Spin Class
April 2, 2014Events

Spin Class

Photo by Dan Bishop Think modern dance is all about blank-faced attitude and black leotards? Danceworks Performance Co. begs to differ. Always in search of a theatrical edge, DPC collaborated with the Show, a comedy improv group. In this installment of “Plugged In,” the DPC performance space transforms into a neighborhood bar, which is hosting a has-been ’80s rock star, complete with Robert Palmer-esque backup dancers. It should be no surprise that comedian/songwriter Jason Powell is in on the action. Also plugging in is Joelle Worm, who is collaborating with DJs to create improvised dances paired with live scratching and spinning.…

BY Paul Kosidowski


Photo by Dan Bishop

Think modern dance is all about blank-faced attitude and black leotards? Danceworks Performance Co. begs to differ. Always in search of a theatrical edge, DPC collaborated with the Show, a comedy improv group. In this installment of “Plugged In,” the DPC performance space transforms into a neighborhood bar, which is hosting a has-been ’80s rock star, complete with Robert Palmer-esque backup dancers. It should be no surprise that comedian/songwriter Jason Powell is in on the action. Also plugging in is Joelle Worm, who is collaborating with DJs to create improvised dances paired with live scratching and spinning.

 

“Plugged In” (April 24-May 10). Danceworks Performance Company. Danceworks Studio Theatre. 1661 N. Water St., 414-277-8480, danceworksmke.org.

This article appears in the April 2014 issue of Milwaukee Magazine.

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Paul Kosidowski
Paul Kosidowski is a freelance writer and critic who contributes regularly to Milwaukee Magazine, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio and national arts magazines. He writes weekly reviews and previews for the Culture Club column. He was literary director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1999-2006. In 2007, he was a fellow with the NEA Theater and Musical Theater Criticism Institute at the University of Southern California. His writing has also appeared in American Theatre magazine, Backstage, The Boston Globe, Theatre Topics, and Isthmus (Madison, Wis.). He has taught theater history, arts criticism and magazine writing at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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