer, Development and Marketing Manager
Janet Lew Carr, Emerita
Danceworks 2015-16 board of directors
Danielle Bly, President; Kilby Williamson, Vice President; Rick A. Krueger, CPA,
Treasurer; Lindsay Olson, Secretary
Betsy Corry
Mario Costantini
Karyn Elliott
Deborah Gonzalez
Olivia Hare
Christine Harris
Betsy Hoylman
Frank Krejci
Jeff McClellan
Sue Northey
Clare Reardon
Elaine Sweet
BIOGRAPHIES
Danceworks Performance Company (DPC) is the resident contemporary dance company
of Danceworks, Inc. Founded in 1997, DPC presents powerful original dance works that
inspire and entertain audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
The Leonard Sorkin International Institute of Chamber Music (ICM) offers a
concentration in chamber music performance for advanced level graduate students and
young professional musicians. www4.uwm.edu/psoa/music/mm/chamber.cfm
Deborah Farris, Executive Director,
has led Danceworks since 2002. During
her tenure, Danceworks has experienced
significant growth in both programming
and budget, with the launch of
Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap in
2006 and annual revenue increasing from
$300,000 to $1,200,000.
During this exciting time, Danceworks
has received the UPAF Management
Excellence Award (2005, 2006, 2011) the
UPAF Education/Outreach Award (2006,
2007, 2009, 2011, 2013); and a Business
Journal Eureka Award (2013).
Prior to coming to Danceworks,
Deborah worked with Milwaukee Ballet as
Director of Education and Outreach and
was on the Milwaukee Ballet School faculty.
Before returning to Milwaukee in 1999,
she was Assistant Director for Business and
Finance of the North Carolina Botanical
Garden at the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill (1995-1999), where within
her tenure revenues increased more than
400%. She has served on the Department
of Dance and Theatre faculties of Tulane
University, University of NC at Chapel Hill
and UW-Milwaukee, where she is currently
an adjunct faculty member.
Originally from Milwaukee, she
received her BFA and MFA from UWM.
Deborah received a Business Journal
Woman of Influence Award for Nonprofit
Leadership in 2007.
Dani Kuepper, Artistic Director, DPC,
received both her BFA and MFA from UWMilwaukee, where she has been a faculty
member of the UWM dance department
since 1999. She is the artistic director
of Danceworks Performance Company
(DPC), the resident contemporary dance
company of Danceworks. Dani joined DPC
in 1998 and has since choreographed
more than 30 dances for the company.
She has choreographed extensively in
the Milwaukee community; and as DPC’s
artistic director, she has enjoyed the
opportunity to collaborate with Milwaukee
Opera Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber
Orchestra, Florentine Opera Company,
Present Music, First Stage and the
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Kim Johnson, Danceworks Artistic
Manager, joined DPC in 2000, shortly
after graduating from UW-Milwaukee
with high honors with a BFA in dance. A
native “Yooper,” Kim served as DPC’s
associate artistic director from 20092012 before taking on the role of artistic
manager of both performance and studio.
She has created works for DPC as well
as Milwaukee Ballet II. Kim has helped
write curriculum for both Danceworks
Studio and Milwaukee Ballet School. She
has also enjoyed growing Danceworks’
dance fitness program, Danceworks Youth
Performance Company and other facets
including DanceLAB. Kim is on faculty at
Danceworks and at UWM.
DANCEWORKS PERFORMANCE
COMPANY
Melissa Anderson joined DPC in 2002
and has previously performed with
Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Teatro Municipal
de San Juan of Puerto Rico, Southern
Ballet Theater (now Orlando Ballet) and
Islenski Dansflokkurinn (Icelandic Ballet).
Melissa teaches ballet at all levels at
Danceworks, as well as at Nancy Dianne
Studio and UW-Milwaukee. She frequently
choreographs and teaches for dance
organizations such as Chicago National
Association of Dance Masters, Dance
Masters of Wisconsin and Texas Association
of Dance Teachers.
Alberto Cambra graduated in Dance
and Fine Arts from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck
School of the Arts in 2010. After living
in Los Angeles for a year doing small
projects, he came back to Milwaukee’s
modern dance/theatre environment. In
addition to DPC he has danced with Wild
Space Dance Company locally, Fenn and
Company in NYC and has done freelance
work in Chicago. Alberto is in his fourth
season with DPC.
Gina Laurenzi is a graduate of UWMilwaukee and is in her third season with
DPC. Gina trained as a Giordano Jazz
Dance Chicago scholarship student, under
Elements Contemporary Ballet’s Artistic
Director Michael Gosney, and performed
with Giordano II and Inaside Chicago
Dance. In addition to DPC, Gina currently
performs with Maria Gillespie’s Oni Dance
and Hyperlocal, an improvisational series.
A resident choreographer with DPC, her
recent work has been shown at Next
Act Theatre and Danceworks, where she
debuted The Gina Laurenzi Dance Project’s
Vagabondare: Wander, Roam, Stroll… Gina
also teaches and creates new work for
youth dancers of Momentum Dance Project,
Danceworks Youth Performance Company
and the Makaroff Youth Ballet.
Liz Zastrow Licht is in her fifth season
with DPC and has also performed with
Joel Valentín-Martínez, the Liz Lerman
Dance Exchange, Wild Space Dance
Company, Your Mother Dances, Skylight
Music Theatre and Li Chiao-Ping Dance.
Her Dean’s Honors Award, Dance BFA,
Journalism Minor, and Honors College
Degree are from UW-Milwaukee (2010),
where she currently tutors writers across
disciplines in the UWM Writing Center.
Liz completed her yoga certification from
YogaOne Studio and teaches in Sheboygan. Christal Wagner is back for her ninth
season with DPC. She holds a BFA in
dance from UW-Milwaukee. Wagner
has performed with Your Mother Dances
and Edwin Olvera, and she has been a
featured performer with Present Music.
She is also a co-founder of the Milwaukee
music and dance trio Cadance Collective.
Christal choreographs musical theatre for
Divine Savior Holy Angels High School and
Community Theatre Works, and she has
won three Tommy Awards for outstanding
choreography 2013-2015.
Jöelle Worm holds a BFA in Dance
summa cum laude from the University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities and an MPA in Public
Administration from Baruch College-City
University of NY. Jöelle has spent time
dancing and administering education/arts
education programming in Minneapolis,
New York City and Milwaukee. Worm
has danced with Your Mother Dances
(Milwaukee), Colleen Hooper Dance
Projects (Philadelphia, New York), and
De Facto Dance (New York).
Andrew Zanoni is thrilled to be dancing
his second full season with Danceworks
this year. After receiving his BFA in Dance
from UW-Milwaukee in 2010, Andrew
spent two years dancing in NYC with The
Bang Group as well as Boink! Dance. Lots
of love and appreciation to his family
who has supported him on his many life
adventures. Other dance experience: Your
Mother Dances, Garth Fagan Summer
Institute, The Gina Laurenzi Dance Project. Collaborating Artists
Ernest Brusubardis began his violin
studies at age 7 with Mary Ellen Meyer.
In 2013, he received a BFA degree from
UWM under Dr. Bernard Zinck. Brusubardis
has participated in the Latvian Song
Festival Orchestra in Chicago, Indianapolis,
Milwaukee and Hamilton, Canada. He is
currently the concertmaster of the UWM
Symphony Orchestra and the principal
second violinist of the Sheboygan
Symphony Orchestra. Brusubardis also
enjoys non-classical music and plays
throughout the Midwest in bluegrass, gypsy
swing and jazz groups. He won 1st place
in the 2007 and 2008 East Troy Bluegrass
Festival Fiddle Competition. Brusubardis
is currently pursuing a graduate degree
at UWM and resides in Milwaukee with
his wife, Stephanie and their two children,
Ernest V and Violet.
Melissa Gross is a senior at UWM
earning a double major in Dance and
Spanish. She graduates in May of 2016.
This is Gross’ first year interning with
Danceworks Performance Company and
teaching for the Danceworks Mad Hot
Ballroom and Tap Program. She also
teaches for Milwaukee Recreation and
has performed with Wild Space Dance
Company. She plans to move to Spain in
the fall! Olé!
Posy Knight holds a MFA in Scenic Design
from University of Connecticut (2014)
and a BFA in Dance from The Julliard
School (2002). From New York City to
Buenos Aires; Colorado to Milwaukee,
Knight has continued to meld a career
as a performer, choreographer, designer,
director, scenic painter and arts educator.
She recently stepped up as the Outreach
Project Manager for Danceworks Mad
Hot Ballroom and Tap Program which is
celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year.
Jiwon Lee started private piano lessons
at the age of 7 and received a BM and
MM in piano performance from Keimyung
University in Daegu, Korea. Jiwon won
the Varna International Piano Concerto
Competition in Bulgaria; the Bronze prize
in the 11th National Music Contest in Seoul,
Korea; 1st place in the Daegu Metropolitan
Office of Education Music Competition and
she was a participant in the 21st Piano
Symposium hosted by the Piano Society
of Korea. In addition, Jiwon has played in
master classes with Vladimir Shakin, Joseph
Banowetz and Adam Wodnicki. Jiwon has
extensive teaching experience—having
served on the faculty of Seonghwa Girl’s
High School in Daegu, Dalseong County
Youth Center Happy Music, Donggok
Elementary School and Keimyung University.
At UWM, Jiwon is pursuing a master’s
degree in music—Piano Performance.
Jichen Li was born in 1988 in the People’s
Republic of China. He was a semifinalist
in the Fifth Chinese Golden Bell Award
for Music in 2005 and a semifinalist in
the Fourth Tchaikovsky International Youth
Music Contest in 2012. He studied cello
at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music and
the China Conservatory of Music before
continuing his graduate studies at UWM.
Jichen has served as the principal cellist in
various orchestras including those of the
Tianjin Conservatory of Music and China
Conservatory of Music, and is currently
the principal cellist of the Sheboygan
Symphony Orchestra. He currently is
pursuing a graduate degree in cello
performance at UWM, and in 2015, he
won the UWM Concerto Competition.
Iuliia Mykolyk was born in Ukraine and
has been playing the violin since she was
8 years old. After graduating from the
Lviv National Music Academy where she
received her bachelor’s and master’s
degrees, Mykolyk performed with the
Lviv International Symphony Orchestra
(INSO). She played at numerous festivals
in Switzerland, France, Portugal, Italy,
Germany, Spain and Poland. Two years
ago, Mykolyk began to pursue her musical
training in the United States and received
a certificate in Violin Performance from the
University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She
is currently earning a certificate degree in
Chamber Music from UWM.
Jason Powell is the author of the fulllength musical Invader? I Hardly Know
Her—which premiered at the Alchemist
Theatre in Bay View, Wisconsin and went
on to participate in the Fringe Festival
in New York City in 2010. His comic
opera, Fortuna the Time-Bender vs. The
Schoolgirls of Doom, commissioned by
Milwaukee Opera Theatre, premiered at
the Alchemist in 2012. He enjoyed critical
acclaim in his reinvention of the narration
of The Soldier’s Tale and portrayal of
the Narrator/Devil in the Danceworks
Performance Company/Present Music
collaboration of Temptation’s Snare in
March of 2014.
Caroline Seigworth’s passion for dance
developed at a young age. Seigworth
is currently attending UWM and will be
graduating with her BFA in Dance and a
Somatic Minor in May. She has had the
opportunity to dance with Dani Kuepper
and Simone Ferro in a restaging of Trisha
Brown’s Set and Reset, and to intern
with Deb Loewen (Wild Space Dance
Company) and Maria Gillespie (Oni
Dance). Recently, she choreographed for
UWM’s New Dancemakers and her piece
was selected to be shown at the American
College Dance Association Conference.
Kirk Thomsen enjoys creating theater in
Milwaukee by way of acting, directing and
producing. Thomsen helped found The
Alchemist Theatre and has served as the
production manger at the Quasimondo
Milwaukee Physical Theatre for the past
three seasons. His training consists of
improv and the Milwaukee Rep’s acting
program. Thomsen’s plan for gaining
knowledge and working in a collaborative
environment has provided many new and
exciting opportunities with some of the
most talented and dedicated artists in the
city. He has enjoyed working with younger
actors hoping to inspire to build on the
craft. “Enjoy theater—it will be bring you
closer to happiness.”
Mike Van Dreser (Lighting Design) has
worked as Lighting Designer for Next
Actors Summer Theatre for Teens, as well
as Panic Express, The Encounter, Faith
Healer, Winter Tales, Paul Robeson in
Concert, Value of Names, Big Boys, One
Time, A Kodachrome Christmas, It’s A
Wonderful Life Live Radio Show, all at
Next Act Theatre; and When the Curtain
Falls and Kiss Me Kate at Greendale High
School. Mike has had the good fortune of
working with and learning from renowned
lighting designers Jason Fassl and Andrew
Meyers and knows their guidance and
continuing education will help make him
successful. Mike looks forward to many
more productive years with Next Act
Theatre and any new opportunities that
may come his way.
Bernard Zinck, concert violinist and
recording artist, is currently Associate
Professor of violin and chamber music
and Director of the Leonard Sorkin
International Institute of Chamber Music
at the UWM. In 2011, he created the
Lakeside Chamber Music Workshop held
each summer in the Chicago area. He
is in demand as a coach and teacher,
having served on the faculty of the Köhln
Summer Institute in Montepulciano, the
International Lyric Academy of Rome
and the Tuscia Operafestival (Italy), the
Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival and
Holy Trinity Summer Music Camp in Haiti.
He is regularly invited to conduct master
classes and residencies at universities and
conservatories throughout the world.
http://bernardzinck.com/bio.html
DANCEWORKS, INC. donor roll call
Gifts received between 1.2.2015 and 2.12.2016
Corporation, Foundation and
Government Giving
Angel: $100,000+
United Performing Arts Fund
Visionary: $50,000+
Bader Philanthropies
Muse: $25,000+
The Herzfeld Foundation
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino
Miracle on Canal Street
Benefactor: $10,000+
BMO Harris Bradley Center
The Brico Fund, LLC
David & Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation
Producer: $5,000+
Brewers Community Foundation, Inc.
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Mary L. Nohl Fund
The Harley-Davidson Foundation
Milwaukee Arts Board
Milwaukee County CAMPAC
We Energies Foundation
Wisconsin Arts Board
Artistic Director: $2,500+
Froedtert Hospital
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
PPC Foundation
Runzheimer Foundation
Stephens Family Foundation
Summerfest Foundation, Inc.
Choreographer: $1,000+
Above the Clouds, Inc.
Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors
Youth Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Edward P. and Mary K. Bullock Family Fund
Terry A. Hueneke Fund
Madeleine and David Lubar Charitable Fund
Sheldon and Marianne Lubar Charitable Fund
Maxsan Foundation—Max and
Sandra Dermond
Peck Foundation Milwaukee, Ltd.
STRATTEC Security Corporation
WEYCO Group Inc.
Guest Artist: $500+
Jewish Home and Care Center
JS2 Builders
Renaissance Design & Renovation
Zoup Community Foundation
Soloist: $250+
Anthologie Inc.
Athletic LTD.
Clark Graphics
This Is It
Friend up to $149
AmazonSmile Foundation
Enterforce
Strategic Enhancement Group, Inc.
Matching Gifts
Google
Johnson Controls Foundation
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Individual Giving
Benefactor: $10,000+
Tim and Sue Frautschi
Mary Newton and Dr. James Sanger
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Cathy and Mario Costantini
Ted and Mary Kellner
Kilby and Amy Williamson
Diane and Ed Zore
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Donald and Donna Baumgartner
Danielle and Ramel Bly
Curt and Sue Culver
Glen and Claire Hackmann
Christine Harris
Frank and Marina Krejci
Vince and Jan Martin
Cheryl and Blake Moret
Skip and Ildy Poliner
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Rena Auffant
Patricia Bachhuber
Trish Calvy
Dennis and Amy Connolly
Betsy and Dan Corry
Dr. Ronald and Maxine Cohn
Don and Sallie Davis
Lloyd Dickinson and Kristin Bergstrom
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Jane Lewis and Mickey Maier
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Lindsay Olson
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Guest Artist: $500+
Thomas Cunningham and
Mary Ritchie
Karyn and Bill Elliott
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Ellen Irion
Kristine Davis Koch and
Rowen Davis
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Kathryn Herson
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Nancy Beth Reiland
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Lisa Quezada
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Steve Costello and
Lori Woodruff
Karen Costomiris
Todd and Deborah Farris
Earl Hawley
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Allan and Shari Luck
Diane Michaels
Joel and Donna Nettesheim
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Jill Anna Ponasik and
William Bradley
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Mark Young
Kate Zavada
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Bob Balderson
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Christopher Hansen
Edith Brengel Radtke
Constance Brinkman
Sharon and Richard Canter
Stephen and Nancy Einhorn
Bernie Erenberger, D.C.
Jennifer and Tom Florsheim
Judy Gertsma
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Agie Laev
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Colleen Fitzgerald
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Sunny Mitchell
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Gilbert Southwell
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Andy Hanf
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Hark, all ye Appreciators of Movement, Musick and a Story well told!
A collaboration with the Chant Claire Chamber Choir and Jason Powell (What’s So Funny?,
Temptation’s Snare, Plugged In), this Production shall weave such familiar Fantastickal personae
as the Princess, the Knight and the Dragon into a new-and quite unfamiliar-Tapestry. With a Score
encompassing both canonical repertoire and newly penned Ballads, The Quest is a unique blend
of the Real and the Magickal.
Tickets: $16-27 | Next Act Box Office: 414.278.0765 | NextAct.org
MAR 31 – APR 3
MARCUS CENTER
KALEIDOSCOPE
EYES
COLOR YOUR SPRING WITH THREE
CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORKS!
Leading our Triple Bill is Trey McIntyre,
returning to Milwaukee Ballet to meld pure
energy with pop culture in A Day in the Life,
performed to a pastiche of The Beatles.
“...a thrilling evocation of their
music and its moods... by turns
haunting and dazzling.”
— The Washington Times
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Tickets also available through
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Timothy O’Donnell, Choreographerin-Residence presents his fifth
world premiere with a modern
ballet performance exploring the
themes of ‘perfection and envy’
in today’s society.
CAMPAC
M i l w a u k e e C o u n t y A r t s Fu n d
Garrett Smith, Genesis 2015
winner, presents the third part
of our triple bill, with an abstract
and contemporary work set to
the cello of Zoe Keating.
This program was supported in part by a grant from Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin
and the National Endowment for the Arts. Davit Hovhannisyan, Susan Gartell, Rachel Malehorn. Photo Tom Davenport.