SIUE Dance Alumni Help Arts and Issues Celebrate 30th Anniversary
Three innovative dance companies, all founded by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni, will deliver captivating performances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in Dunham Hall Theater.
MILLS/works, Compulsion Dance Theatre and the Modern America Dance Company (MADCO) in St. Louis, are expected to delight audiences with a variety of entertaining and inspiring dance works. Their performances are part of SIUE’s Arts & Issues 30th anniversary celebration and are sponsored by Commerce Bank.
MILLS/works and Compulsion Dance & Theatre were founded by choreographers Joseph Mills and Michael Mizerany. Mills graduated from SIUE in 1982 with a bachelor’s of Fine Arts in visual arts with an emphasis in sculpture and drawing. Mizerany attended SIUE from Fall 1981-Spring 1986.
The third dance company, MADCO, was co-founded by Alcine Wiltz, who established the academic dance program at SIUE, and Australian born Ross Winter. MADCO was originally created under the name Mid America Dance Company. The executive/artistic director of MADCO is Stacy West, an SIUE alum.
MILLS/works and Compulsion Dance Theatre will perform selected original works. MADCO will present an excerpt from “Liquid Roads”, a show inspired by music that has traveled the length of the Mississippi River and incorporates live musicians.
This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council and General Mills Foundation.
For tickets and information, visit the SIUE Morris University Center Welcome Desk, artsandissues.com or call (618) 650-5774.
TheArts & Issues series brings artistic excellence to the SIUE campus through an eclectic blend of speakers and performers. For more than 30 years, SIUE’s Arts & Issues series has showcased some of the world’s finest artists. Each season, thought-provoking speakers inspire and entertain people of all ages and backgrounds. Thanks to the underwriting of SIUE, corporations, foundations and individual donors, tickets are often highly discounted.
Arts & Issues is tied to the academic mission of the University and offers unique opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the community, to engage with performers and speakers through performances, master classes and special sessions.
