Campus arts opportunities: Feb. 16-23
The University of Wisconsin–Madison dance program – the first in the nation to offer a degree in dance – is celebrating its 80th anniversary. A number of performances in coming weeks recognize the milestone, including three scheduled over the week of Feb. 16-23.
This weekly digest is meant to highlight upcoming opportunities for the public to experience the university arts in campus theaters, museums, galleries and concert halls. For a complete list, visit the Arts Institute calendar at http://www.arts.wisc.edu/cal.php.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT: ‘MOONSHINE‘
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Feb. 16, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall
DETAILS: Sharing songs, dance, poetry and storytelling, visiting lecturer Chris Walker brings together campus and community members and artists in a ritual gathering, traditionally held under the full moon, to celebrate Black History Month.
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CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS: ‘DUELLE‘
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m., 4070 Vilas Hall
DETAILS: Two goddesses travel to Paris seeking control over a magic diamond. This rarely screened film is, according to Dave Kehr, “darker and quieter in tone than Rivette’s ‘Celine and Julie,’ though just as inventive and cryptically intelligent.
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ROMANTIC MUSIC FOR CELLO AND PIANO
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m., Mills Hall, Humanities Building
DETAILS: Cellist Parry Karp and pianists Howard and Frances Karp perform music by Liszt, Strauss, Dvorak and Charles-Marie Widor.
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WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, Feb. 18, 2 p.m., Mills Hall, Humanities Building
DETAILS: The Concert Band performs under the direction of Michael Leckrone.
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WAISMAN CHILDREN’S THEATER PRESENTS: ‘AFRICAN FABLES‘
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, Feb. 18, 1 and 3 p.m., Waisman Auditorium
DETAILS: In honor of Black History Month, the Atwood Players will present “African Fables,” which takes the audience on a journey with Anansi the spider as vibrant and rich traditions of African folklore come to life through engaging stories and movement.
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CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS: WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FILMS
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, Feb. 18, 4 p.m., 4070 Vilas Hall
DETAILS: “Private Eyes,” the first program in curator Ariella Ben-Dov’s series, features an eclectic selection of experimental documentaries and animated works from the U.K., Czech Republic, Norway and the United States. It’s part of the “MadCat Women’s International Film Festival, Program 1.”
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LECTURE BY PUBLISHER OF ‘NY ARTS‘
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, Feb. 20, 5:40-6:30 p.m., 2650 Humanities Building
DETAILS: Abraham Lubelski is the publisher of NY Arts Magazine, a leading resource for art criticism, reviews and information about contemporary art. He comes to campus to discuss his eclectic body of work as part of Art Colloquium, which is free and open to the public.
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CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PERFORMS
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m., Mills Hall, Humanities
DETAILS: The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble performs under the direction of Laura Schwendinger.
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THE ‘TREASURE AND TESTAMENT‘ OF WISCONSIN FOLK MUSIC
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Feb. 22, 4:30 p.m., 126 Memorial Library
DETAILS: James Leary, folklore and Scandinavian studies, and cofounder of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, presents an overview of university folk-music collections, including the Helene Stratman-Thomas and Robert F. Andresen collections.
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ALUMNI HELP CELEBRATE 80 YEARS OF UW DANCE
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Feb. 22, 7-9 p.m., Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall
DETAILS: The program “Great Connections in the Lathrop Legacy: H’Doubler, Holm, Nikolais, Kloepper,” features a panel of dance program alumni who will discuss the influence of early modern dance masters on the history of the dance program.
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POET FEATURED IN UW PRESS LECTURE
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m., 6191 Helen C. White Hall
DETAILS: Poet Rigoberto Gonzalez will provide a talk about his poetry, fiction writing and memoir “Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa.”
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UW CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PERFORMS
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., Mills Hall, Humanities Building
DETAILS: James Smith conducts the UW Chamber Orchestra in works by Walton, Berwald, Mendelssohn, Weber and Schubert. Bassoonist Marc Vallon and clarinetist Linda Bartley are soloists.
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DANCE SCHOLAR DISCUSSES ‘TRANSATLANTIC CURRENTS’
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m.-12:40 p.m., Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall
DETAILS: “Transatlantic Currents in Dance Education: Mary Wigman, Hanya Holm and Louise Kloepper,” will be presented by UW–Madison alumna, author and dance scholar Claudia Gitelman and followed by a book signing and a UW Press sale of dance books in the parlor of Lathrop Hall.
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A LOOK AT THE NIKOLAI DANCE PROJECT
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Feb. 23, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall
DETAILS: Joan Woodbury, dance program alumna and co-artistic director of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, talks about performing the Alwin Nikolais repertory in the United States and abroad.
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CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS: ‘ABHIJAN’
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., 4070 Vilas Hall
DETAILS: “Abhijan” (The Expedition) provides a fascinating insight into 1960s Bengali life. When Narshingh is offered work transporting ghee for a shady merchant, he soon finds himself drawn into drug trafficking against his better judgment.
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WISCONSIN BRASS QUINTET PERFORMS
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m., Mills Hall, Humanities Building
DETAILS: Wisconsin Brass Quintet performs music by Francis Poulenc, Karel Husa, Richard Rodney Bennett and others. Percussionists Timothy Patterson and Thomas Ross assist.
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UNION THEATER PRESENTS: NIKOLAIS DANCE THEATER
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater
DETAILS: After receiving five-star reviews from The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, “Ririe Woodbury With Nikolais Dance Theater” brings their tour to Madison. Expect their enchanting and rigorously constructed tribute to Alwin Nikolais, dance’s father of multimedia performances, to engage and thrill, as it has with audiences worldwide.
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FEATURED EXHIBIT: OLD-FASHIONED MEDICINE
WHEN AND WHERE: Through Feb. 28, Ebling Library, Health Sciences Learning Center
DETAILS: “Medicinal Preparation in the Domestic Sphere” includes books and artifacts from the special collections of the Ebling Memorial Library and the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. The exhibit illustrates components of medicinal cookery, with highlights including gathering, preparation and incidents of poisoning as depicted in illustrations and text.
