Wild Space Dance at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater
March 5, 2013Events

Wild Space Dance at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater

Photo by Matt Schwenke Wild Space Dance Company is known for its expansive, site-specific works inspired by the city, like last fall’s Milwaukee 360°, which was performed on the rooftop of a Pabst brewery parking structure. But sometimes, as Artistic Director Deborah Loewen puts it, the company enjoys “giving in to the senses.” Last year’s Delicious filled the Milwaukee Rep’s Stiemke Studio with stories from lifetimes of cooking with help from an onstage chef. For its next show, Luscious, the company saturates the space with luxurious movement (inspired by the odalisque), dream imagery, improvised gesture and music. And don’t worry.…

BY Paul Kosidowski

Photo by Matt Schwenke

Wild Space Dance Company is known for its expansive, site-specific works inspired by the city, like last fall’s Milwaukee 360°, which was performed on the rooftop of a Pabst brewery parking structure. But sometimes, as Artistic Director Deborah Loewen puts it, the company enjoys “giving in to the senses.” Last year’s Delicious filled the Milwaukee Rep’s Stiemke Studio with stories from lifetimes of cooking with help from an onstage chef. For its next show, Luscious, the company saturates the space with luxurious movement (inspired by the odalisque), dream imagery, improvised gesture and music. And don’t worry. Loewen promises there will be chocolate.

➞ Luscious (March 14-16). Stiemke Studio. Milwaukee Repertory Theater. 108 E. Wells St., 414-224-9490, wildspacedance.org.

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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