The School of Education’s Dance Department is hosting its annual faculty concert Feb. 6-8 and Feb. 13-15 at the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall.
The concert will feature the work of guest artist Seán Curran, who makes dance “with the sharp intelligence of a conceptualist (Boston Globe)” that is the “equivalent of a night of invigorating conversations (New York Times),” and contemporary dance works from UW-Madison faculty artists Duane Lee Holland, Li Chiao-Ping, Marlene Skog, Chris Walker, and Jin-Wen Yu.
Curran will present excerpts from his piece “Social Discourse,” an abstract work with robust athletic partnering. Holland will premiere “Heartbreak Hotel,” a work that investigates empowerment through self-love, and Skog will expand her Shakespearean exploration with a solo performance that reinvents the character Puck from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Chiao-Ping will premiere “dirt,” which casts 14 dancers as microorganisms in a whimsical free-form fantasy, while Yu will present a sensual, dynamic ensemble piece exploring non-verbal expression, entitled “Said and Done.”
Performances will take place on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 6-7 and Feb. 13-14, at 8 p.m., and on Saturday, Feb. 8 and Feb. 15, at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $22, $16 for students/seniors, and are available for purchase online, by phone at 608-265-2787, and in person at 800 Langdon St., Madison.