APPLETON, WIS. — Dance, movement, theater, text, live music, contemporary pop songs and improvisation will be incorporated in Milwaukee-based Wild Space Dance Company’s performance of “Balancing Forces” Friday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. in Lawrence University’s Stansbury Theatre.
Tickets for the performance, at $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and students, can be purchased at the Lawrence University Box Office in the Music-Drama Center, 420 E. College Ave., Appleton, 920-832-6749. The performance is free for Lawrence faculty, staff and students.
The work, which explores the wildly dynamic convergence of balance and the forces that hold or release us from that state, was created through a collaborative process that drew upon choreography and movement concepts from several company dancers.
“I wanted to explore a new process for developing work that would more fully engage company members as choreographers while maintaining an ensemble approach to creating an evening long work” said artistic director Debra Loewen.
“Balancing Forces” features the work of 1998 Lawrence graduate Seth Warren-Crow, who composed several new selections for the project and provides a blend of sampled music and text from various artists with live accompaniment during the performance.
Founded in founded in 1986, Wild Space Dance Company has served as a company-in-residence at Lawrence since 2000. Hailed as “richly imaginative and witty” by the New York Times, Wild Space is known for site-specific works and artistic collaborations.
