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10/27/2026

Ghost Tongue, Mother Tongue - an evening of new dances opens in two weeks in Milwaukee, WI! November 6 & 7, 2026. This evening of new works by Choreographer and UWM professor of dance, Maria Soledad Gillespie explores language, memory, fragmentation, and the ways our bodies carry stories.
🫀 More info and tickets available at www.mariagillespie.org/upcoming.

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Gillespie assembled Detroit-based artist Alex Hlavaty, Atlanta-based artist Meg Gourley, and Milwaukee’s own Zoe Mei Glise and Maggie Seer to perform her work. An intimate setting of solos and duets, the dances invite you to consider the body as a living archive, a place where inherited stories, tenderness, and vulnerability take physical form.
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The evening will include an excerpt of Wild Tongue, choreographed by Gillespie and long-time collaborators, Nguyen Nguyen, and Kevin Williamson.
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The show also features performance by Milwaukee composer and percussionist Paul Westfahl and lighting design by Colin Gawronski. 🔥🔥🔥

Performance at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, Mitchell Hall, Black Box Studio #254.

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10/25/2026

Meet 2027 MFA Dance Candidate Dalia Salary! We are so fortunate to have her at UWM Dance. Are YOU considering an MFA in Dance? Well, look no further. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) offers a unique, low-residency Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance designed specifically for working professional dancers, choreographers, and educators.

10/22/2026

Announcing: New Dancemakers 2026- November 18-21! Don't miss eight original works created by our soon-to-graduate seniors. Come support these emerging dance artists as they bring all the skills and knowledge they acquired as part of UWM Dance for a remarkable evening of dance!

Mallory Ebbens, Phairra Ahmani Jones, Paloma Kong-Ndoumbe, Jessica MacDonald, Isaac Robertson, Katie Upthagrove, Hadassah Warner and Adelaide Wateski.

Ticket Link: https://uwm.edu/arts/event/new-dancemakers/

10/20/2026

The UW-Milwaukee MFA Dance program is second to none! Our summer in-person residency brings a cohort of creative minds together for a month of intensive work, collaboration, and experimentation. And it all leads to something special: UpStart, our fully produced summer concert featuring entirely new work created during the residency.

Check out some pics from UpStart 2026 and see what we’ve been up to!

Photos, the work of- Alex Hlavaty, MFA Improvisational score, Tiffany Kadani, Dalia Salary, Kelly Anderson, Adrean Maxwell, Sydney Bannach, Carly Vanderheyden

Photos- Christal Wanger Photography

10/09/2026

Are you considering an MFA in Dance? Well, look no further. UWM offers a unique, low-residency Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance! Meet with the UWM MFA in Dance Director, Professor Maria Gillespie, THIS Sunday Oct 11th in an informal Zoom Information Session to learn more about our MFA Program. Zoom meeting starts at 1pm. See you there!

Visit this link to register today!
https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/NmHVZjOfRUOeaSpY3gLvfQ #/registration

09/29/2026

UW-Milwaukee's Dance Program is currently offering FREE appearances at high schools, middle schools, and dance studios! If you are interested in hosting a guest artist to provide a master class, we have plenty to offer: West African, jazz, tap, contemporary, ballet...and more! We are also excited to share our latest choreographic works, so don't hesitate to reach out for a free performance as well. We love outreach! Community-building is where it's at.

Photo from our 2025 Summer Intensive, taken by Christal Wagner

09/10/2026

Our low residency MFA in Dance is perfect for those continuing their careers where they are rooted and longing to continue their education too.

6 week residency in the summer + summer research concert and all other coursework is remote.

Thank you to Alex Hlavaty for sharing your WHY with us and choosing UWM Peck School of the Arts ❤️

Learn more at the link in our bio

09/09/2026

Photos from our 2026 Summer Intensive for Emerging Dancers. For 4 days they were able to dance on campus and live the lives in the shoes of our talented Dance Majors.

AND Students curious what it’s really like to be a Dance Major at UW-Milwaukee can visit us for one day this fall.

Join us for African Dance to Ballet: A Day in the Life of a Dance Major on October 23!

High school dancers ages 14–18 will shadow a first-year dance major, take African Dance + Ballet, meet dance faculty and students, enjoy lunch, and get a behind-the-scenes look at life in the UWM Dance Department.

Come experience the day—not just imagine it!

FREE • Space is limited • Registration required

https://uwm.edu/arts/event/african-dance-to-ballet-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-dance-major/

09/04/2026

Last week undergraduate Dance students started off the semester with a bang before the first day of classes! Their intensive was with the incredibly talented Angelica Monteiro. (Angelica Monteiro)

Angelica’s work is set to premier in Winterdances, early 2027!

07/30/2026

UpStart opens and closes tonight.

This action packed and heartfelt concert presents the research of 7 choreographers conducted over the past 4 weeks. Impressive, experimental, and raw.

Tickets: https://uwm.edu/arts/event/upstart-mfa-in-dance-research-concert/

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