Dance Department, Li Chiao-Ping Dance presents bits ‘n pieces

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Department and Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) present “bits ‘n pieces” November 17-19 at the H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall. 

This family friendly concert is packed with humor and delight, and will feature new choreography, fan favorites, and rarely seen works by award-winning movement artist Li Chiao-Ping. Coming fresh off LCPD’s “Here Lies the Truth” national tour, dancers Katelyn Altmann, Kimi Evelyn, Piper Morgan Hayes, Elisa Hildner, Cassie Last, Elisabeth Roskopf, and Abbi Stickels will wow audiences with their performance chops, comedic stylings, and athletic capabilities. 

The program includes “strange but familiar,” “Sur La Table,” “WhatNot, You Think,” “concrete,” and one of Li’s award-winning, seminal works “Gó” which was selected to perform at the Kennedy Center for the Arts. Also on the program, “Nuts and Bolts,” the memorable Dynasty-clad trio, and two short works from “The Knotcracker,” including “It’s a Slippery Slope” and “e-Racers.”

There will be a talk-back discussion with the artists and dancers on Thursday after the show, and on Friday evening, there will be a reception in the Virginia Harrison Parlor immediately following the performance.

PERFORMANCES
THU Nov 17 at 8:00 p.m. 
FRI Nov 18 at 8:00 p.m. 
SAT Nov 19 at 2:30 p.m. 

TICKETS
Purchase tickets at the Campus Arts Box Office, 1st floor Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street, by phone at 608-265-2787 or online at artsticketing.wisc.edu, $24 general admission and $18 students and seniors. Tickets can also be purchased at the door one hour before the performances.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LCPD’s work and events are made possible in part by the generous support of Altrusa International of Madison; Fund for Children administered by the Madison Community Foundation; Dane County COVID Relief Fund; Dane County Nonprofit Assistance Fund; Dane County Arts with additional funds from the Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation, the Evjue Foundation Inc, charitable arm of the Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation Inc, and the Pleasant T. Roland Foundation; University of Wisconsin-Madison dance Department, the OVCRGE, WARF, Vilas Trustees, and the School of Education Virginia Horne Henry Fund; Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts; Arts Midwest; National Endowment for the Arts; and a LCPD Circle of Friends.

ABOUT LI CHIAO-PING DANCE
Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) was founded in 1990 and has made Madison, Wisconsin its home since 1993. LCPD is a resident company of Overture Center for the Arts and produces three major performances each year. It offers workshops and touring programs throughout North America. The company is dedicated to offering programs of emotionally charged and athletic works, with striking visual design and the music of contemporary composers. It is also committed to making dance accessible to a variety of people—as audience members and participants. LCPD collaborates with K-12 schools to offer performances as residencies, and we continue to teach movement workshops at senior center communities.

“…marvelously imaginative…engrossing, intelligently put-together piece of work.”
-San Francisco Bay Guardian.

Li Chiao-Ping Dance has been praised in the New York Times, Village Voice, Dance Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and San Francisco Bay Guardian. Known for her originality, trademark physicality, humanism, and visual design, Li Chiao-Ping creates layered works that combine multiple art forms to explore themes of culture and identity. LCPD has performed at Jacob’s Pillow, Bates Dance Festival, ADF, DanceNOW, Highways, as well as: The Kennedy Center, Links Hall, Dance Place, Symphony Space, DTW, Joyce SoHo, P.S. 122, ODC Theater, Theater Artaud, CounterPulse, Danspace Project/St. Mark’s Church, Roulette, and more.


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