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Angela Weidner is our next Friday #FacultyFeature! Drop-in or sign up for one of Angela's Adult Tap classes which run Monday's from 12-1pm! Learn more about her below👇🏼Angela Weidner began dancing at the age of three and hasn’t stopped since! She is versed in many styles, but she primarily focuses on jazz, tap with past foci on hip hop and dance team. Angela trained in the Madison, WI area for 15 years, competing at regional and national levels. In 2013, she graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Economics from UW-Milwaukee, minoring in Actuarial Science, Math, and Business. She is a proud alumni of the UW-Milwaukee Panther Dance Team, and she professionally danced for both the Milwaukee Brewer’s Diamond Dancers and the Milwaukee Buck’s Dancers. She has been choreographing, teaching, and coaching for numerous Milwaukee-based studios and high school dance teams throughout Wisconsin since 2010. In more recent years, Angela has been grateful to be a member of the Danceworks faculty in various capacities: Development and Programs Coordinator, Studio Faculty, Mad Hot Teaching Artist, Performer in the Ignite Hip Hop and Danceworks on Tap showcases, and member of Danceworks Performance MKE from 2019-2022. She especially loves sharing her love and passion for dance, as well as the lessons/values/healing it can instill, throughout the MKE community.Sign up for one of her Fall Classes at the #link in our #bio! ... See MoreSee Less
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Today we’re highlighting a special program we offer called EMOJI YOGI! This is an outreach program for K5 and 1st grade students that guides them through movement, breathing exercises, yoga and storytelling. 🧘🏿🧘🏻‍♀️ Danceworks is proud to be partnering with the Choose Love Movement for this program. The Choose Love formula of 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞+𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞+𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬+𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 will help form each lesson. 💙 You can learn more about Emoji Yogi & the Choose Love Movement when you click the #linkinbio ⬆️.....#danceworks #danceworksmke #mke #milwaukee #milwaukeemonday #mkedance #milwaukeedance #dancemke #dancemilwaukee #nonprofit #mkenonprofit #mkenonprofits #milwaukeenonprofit #milwaukeenonprofits #outreach #communityoutreach #yoga #yogi #emojiyogi #chooselove #chooselovemovement #performingarts #artseducation ... See MoreSee Less
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DPMKE opens their season with BOUNDLESS October 27-29! Join them for this jazz dance inspired concert, where you will witness the diverse branches of the form come to life through visionary choreography of company members Christal Wagner, Gina Laurenzi and Gabi Sustache. Each of these talented choreographers draws inspiration from their roots in swing dance styling, Chicago jazz dance, or hip-hop, resulting in a concert experience that promises to captivate and entertain! 4 shows only!DPMKE presents: BoundlessFriday, October 27th: 8pmSaturday, October 28th: 4pm & 7pmSunday, October 29th: 2:30pmDanceworks Studio Theatre, 1661 N Water St. MilwaukeeTicket link: danceworksmke.org/purchase-tickets/ ... See MoreSee Less
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UWM Panther Arena Announced as New Home of Danceworks Mad Hot Competition

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Danceworks and the Wisconsin Center District have announced a new partnership to bring Danceworks Mad Hot’s two yearly Competitions to the UWM Panther Arena starting in the 2018-19 school year.

 

The Wisconsin Center District (WCD) and Danceworks, Inc. have announced a new partnership to bring Danceworks Mad Hot’s bi-annual Competition to the UWM Panther Arena. The announcement follows a successful Mad Hot Ballroom Dance Competition on Saturday, May 19, the culmination of a 12-year partnership between Danceworks and the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

 

“Only at Danceworks could the next great strategic partnership present itself at a girls’ night out dance party arranged by board member Megan Suardini!” said Danceworks, Inc. President and CEO Deborah Wenzler Farris. “Sarah Maio, WCD Marketing Director, listened as I shared a little about Danceworks and that we weren’t sure where our Mad Hot Competitions would be moving to next year. She said, ‘I think I can help!’ She wasn’t kidding. After arranging a meeting with new WCD CEO Marty Brooks, they actually thanked us for the opportunity to be the new home of our two annual city-wide competitions.”

 

Wisconsin Center District CEO Marty Brooks accepts a gift of tap shoes from Danceworks President & CEO Deborah Wenzler Farris at the 2018 Mad Hot Ballroom Competition. Photo: Jeff Zmania

Marty Brooks, CEO of the Wisconsin Center District said, “As owners and operators of the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, the Wisconsin Center District is thrilled to welcome the students and families of Danceworks Mad Hot Ballroom & Tap through our doors for years to come.”

 

Over the last 12 years, Danceworks Mad Hot has worked with fourth, fifth and sixth graders at Milwaukee area public and private schools, with 2017-18’s program year reaching students in nearly 100 classrooms. Participating students spend one hour, twice per week learning tap or ballroom dance—22 hours total throughout the fall or spring semester. The program’s primary goals are to improve students’ self-confidence, respect for self and others, and attitudes toward physical activity.

 

“With 12 years and more than 26,000 dancing school children behind us,” said Farris, “we are incredibly excited about what the next 12 will bring!”

 

UWM Panther Arena will begin hosting Danceworks Mad Hot Competitions twice yearly starting in the 2018-19 school year, with the Danceworks Mad Hot Tap Dance Competition in early 2019. Danceworks will release event information at a later date. For more information, keep checking the Danceworks, Inc. website at www.danceworksmke.org.



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Welcome to the Danceworks blog, where we're hoping to share a little bit more about the heart and soul behind Danceworks… what made us join the dance and keeps us dancing, what keeps us inspired, and where we can share some of the stories worth telling.