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Article: It's a guy thing All-male dance concert's artists have area ties
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 5, 2009
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Modern dance has been mostly a world of women in Milwaukee. But,
not so suddenly, talented men are all over the place.
Ed Burgess will celebrate that fact this weekend with what might
be a Milwaukee first: an all-male modern dance concert. Most of
those involved are alums of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
dance program, where Burgess has taught for 20 years.
"I'm happy about being here for 20 years," Burgess, 56, said. "I
wanted a working reunion with some of the guys. They're all a lot of
fun.
"And I wanted a couple of ballet guys in there. We're doing all
sorts of exchanges now with the Milwaukee Ballet.
"It turned out that Marc Petrocci and Michael Linsmeier had been
noodling ...