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2018-19 Press Coverage

Danceworks DanceLAB (Summer 2019)

Shepherd Express: Hip Hop Dance That Empowers and Authenticates
Shepherd Express: Danceworks’ ‘Tap Talk’ Is Fun to See and Hear

Danceworks Performance Company: Carmina Burana (March 2019)

Milwaukee Magazine: “Carmina Burana” an Operatic Treat at the Skylight Musical Theatre
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Skylight and friends deliver eye-popping version of ‘Carmina Burana’
Gwyndolyn Rice: Looking Back at a Year In Theater, In and Around Milwaukee

Danceworks Performance Company: Torch & Glamour – An Exploration of Love & Illusion (February 2019)

Shepherd Express: Danceworks Performance Company Delights with ‘Torch and Glamour’
Shepherd Express: Torch and Glamour: An Exploration of Love and Illusion
Milwaukee Magazine: 3 Milwaukee Dance Shows You Shouldn’t Miss in February

Danceworks Mad Hot Tap Competition (January 2019)

Milwaukee Magazine: Milwaukee Students Find Their Footing Through Danceworks’ Popular Mad Hot Program
OnMilwaukee.com: Mad Hot Ballroom competition redefines winning
Milwaukee Public Schools: Students tappers pull out all the stops for Mad Hot Tap Competition
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Danceworks Mad Hot competition (photos)

Danceworks Youth Performance Company: Fall of the Snow Fairies – A Winter Ballet (December 2018)

Arts Avenue: ‘The Fall of the Snow Fairies’ (video)

Danceworks Performance Company: Against the Grain – The Life & Times of Levi Fisher Ames (October 2018)

Shepherd Express: ‘Against the Grain’ is a Dream-Like Peek into the Mind of an Artist
Milwaukee Independent: Danceworks Brings Handcrafted Wooden Figures to Life in Historical Production
Milwaukee Independent: Levi Fisher Ames – Using the Healing Power of Art to Whittle Away the Trauma of War
Milwaukee Independent: Edward Morgan – Folk Art & Creative Work That Goes ‘Against the Grain’
Arts Avenue: Danceworks’ ‘Against the Grain’ (video)

Danceworks, Inc.

Shepherd Express: A New Era for Danceworks and its CEO

2017-18 Press Coverage

Danceworks DanceLAB: Get It Out There (September 2018)

Shepherd Express: Feedback from a “Get It Out There” Audience Member

Danceworks On Tap: Tapology (August 2018)

Shepherd Express: Danceworks’ Tap Dance You Can Chew On
Fox 6 News: Learn about the art, science and entertainment behind tap dancing (video)

Danceworks DanceLAB: Ignite: A Hip Hop Dance Experience (July 2018)

Shepherd Express: Virtuosity and Virtues in Danceworks’ ‘Hip Hop Dance Experience’

Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom Dance Competition (May 2018)

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: Mad Hot Ballroom teaches dance, life lessons to Milwaukee-area students
Fox 6 News: The end of an era: Preview of Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap competition (video)

Danceworks Performance Company: Secrets from the Wide Sky (April 2018)

WUWM 89.7 Lake Effect: Danceworks Presents ‘Secrets From The Wide Sky’
Shepherd Express: To Trust and Not To Trust in Danceworks’ Experiment in ‘Secrets’

Danceworks Performance Company: Women Who Dance (March 2018)

Shepherd Express: Ferocious Moves in Danceworks’ Inspiring ‘Women Who Dance’
Milwaukee Magazine: Danceworks Shines a Light on the Female Body for 25th Anniversary Show
Shepherd Express: Women Who Dance

Danceworks Mad Hot Tap Dance Competition (January 2018)

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: Milwaukee’s Mad Hot Tap Dance
WISN Channel 12: Students tap dance for city champion title as part of Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap

Danceworks DanceLAB (January 2018)

Shepherd Express: Danceworks DanceLAB ‘Get It Out There’

Danceworks Performance Company: Mad Li(m)bs (November 2017)

Shepherd Express: ‘Mad Li(m)bs’ Features Melissa Anderson in Danceworks’ Funniest Show in Years
Milwaukee Magazine: This Improv-Dance Spoof Wants to Make the Highfalutin World of Ballet Hilarious
JSOnline.com: Danceworks brings silly energy to ‘Mad Li(m)bs’ show
Shepherd Express: Performing Arts Weekly: November 9, 2017
WISN Arts Avenue: Danceworks present Mad Li(m)bs (video)

Danceworks, Inc.

Wisconsin Dance Council: Kim Johnson Performed in Honor of Dani Kuepper at the Award Ceremony on August 18, 2018!
BizTimes Milwaukee: Nonprofit Spotlight (p. 45)
Urban Milwaukee: UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Announced as New Home of Danceworks Mad Hot Competition
Shepherd Express: The Value of Arts Education (interview with Danceworks Youth Performance Company Artistic Manager, Gina Laurenzi)

2016-17 Press Coverage

Danceworks DanceLAB (Summer 2017)

Fox 6 Wake Up: What’s Tappenin’? It’s a new show hitting the stage this weekend
Shepherd Express: Danceworks DanceLAB’s Ignites ‘A Hip Hop Dance Experience’

Danceworks Performance Company: Handel’s Bestiary (June 2017)

Milwaukee Magazine: Animal Planet: “Handel’s Bestiary” Transforms Lynden Sculpture Garden
Shepherd Express: Taking the Kids to Handel’s Bestiary
JSOnline.com: Animals cavort through ‘Handel’s Bestiary’ at Lynden Sculpture Garden
Milwaukee Magazine: Our Must-see List of Summer’s Best Performances & Art Exhibitions
JSOnline.com: Singers, dancers and kids get into beast mode for Handel program at Lynden Sculpture Garden
WISN Arts Avenue: Danceworks presents Handel’s Bestiary: In Search of Animals in Handel’s Operas (video)

Danceworks, Inc.

JSOnline.com: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s 2017 Top Workplaces
JSOnline.com: 2017 Top Workplaces: Danceworks (video)

Danceworks Performance Company: Stories From A Life (March-April 2017)

Shepherd Express: Remembering the Stories Someone Told Us
JSOnline.com: Grandmother inspires Danceworks’ ‘Stories From a Life’
MilwaukeeMag.com: ‘Stories From A Life’ at Danceworks Uses Unconventional Spaces to Explore Memory
JSOnline.com: Danceworks performance evokes memories of a grandmother
WISN Arts Avenue: Danceworks ‘Stories of a Life’ (video)

Danceworks DanceLAB (January 2017)

Shepherd Express: Milwaukee Dancers Get Risky in DanceLAB’s ‘Get it Out There’

Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap Program (October 2016-May 2017)

Fox6Now.com: “We’re teaching them empathy:” Milwaukee charter school offers dance in its curriculum
Fox6Now.com: Students from 45 area schools come together to compete in Salsa, Tango, and Swing (videos)
Wauwatosa Now: Wauwatosa Woman’s Club hosts grade school dancers
Milwaukee Public Schools: Milwaukee French Immersion fifth graders dance their way to the top in Mad Hot Tap competition
Fox6Now.com: Danceworks Mad Hot Tap Competition to bring hundreds of students together (video)
JSOnline.com: Mad Hot Tap students to dance at Bradley Center

Danceworks Performance Company: Dance In or Take Out? (November 2016)

JSOnline.com: Review: Danceworks celebrates 20 years with high energy dancing
Shepherd Express: Danceworks is Available for ‘Take Out’ Throughout the New Season
JSOnline.com: Danceworks planning to bring dance to you
WISN Arts Avenue: Danceworks ‘Dance In or Take Out?’ (video)

2015-16 Press Coverage

Danceworks, Inc.

Fox6Now.com: Get fit through dance! Danceworks offers quality multi-level dance and dance fitness training

Danceworks DanceLAB (Summer 2016)

Shepherd Express: Milwaukee’s Summer of Dance
Fox6Now.com: Milwaukee’s best & most exciting hip hop dance crews are taking over Danceworks studio (video)
Shepherd Express: A Parade of New Performers ‘Get It Out There’
Shepherd Express: Milwaukee History in Motion: Fun facts accompany Danceworks on Tap’s ‘DiverCITY’
WISN Arts Avenue: Danceworks DanceLab (video)

Danceworks Performance Company: The Quest (May 2016)

Shepherd Express: Jason Powell’s ‘The Quest’ Sets a New Standard
JSOnline.com: Danceworks’ new show has a fairy tale ending

Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap Program (February-May 2016)

Fox6Now.com: Put on your dancing shoes! Preview the 10th annual Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap Competition

89.7 WUWM: Mad Hot Ballroom Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary in Milwaukee Classrooms

Fox6Now.com: BMO Harris Bradly Center “all about the kids” at 10th annual Danceworks Mad Hot Competition

WISN Arts Avenue: The 10th Anniversary of Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap Program (video)

Danceworks Performance Company: Writing About Music/Dancing About Architecture (March 2016)

UrbanMilwaukee.com: All About Music, Poetry, Architecture
Shepherd Express: Danceworks’ ‘Writing About Music/Dancing About Architecture’ Indescribable in Other Terms
JSOnline.com: Danceworks’ new show draws inspiration from other art forms

Danceworks Performance Company: Footsteps, Shadows and Whispers (November 2015)

JSOnline.com: Danceworks builds playful mysteries into ‘Footsteps’ program
Shepherd Express: Of Dreams and Shadows

2014-15 Press Coverage

Danceworks DanceLAB (Summer 2015)

Shepherd Express: Danceworks on Tap is all ‘Heart and Sole’

Danceworks Performance Company: Fairy Queen Fantasy (June 2015)

JSOnline.com: Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Danceworks bring midsummer magic to Lynden Sculpture Garden
MilwaukeeMag.com: Such Sweet Thunder
Shepherd Express: ‘Fairy Queen Fantasy’ Lifts Midsummer Eve Hearts
Arts Without Borders: Fairy Queen Fantasy at Lynden Sculpture Garden: Bravissimo!
Wisconsin Gazette: ‘Fairy Queen Fantasy’ enchants via song and dance

Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap Program (February-May 2015)

88.9 Radio Milwaukee: Nonprofit teaching dance in public schools (podcast)
Fox6Now.com: Laura previews Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap Competition at BMO Harris Bradley Center (video)
JSOnline.com: Students tackle the Tango (photo gallery)
Milwaukee Public Schools: 2,000+ MPS students take center stage in dance competition

Danceworks Performance Company Breathe (March 2015)

JSOnline.com: Danceworks Performance Company fills Next Act stage with dances that ‘Breathe’
Shepherd Express: A Lively ‘Requiem’ for Ed Burgess
Wisconsin Gazette: Danceworks’ ‘Breathe’ remembers Ed Burgess while looking to the future
WISN Arts Avenue: Danceworks Breathe
Milwaukee Magazine: A moving tribute

Danceworks Performance Company Paleontology of a Woman (Oct-Nov 2014)

JSOnline.com: Danceworks takes collaboration to new level
Shepherd Express: The Evolution of Femininity in An Evening
WUWM Lake Effect: New Production Explores Femininity Through Fashion, Music & Dance (radio interview)
WISN Arts Avenue: Danceworks at Next Act Theatre (video)

Danceworks DanceLAB (Summer 2014)

Shepherd Express: Danceworks Ignites a Hip-Hop Experience
Shepherd Express: Danceworks Matches Art to Art
Shepherd Express: Danceworks’ Global Spin on Tap Dancing

2013-14 Press Coverage

Danceworks DanceLAB (Summer 2014)

Shepherd Express: Danceworks Ignites a Hip-Hop Experience

Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap Program (May 2014)

Fox 6 Wakeup: Details on Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom & Tap competition (video)
JSOnline.com: Students prepare for Danceworks’ Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap May 17
Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap 2014: Lowell School students practice their steps (video)
JSOnline.com: Thousands of students compete in the annual Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap competition
Wauwatosa NOW: Roosevelt dances to BMO Harris Bradley Center Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap competition
WUWM’s Lake Effect: NPR’s Tamara Keith, Students Taking Up Ballroom & Tap Dancing (radio)
Adelante: Hot Dance Ballroom (video)
Shepherd Express: Boris & Doris

Danceworks Performance Company: Plugged In
(April/May 2014)

JSOnline.com: ‘Plugged In’ Danceworks Program is a 1980s-Style Blast
Shepherd Express: Music videos inspire Danceworks’ ‘Plugged In’
Tom Strini Writes Blog: Danceworks “Plugged In” Dance Party
Urban Milwaukee Dial: Return of the 1980s
WISN Arts Avenue

Danceworks Performance Company & Present Music: Temptation’s Snare (March 2014)

JSOnline.com: Present Music, Danceworks give devil his due in ‘Temptation’s Snare’
Milwaukee Magazine: In the Details
Shepherd Express: A Tempting Collaboration
Shepherd Express: Boris and Doris on the Town
Tom Strini Writes Blog: Present Music, Danceworks, the Devil and Stravinsky
Third Coast Daily: Weird and Wacky But It Works

Danceworks Performance Company & MSO: Valentine Romance (February 2014)

JSOnline.com: Romance, love for stolen Stradivarius in the air at MSO Pops concert
Tom Strini Writes Blog: MSO Pops: A Terrific Singer and Danceworks too
Wisconsin Gazette: MSO presents ‘Valentine Romance’ program

Danceworks Performance Company: Intersect (November 2013)

JSOnline.com: Danceworks’ ‘Intersect’ showcases breadth of artists involved
MilwaukeeMag.com: You Got to Move It
Shepherd Express: Collaboration is Key to Danceworks’ Intersect
MilwaukeeMag.com: Friday Five’s Favorite Performances of 2013

Danceworks Performance Company: Façade (April 2013)

Shepherd Express: What’s Behind the Façade?
Third Coast Daily: “Façade” an irresistable charmer
Milwaukee Magazine: On the Beach
JSOnline.com: Song, dance, silliness take “stage” in Danceworks’ “Façade”
JSOnline.com: Opera, dance, music groups collaborate on Façade
Shepherd Express: An Entertaining Façade
Third Coast Daily: Danceworks and friends revive Façade

Danceworks Performance Company: Serendipity (February 2013)

Third Coast Digest: Danceworks’ “Serendipity,” Happy by Definition
Shepherd Express: Danceworks’ Lovable Serendipity
MilwaukeeMag.com: Not Quite Winging It: Danceworks builds on improv in “Serendipity.”
JSOnline.com: Danceworks program explores delights of ‘Serendipity’
Shepherd Express: Milwaukee Dances – Danceworks teaches Milwaukee to move
OnMilwaukee.com: Serendipity Celebrates Improvisational Choreography
Third Coast Digest: Joelle Worm, Danceworks and Serendipity

2012 Press Coverage

Danceworks Performance Company: What’s So Funny? (September/October 2012)

MilwaukeeMag.com: Guffaws and Port de…er…Braws
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Danceworks collaborates with comedy collective on ‘What’s So Funny?’
Third Coast Digest: What’s So Funny? Danceworks and The Show
WISN.com: Arts Avenue: Danceworks
JSOnline.com: Danceworks: What’s So Funny?

Danceworks, Inc. (September 2012)

On Milwaukee: Registration is open for Danceworks School Day Off Workshops

Danceworks Art to Art (August 2012)

Third Coast Digest: Art to Art: Seven new collaborations at Danceworks

Danceworks Performance Company (August 2012)

MilwaukeeMag.com: Fine Arts Guide 2012

Danceworks, Inc. (May 2012)

USITT Monthly Newsletter: Sightlines

Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap Program (June 2012)

CBS 58 News Clip: Donald Driver Can Do Everything
CBS 58 News Clip: ‘Dancing’ Champ Judges Competition

Danceworks Performance Company: Want or Need (April 2012)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Danceworks explores ‘Want or Need’
Third Coast Digest: Danceworks: You know you want it…
MilwaukeeMag.com: Danceworks “Want or Need”
Third Coast Digest: Danceworks: Fifteenth anniversary program

Danceworks Performance Company: The Sequel! (January 2012)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Danceworks takes a playful ‘Sequel’ spin through film
Third Coast Digest: Danceworks’ “The Sequel!” a blockbuster smash

2011 Press Coverage

Danceworks Performance Company: Maria de Buenos Aires (November 2011)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Arts groups find beauty in ‘Maria de Buenos Aires’
Third Coast Digest: “Maria de Buenos Aires”: Dazzling, ambitious, and a little off
Shepherd Express: Milwaukee’s Night of Tango

Danceworks Performance Company: Stone Soup (April 2011)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Danceworks’ ‘Soup’ a stone cold success
Third Coast Digest: Danceworks gets physical and brainy in Bay View
Shepherd Express: Green Dancing

Danceworks Performance Company: Vaudeville (February 2011)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Danceworks revives fun, art of ‘Vaudeville’!
Third Coast Digest: “Vaudeville”, brilliant show-biz with big odd twists
Shepherd Express: Born Entertainers
On Milwaukee: ‘Vaudeville’ puts a fresh spin on the stage’s golden age at Danceworks

2010 Press Coverage

Danceworks Performance Company: Lying (October 2010)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Deceit underlies Danceworks’ new production
Third Coast Digest: Danceworks’ fascinating “Lying”

Danceworks Performance Company: Lights, DPC…ACTION! (March 2010)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Danceworks troupe steps joyously on Hollywood
Third Coast Digest: Laughs, Thrills and Terror
Shepherd Express: Danceworks Puts Hollywood in Motion

2009 Press Coverage

Danceworks Performance Company: The Wide Sky is Falling! (April 2009)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Falling is theme of Danceworks’ ‘Wide Sky’ concert
Third Coast Digest: Review: The Sky is Falling! at Danceworks

Danceworks and Ed Burgess: A Guy Thing (March 2009)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Macho grace on display

Danceworks Performance Company: The Bra Project (January 2009)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: ‘Bra Project’ celebrates femininity
Vital Source Magazine: Danceworks: The Bra Project

2008 Press Coverage

Danceworks Inc. (April 2008)

Dance Magazine: Thoroughly Modern Milwaukee

Danceworks Performance Company: Have a Seat (October 2008)

Vital Source: Danceworks: Have a Seat
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Dancers beautiful to watch

Media Inquiries

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