WDA 2009
What Moves Us 2009 General Assembly
World Dance Alliance-Americas

May 28 - May 31, 2009 - hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Program

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WDA 2009 General Assembly - Public Events
CONCERT 1:  
Thursday May 28, 1:00 pm
Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space
Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Free & Open to the Public
featuring performances by Like You Mean It (Ohio), Same Planet Different World (Chicago), Leonard Cruz (North Carolina/Germany), Sadira (Madison), Patrick Suzeau (Kansas), Laura Bohne & Megan Rodhe (Madison), and Son Mudanza (Madison)
CONCERT 2:
OPENING NIGHT
 
Thursday May 28, 8:00 pm
Capitol Theater, Overture Center for the Arts
General Admission: $10
Overture Center Ticket Office
201 State St., 608.258.4141
featuring performances by Bird & Water Dance Ensemble (Taiwan), The Seldoms (Chicago), Subcircle Dance (Philadelphia), and Madison companies Jazzworks, Jin-Wen Yu Dance, Kanopy Dance, and Li Chiao-Ping Dance
CONCERT 3:  

Friday May 29, 1:00 pm
Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space
Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Free & Open to the Public

featuring performances and choreography by Poushali Chatterjee (India), Peggy Choy (Madison), Sybil Husky & Mickie Geller (North Carolina/Ohio), The Moving Architects (Chicago), Collette Stewart (Madison), Sun Tawalwongsri (Thailand), and Candace Winters-March (Illinois)
CONCERT 4:  

Friday May 29, 8:00 pm
Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space
Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Free & Open to the Public

featuring performances and choreography by Valerie Alpert/VADCO with College of Lake County Dance Students (Illinois), Etch Dance (Pennsylvania), Yoav Kaddar & Maureen Mansfield Kaddar (New York), Tara Madsen (Philadelphia), Regina Shy Dances (Chicago/Milwaukee), Meri·n Soto (Philadelphia), University of West Indies Festival Ensemble (Trinidad & Tobago), Denai Vogel (Arizona), and Sashar Zarif (Canada/ Azerbaijan)
CONCERT 5:  

Saturday May 30, 8:00 pm
Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space
Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Free & Open to the Public

featuring performances and choreography by Kate Corby (Madison), Amy Ernst (Arizona), Indiana University Dance Theatre, The PGK Project (San Diego), Robin Pettersen (Wisconsin), Gina T'ai (Wisconsin), Chris Walker (Madison/Jamaica), Brittany Wittmann (Madison), wild goose chase (Texas)
CONCERT 6:
and Choreographic Project Showing
 

Sunday May 31, 1:30 pm
Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space
Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Free & Open to the Public

featuring performances and choreography by Lori Belilove of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation (New York City), Rosamaria Cisneros-Kostic (Germany/New Mexico), Paige Cunningham (Chicago), Janice Kovar (Ithaca), Li Chiao-Ping (Madison), Renata Sheppard (Chicago), and Lauren Simpson (Minneapolis/Colorado)

Site-specific choreography by YelleB (New York City/Israel/Germany) and Meri·n Soto (Philadelphia) will precede the concert.

CONCERT 7:  

Sunday May 31, 7:00 pm
Wisconsin Union Theater
800 Langdon St.
Free & Open to the Public

A full-length concert performance by Bird & Water Dance Ensemble, a Taiwanese dance company comprised entirely of dancers with disabilities or visual impairment. Space for wheelchairs may be limited. Those needing accommodations should call (608) 262-2353 by Saturday May 30 at noon.

2008 Intercontinental Summer Dance Festival Photo Gallery
Channels/Canales - World Dance Alliance-Americas newsletter - Fall 2008

For general questions about the Assembly, please contact Ereck Jarvis by email at jejarvis@wisc.edu.

The WDAA 2009 General Assembly is also sponsored by LACIS