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This fall Dance Wisconsin begins its 46th Season. It is the companies honor to be a constant presence in the south central Wisconsin's Dance/Art Community.

Sonder is the underlying theme of the season and is the name of our fall concert at the Overture Center of the Arts on October 7 and 8. The urban dictionary defines sonder as the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it. "Sonder" will be an evening of primarily contemporary ballet concert length pieces performed at the Overture Center of the Arts.

The Nutcracker returns to the Wisconsin Union Theater on December 16 and 17. No other professional or pre professional dance company in south central Wisconsin can say that they have produced 46 Nutcracker themed productions in a row except for Dance Wisconsin. From the theater at West High School in Madison in 1977 featuring now Artistic Director, JoJean Retrum as the Sugar Plum, to the once hallowed halls of the Civic Center on State Street to our current home at the Wisconsin Union Theater Shannon Hall, Dance Wisconsin continues to perform and update the historical production. This year's Nutcracker performances will once again feature the Dance Wisconsin Orchestra and the Monona Grove High School Singers.

In the Spring, on April 14, the Dance Wisconsin Company will present "Spring" a FREE performance on the stage of the MyArts facility on the very near eastside of Madison. This will be our first performance on the stage and we are excited to continue to expand where we perform to reach more families. This FREE performance will focus on introducing classical ballet elements to elementary and midlle school aged children.

Lastly, the season will conclude in Dayton Beach Florida at the National Regional Dance America Festival. One of the "Sonder" pieces will have been adjudicated in January and selected to be performed at the Festival in front of 1000s of dancers, directors, college educators, professional company directors and recruiters.

Dance Wisconsin is heavily dependent upon donations,YOU MAKE THIS ALL POSSIBLE!