Young Dance Artists Arrive with ‘Momentum’
The dancers gave their hearts to the beauty and movement of contemporary choreography.
View ArticleQuasimodo Dances in Milwaukee Ballet’s ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’
Michael Pink’s 'Hunchback' premiered in 1998 at Northern Ballet Theatre in England where he was serving as associate artistic director.
View Article‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ a Masterpiece of Ballet Theater
With gorgeous music and gripping performances, Michael Pink’s adaptation of Hunchback of Notre Dame is executed at the highest level by Milwaukee Ballet.
View ArticlePeter Pan Returns to Milwaukee
Barry Molina will play Peter in the Milwaukee Ballet’s May 11-14 revival of Peter Pan.
View ArticleA ‘Peter Pan’ for the Ages
The Milwaukee Ballet’s production of Michael Pink’s version of the classic tale is little short of awesome.
View ArticleDanceworks Proves that ‘Small’ Can be ‘Mighty’
Danceworks Performance MKE will close its season with a big show titled Small But Mighty.
View ArticleMilwaukee Ballet’s ‘Encore’ for the Season
Closing June 8-11, Encore caps Michael Pink’s 20th anniversary season with the story ballets he’s famous for.
View ArticleMilwaukee Musicians and Danceworks Made a ‘Small But Mighty’ Celebration
There were six premieres by five choreographers accompanied by four Milwaukee music ensembles for 90 minutes of absorbing, complex, witty, moving entertainment.
View ArticleDance is ‘Tappening’ at Danceworks on Tap
The concert last weekend was a masterful presentation of the rhythm-based American art form called tap dance
View ArticleDanceworks Gets ‘It Out There’ for Our Time
The outstanding program included six dances and a chamber music piece for vocal quartet and electronic accompaniment.
View ArticleWild Space Seeding the Future with ‘Choreo Kitchen’
The dance company opens its season with an honest look at the dance making process.
View Article‘Dracula’ Opens Milwaukee Ballet’s Season
Over the years, Artistic Director Michael Pink’s ballet has become an international hit.
View ArticleMilwaukee Ballet’s ‘Dracula’ Has Never Been Better
The wordless art form of ballet turns prose into poetry in the ballet’s performance of Bram Stoker’s novel.
View ArticleDanceworks Performance MKE is ‘Boundless’
The Milwaukee company opened its season with a joyful concert of 15 dances in jazz and swing styles
View ArticleWild Space Cooks Up Dance
While Look Again is the first Wild Space dance concert of the season, the company has already performed two episodes this fall of a new improvisational series called Choreo Kitchen.
View ArticleMilwaukee’s New Nutcracker for a New Generation?
The world premiere of Michael Pink’s The Nutcracker: Drosselmeyer’s Imaginarium should lift Milwaukee’s reputation as a significant center for the arts in America to new heights.
View ArticleWild Space Dance Co. Looks and Looks Again
Their season opener was a completely engaging, evening-length concert of five new dances and a short improvisation by company artists.
View ArticleMilwaukee Ballet’s Nutcracker is Like No Other in the World
This new production—completely redesigned and substantially transformed—is Artistic Director Michael Pink’s Imaginarium come full bloom.
View Article‘Momentum’ Builds for Milwaukee Ballet’s Second Company
Each year, MB II’s young dancers take center stage with a challenging performance.
View ArticleYoung Dancers a Knock-out in ‘Momentum’
Milwaukee Ballet II’s concert showcases the talent of the next generation.
View Article‘Genesis,’ Milwaukee Ballet’s International Showcase
This year, a whopping 70+ choreographers from 11 countries submitted applications to be one of three contenders in the annual choreography competition.
View ArticleNova Linea Contemporary Dance Inspires with ‘Perspectives’
The new dance company is pushing boundaries but in a way that’s accessible and understandable.
View ArticleMilwaukee Ballet’s Amazing ‘Genesis’ International Competition
Each of the three choreographer’s work was outstanding, original, personal, and magnificently performed.
View ArticleAn Invitation to Ocean Dive with Gina Laurenzi and Danceworks
The world premiere of a contemporary fantasia titled ‘Biome’ was created for the professional Danceworks Performance MKE company.
View ArticleGina Laurenzi’s ‘Biome’ is a Powerful Dance about Ocean Life
Her subject is the beauty and destruction of ocean life. Since we couldn’t gather underwater, she created it in dance and had us dive in.
View ArticleThoughts from Cinderella and Her Prince
Milwaukee Ballet leading artists Alana Griffith and Parker Brasser-Vos will play Cinderella and her Prince in the revival of Michael Pink’s Cinderella running April 4-7 at the Marcus Center.
View ArticleTrio ‘to get there from here’ Live in Milwaukee
UWM dance program director Maria Gillespie collaborates with LA choreographers at Walker’s Point’s Daync Academy.
View ArticleThe Village of Ko-Thi Performs ‘Under the Baobab Tree’
Milwaukee’s African dance company will present its biggest, grandest, original music, dance and theater work this company has made since 2019.
View ArticleMilwaukee Ballet’s Spellbinding ‘Cinderella’
The dancers bring their brains and souls to the roles along with excellent classical technique. Every move looks effortless and feels organic, even the most amazing ones.
View ArticleExperimental Dance Theatre from Los Angeles in Milwaukee
A trio of choreographers, dancers and educators has been making original performance art together in Los Angeles for 20 years including Maria Gillespie, Milwaukee-based for over a decade now as a...
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