‘Framework’ focuses on UW student choreography

Come a little early! Students in the UW Dance Program invite concertgoers to arrive early for this year’s fall concert to enjoy a site-specific, improvisational dance in the lobby 15 minutes before curtain time.

Framework, featuring works by six emerging student choreographers, runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space at Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.

Other concert-related activities include a informal talk-back with the choreographers and dancers immediately following the Thursday, Oct. 31, performance and a post-concert reception in the parlor for all attending the Saturday, Nov. 2, performance.

“The students are very excited about this concert,” says Marlene Skog, concert coordinator and Dance Program instructor. “Two of their works were inspired by artists Audre Lorde, poet, and postmodern dancer/choreographer Trisha Brown, while others have evolved from personal explorations of movement, the erotic, human relations and Grace as a lifeforce.”

The program includes work by the following students: Bethany Alwa, (senior, Lake Geneva); Brittany Gacek (junior, St. Charles, Ill.); Karen Heusinger (senior, Madison); Emily Plotkin (senior, Mequon); Alison Rootberg (junior, Long Grove, Ill.); and Amylee Ward (senior, Madison.)

“Settings for two works by Emily Plotkin and Alison Rootberg are site-specific,” says Skog. “One explores improvisational dance, while the other was created for the camera, so audiences should anticipate viewing this concert in traditional as well as non-traditional ways – if they come a little early.”

Tickets will be sold at the door: $10 for general public and $8 for students and senior citizens, except on Thursday, Oct. 31, when student tickets are $5. For more information, call the Dance Program office at (608) 262-1691.