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Dawn Springer Dance Projects presents Sylph, a contemporary dance performance that examines the humanity behind the rigor of ballet artistry. Set in the round, Sylph is a collaboration between choreographer Dawn Springer and acclaimed composer-percussionist Jon Mueller, with Aidan Baker, Faith Coloccia, and five internationally celebrated ballet dancers. Three exclusive performances invite the audience into an intimate experience with the exceptional artistry of Milwaukee's most accomplished ballerinas and the expansive views from the Jan Serr Studio.

The term sylph refers to a fairly-like creature in folklore and is often used to describe a slender young woman. This production, featuring costume design by Leslie Vaglica and lighting by Ellie Rabinowitz, expands beyond flattened representations of the stereotypical roles women are often expected to inhabit, both on and off stage.

Friday, October 11th 7:30pm

Saturday, October 12th 2pm

Saturday, October 12th 7:30pm

Step of Two
The Alice Wilds

Daniel Boudewyns, pianist, holds a bachelor’s degree from the Arizona State University School of Music. He has served as company pianist for Ballet Arizona, Colorado Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and the River North Dance Company. From 1989 through 1997, Boudewyns was on the music staff of the Dance Aspen Summer Festival. In 1998 he joined the staff of Burklyn Ballet Theatre in Johnson, Vermont, and was personally invited by former New York City Ballet star, Jillana, to be part of the inaugural season of the Jillana school in Taos, New Mexico, where he worked for four subsequent seasons. He currently guests each June with the Alwin School of The Dance in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Boudewyns is founder and sole proprietor of “Sky’s the Limit Recordings for Dance” through which he markets his compact discs of beautiful music for ballet class. In 2005, he made his debut as a composer with a score for a children’s ballet, The Princess and The Pea, which was performed by Ballet Pensacola. This was followed in May of 2007 by his second collaborative effort with Bobby Ball and Ballet Pensacola, The Reluctant Pirate. As a music educator, Boudewyns has taught on the faculties of the Barat College Conservatory of Dance, and the University of Wisconsin Dance Department. Boudewyns joined the music staff of the Milwaukee Ballet in 2001 where he has served as pianist for the company and school, and has worked to develop a uniquely creative music curriculum for the students of Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy.

Originally from Havana, Cuba, Itzel Hernandez began training at the Escuela Provincial de Ballet Alejo Carpentier. At age 12, she moved to the United States and earned a full scholarship at the Orlando Ballet School under Peter Stark, where she performed as Clara in Bruce Mark’s The Nutcracker. At the Harid Conservatory, Hernandez trained under Victoria Schneider, Olivier Pardina, and Svetlana Osiyeva, and appeared in Mark Godden’s Fable and Corazon de La Llama. After graduating, she joined Orlando Ballet where she performed in La Danse by Telmo Moreira, the lead roles in Robert Hill’s Allegretto and Huapango, as well as Abdur Rahim Jackson’s premiere of aGain fOr tHe firSt tImE. Hernandez has competed in the Youth American Grand Prix, winning 3rd place in 2009 and 1st place Senior Contemporary in 2014. She joined the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program in 2014 before joining the Company in 2015.

Annia Hidalgo began her training in the province of Holguín and continued at the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana under Professor Ramona de Saa. In 2004, she was awarded the Gold Medal in the International Ballet Competition. That same year, she joined The Cuban National Ballet as a soloist, under Alicia Alonso. Her repertoire includes soloist and principal roles in La Fille Mal Gardée, Coppélia, Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Paquita, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère, Scheherazade and Prince Igor. Hidalgo has performed as a principal dancer with Media City Ballet and Los Angeles Ballet. Since joining Milwaukee Ballet as a Leading Artist, she has danced as Alice in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland) and featured roles Michael Pink’s ballets, including Musetta in La Bohème,Odile in Swan Lake, Lucy and Mina in Dracula, Snow White in Mirror Mirror, Belle in Beauty and the Beast and the title roles in Giselle and Cinderella. She also appeared in the winning pieces from Genesis 2013 (Gabrielle Lamb’s Manifold), 2015 (Garrett Smith’s Mortal Form), 2019 (Aleix Mañè’s Exilio) and 2022 (Price Suddarth’s Aftermath). Hidalgo has danced as a guest artist with Rockford Dance Company, Alma Dance Theatre and was proud to appear in the premiere performance of Refuge Foundation for the Arts. This summer, she will dance with Queer the Ballet in New York City, and will appear in her sixth season with the Traverse City Dance Project. She enjoys sharing her knowledge of classical ballet as a teacher and coach in various summer programs around the country.

Milwaukee-based choreographer Dawn Springer has worked throughout the country and abroad. Her work has been described as “mesmerizing” (Spin Magazine), “terrific” (Shepherd Express), “surging and lush” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “subtle yet striking” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), a “stand out” (Durham Indy Weekly) and “beautiful composition” (Milwaukee Magazine). Throughout her training and performance career, she was fortunate to perform with many wonderful choreographers and directors including Helen Simoneau Danse, Camille A. Brown, Sara Hook, Brian Rogers, Jeff Slayton, Sarah Skaggs, Dahlia Nayar, and Aynsley Vandenbroucke Movement Group, among others. Her performances have included Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Venice Biennale Danza, New York Live Arts, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Her choreography for the Collection of Colonies of Bees was performed as the opener for Grammy Award winning and nominated artists Bon Iver and Sylvan Esso. She toured the United States as an adjudicator for the American Dance Festival and was an artist in residence for two consecutive seasons with Alverno Presents and for two years at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland. Her writing is published in the Perspectives on American Dance Anthology by the University Press of Florida. She is on faculty in the Peck School of the Arts, with Milwaukee Ballet II, and The Milwaukee Ballet School and Academy.


Step of Two
Two women explore intimacy, gender, and a search for human connection in a deconstructed classical ballet Pas de Deux. This gallery performance brings the exceptional artistry of two of Milwaukee's most accomplished ballet dancers, Itzel Hernandez and Ania Hidalgo, into close proximity to the audience for a visceral and personal experience of partnership.

Presented by The Alice Wilds gallery in celebration of Pride Month, featuring the work of visual artist and photographer Daniel McCullough.

Limited admission.

Advanced reservations are strongly recommended.

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New Commission
Peck School of the Arts
UW Milwaukee
April 2022

New Work Premier
Meadow
Danceworks Performance Company
Jan Serr Studio
February 6th-8th, 2020

New Commission
Danceworks Performance Company
Milwaukee, WI

Choreography for Collections of Colonies of Bees
Bon Iver
10th Anniversary Show
BMO Bradley Center, Milwaukee WI

SEPTEMBER 22
Two Shows
7pm & 9pm
Studio 8
Meltwater Studios
1911 S Allis St, Milwaukee
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Current and former Milwaukee Ballet Artists collaborate with experimental artists Jon Mueller (composer) and Dawn Springer (choreographer). The music in the performance was originally written and recorded in 2010 by Mueller for his record ‘The Whole’, released by Type Recordings in the UK. For this performance, it has been re-imagined for piano, percussion and voice by Mueller and David Utzinger, and this will be the premiere live performance of this material. Dawn Springer’s choreography set to Mueller’s composition was created for Ania Hidalgo, Rachel Malehorn, & Janel Meindersee.

This project will mark Mueller and Springer's 4th collaboration. Previous commissions have included two consecutive projects with the Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, as well as the 2017 Dance Series at Lawrence University and in Real Time at the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee. Their collaborations are meta-inquiries into live performance, asking how we know what is before us. Their work has been described as "mesmerizing" by Spin Magazine, and as an "inherently visceral experience" by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

About the Artists
Jon Mueller is a drummer, percussionist and composer who has performed throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Europe and Japan, including notable venues such as the Guggenheim Museum, The Arnolfini, New Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, and festivals such as SXSW, Hopscotch, Osheaga and Primavera. A founding member of the bands Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees and Pele, he has also worked with a variety of musicians throughout the US and Europe and currently is drummer, percussionist and vocalist in the group Mind Over Mirrors. He has given talks on listening and creativity at Loyola University, Wesleyan University, Viva Art Action-Montreal and the Zen Buddhist Temple-Chicago. More info on Jon’s work can be found at rhythmplex.com

Dawn Springer is an independent choreographer based in Milwaukee, WI. She has performed, choreographed and given artist talks throughout the United States and abroad. She spent ten years working as an artist in New York, NY before returning to the midwest. Her choreography has been described as "surging and lush" (Philadelphia Inquirer) and as "beautiful composition" (Milwaukee Magazine). Her recent projects include choreography for singer songwriter Marielle Allschwang and Collections of Colonies of Bees, including for their 2018 BMO Harris Bradley Center performance with Bon Iver and their 2018 tour with Sylvan Esso. She is currently working on new choreography with Nick Sanborn's (of Sylvan Esso) Made of Oak album ​Penumbra​ through commission support from the University of Wisconsin Peck School of the Arts. Prior to earning her MFA through Hollins University/The American Dance Festival, she completed her BFA on scholarship at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, studying with many acclaimed artists including Melissa Hayden. Her writing on dance has been published in journals and is included as a chapter in the recently released Dance in American Culture Anthology, Perspectives on American Dance; The New Millenium (University Press of Florida) dawnspringer.com

Choreography for Collections of Colonies of Bees
Sylvan Esso
Riviera Theater, Chicago IL

New Commission
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Springdances 2018

2018 PROJECT WITH JON MUELLER

Current and former Milwaukee Ballet dancers collaborate in an evening of live music and dance with experimental artists Jon Mueller (composer) and Dawn Springer (choreographer). The music in the performance was originally written and recorded in 2010 by Mueller for his record 'The Whole', released by Type Recordings in the UK. For this performance, it has been re-imagined for piano, percussion and voice by Mueller and David Utzinger, and this will be the premiere live performance of this material. Springer’s choreography set to Mueller's composition was created for 3 female dancers -- Ania Hidalgo, Rachel Malehorn, and Janel Meindersee. This project will mark Mueller and Springer's 4th collaboration. Previous commissions have included two consecutive projects with the Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, as well as the 2017 Dance Series at Lawrence University and in Real Time at the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee. Their collaborations are meta-inquiries into live performance, asking how we know what is before us. Their work has been described as "mesmerizing" by Spin Magazine, and as an "inherently visceral experience" by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

DOOR COUNTY August 19th 7pm
Egg Harbor, Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion
$20 suggested donation at door
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MILWAUKEE September 22nd 7pm and 9pm
Studio 8, Meltwater Studios
$20 reservations strongly recommended
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ALVERNO PRESENTS RESIDENCY OPEN SHOWING AND BENEFIT
Thursday, September 3
6-7pm
Pitman Theater
Alverno College
3431 South 39th Street Milwaukee, WI 53215

Join us for an Open Showing of new choreography created while in residence with Alverno Presents! I've worked with an incredible cast of women, including dancers from the Milwaukee Ballet, over the course of two summers and would love to share this new work with you.

Information about how to support the project is below.

Hope to see you on September 3!

"How will my donation be used?"

$25 pays for one dancer's much needed shoes

$125 pays for rehearsals for one dancer for one week

$250 pays for one dancer's rehearsals for the entire two week residency

$1000 pays for the entire cast to rehearse for two weeks


Please support DAWN SPRINGER DANCE PROJECTS through a tax-deductible donation to Arts Wisconsin, a Wisconsin 501c3 organization acting as our fiscal receiver. Checks should be made payable to Arts Wisconsin, with a note identifying the donation to be directed towards DAWN SPRINGER DANCE PROJECTS, and sent to Box 1054, Madison, WI 53701-1054. Contact Arts Wisconsin at 608 255 8316 or info@artswisconsin.org if you wish to donate via credit card (VISA/MC).

Eau Claire, WI
Performance at Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival
w. Jon Mueller and Chris Hefner
July 17-18

Philadelphia, PA
University of the Arts
Summer Institute: Dance

Milwaukee, WI
Alverno Presents Residency
Year 2

In rehearsals
Beginning work on a new collaboration with Jon Mueller and videographer Chris Hefner.

Hyperlocal MKE #1 Performance
El Encuentro
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1493132184260484/
Sunday, 9-28
4pm


Benefit Performance
Milwaukee Dancer Fund
Milwaukee Ballet
Saturday, 9-20
7:30 pm
mkedancerfund.org

Visiting Assistant Professor
Beloit College

Alverno Presents Residency
Two week creative residency for creation of new work
alvernopresents.alverno.edu
Milwaukee

Publication of Dawn Springer's Essay
Syndicated Bodies: Expressions of American Identity in NFL Touchdown Dances
To be released this year by the University Press of Florida
Dance in American Culture Anthology

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Peck School of the Arts
Senior Lecturer, Dance

NYC
Danspace Project
w/ Ashley Anderson Dances
DraftWorks
Danspace Project at St. Marks Church
New York, NY
December 14th

Milwaukee
Event Choreography for National 9to5 Working Women's Celebration
Learn More About this INCREDIBLE organization

Milwaukee
Premier of new piece -- ICON
Collaboration with Juniper Tar's Aaron Schleicher
August 2-4th
Dance Works
Art to Art Festival
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Philadelphia, PA
Faculty
University of the Arts
Pre-College Summer Intensive

NYC
Distance Dances Collaboration
Contributed to virtual dance project for choreographers Susan Honer and Gina T'ai
Greenspace
April 13th
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Hofstra University
Dickinson College students perform new trio
American College Dance Festival

NYC
Performance of New Trio
The Wild Project
195 E 3rd St

Dickinson College
Premier of Trio
Performance with NOVUS trombone quartet
Music by Chris Brubeck
February 17th
4pm
Weiss Center for the Arts

Beloit College
Visiting Assistant Professor
Spring 2013

In Rehearsals --
New piece!
Dawn will be working on new choreography with a trio of dancers at Dickinson College
To be performed with live NOVUS Trombone Quartet
Set to composer Chris Brubeck's Flight of the Four Kings

Dickinson College
Curating 5 Under Forty: Dance Works by Five Emerging Female Choreographers for Dickinson College annual Fall Dance Concert November 2012
Director of Dance

Philadelphia
Faculty
University of the Arts Pre-College Summer Intensive
for High School Dancers
cs.uarts.edu/summerinstitute/dance

Philadelphia
Presenting new research on touchdown dances
Society of Dance History Scholars
2012 Annual Conference
Dance and The Social City

Brooklyn NY
Dreams of Flight, Solo
Pop-Up Performance Series
One Arm Red

North Carolina
Dancing for Helen Simoneau Danse in month long company residency in Winston-Salem
www.helensimoneau.com

Thursday 8th, 7pm
Dickinson College
Salon
Springer directs Dickinson Salon Series for interdisciplinary student performance works and free pizza
25-27 High St

Friday 18th - Sunday 21st
Dickinson College
Fall Dance Concert
A Token of One's Affection and two brand new works on students.
www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/event…

Monday 7th
NYC
Performing with emily wexler dance
Movement Research
Judson Memorial Church
8pm
movementresearch.org/performancesevents…
emilywexlerdance.com/home.html

Dickinson College Research and Development Professional Grant:
Beginning work on new project at Dickinson --hosting choreographic residency with NYC based dance artists Niall Jones and Emily Wexler. 4 students collaborate in project. To be performed on November concert at Dickinson.

Philadelphia
Invited Speaker
Knowing Dance More Series
University of the Arts,
www.uarts.edu/academics/cpa/da/8336.html


topos topio
Philly Fringe Festival
Dreams of Flight
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PHILADELPHIA, PA
Teaching at the University of the Arts Pre-College Summer Institute
cs.uarts.edu/summerinstitute/dance

Choreographic Residency
Beginning work on a new quartet for four women.
Supported by Dickinson College Research and Development Creative Project Grant

CARLISLE, PA
In rehearsals with Sarah Skaggs

WASHINGTON D.C.
June 18th 8pm
Performance with Dahlia Nayar at Dance Place
dahlianayar.com
danceplace.org/

NYC
Dawn will perform TRY TRY AGAIN in the 2011 New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival
Dixon Place
NYC
Thursday April 28th
730pm
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Allentown PA
Students from Dickinson College perform DREAMS OF FLIGHT at the 2011 Northeast Regional ACDF.
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DC, NYC
Rehearsals w choreographer Dahlia Nayar for June 18-19th show at Dance Place, Washington D.C.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1442836464…

Feb 6th
3pm
92nd St Y

Performing with Sarah Skaggs at 92nd St Y Sundays at 3 series.
More information:

sarahskaggs92ndstY

Happy New Year!

Back in NYC rehearsals w Niall Jones

DICKINSON COLLEGE
November 19-21st
Performed, Choreographed, and Rehearsal Directed for
Dickinson College Dance Theater Group Annual Fall Show

Students perform new version of Dreams of Flight, originally created as a solo work and expanded for 10 dancers at Dickinson.

See Photos and Article here:
www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/featu…

NEW YORK NY
Here Then Here
In rehearsals with Niall Jones -- setting work Here Then Here as well as consuming as many Bahn Mi sandwiches as we possibly can.
Niall:
www.movementresearch.org/blog/?p=331
Sandwich:
nickyssandwiches.com/

DICKINSON COLLEGE
Carlisle, PA
In rehearsals with the Department of Theater Mermaid Players choreographing the musical Lucky Stiff
www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/event…

In rehearsals with DTG (Dance Theater Group) preparing for their annual Fall concert. I am re-staging/expanding Dreams of Flight for 10 fabulous dancers here at Dickinson.

Dickinson College, Carlisle PA
Visiting Position in Dance
2010-2011 Academic Year

AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL, Durham NC

Co-Teaching Six Week School Class
Instant Choreography

Substitute Teaching for the fabulous, one and only Pamela Pietro

Assistant Coordinator for Hollins U/ADF MFA Program (Team Cuetal)

Performances:
Shaeffer Theater -- MFA Thesis Concert, Dalia Nayar
Reynolds Theater -- ADF Faculty Concert
Reynolds Theater -- MFA Thesis Concert, Katie Swords (alongside the extraodinary Jesse Zaritt and Stephanie Liapis)

April 15th-18th
MARYLAND DANCE ENSEMBLE
Directing the annual spring dance concert at the University of Maryland
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2009/c/perfo…

April 22-24th
Hollins Spring Dance Works
The fabulous women at Hollins U will be performing my solo Try Try Again
www.hollinsdance.com

April 26th, 3pm
Performing with Dahlia Nayar at the National Botanical Gardens in Washington DC.
www.usbg.gov
"Trios"
A site specific dance performance
National Botanical Gardens
100 Maryland Ave., SW (nearest Metro L'Enfant Plaza)
April 25th, 2010
at 3 p.m.
Choreography by Dahlia Nayar
www.dahlianayar.com

Teaching for American Dance Festival Young Artist Tuition Scholarship Audition Tour
www.americandancefestival.org/2010schoo…

March 28
KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE PERFORMANCE
Students from UMD Department of Dance
Performing duet Here Then Here
check out the video here!
www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/…
(duet starts at 7 min 20 sec)

Teaching for American Dance Festival Young Artist Tuition Scholarship Audition Tour
www.americandancefestival.org/2010schoo…

February 10th-113th
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
Fresh Tracks Performances
Naughty Bits with Jen Mcginn
Dance Theater Workshop
7:30pm
dancetheaterworkshop.org
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Happy New Year!

January 10-24th
NAUGHTY BITS
Rehearsals with Jen McGinn for February performances at DTW in NYC
jenmcginn.org

January 29th-February 5th
DIRECTING REHEARSALS AT UMD
Jen Mcginn and Co will be in residence at the University of Maryland, setting her work Thank You on students in the dance department.

December 4th and 5th
MARYLAND DANCE ENSEMBLE
Premier of new work
Here Then Here
and
Performing solo
Try Try Again
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
University of Maryland
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

November 6th
VENICE ITALY!
Performance of Dahlia Nayar's duet Sandallang
2009 Venice Bienale Danza
Choreographic Collision, Part 3
www.labiennale.org/it/danza

November 12th
AUNTS ROADSHOW
Performing solo Try Try Again and collaborating with Ms. Erika Hand on a performance experiment
St. Cecilia School
Greenpoint Brooklyn
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