Dance Series: The Play
Schedule
Fri, 16 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Esch-Hurvis Studio, Warch Campus Center | Appleton, WI
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Lawrence University Dance Series presents - The Play
Choreography and Direction by Jeanine Durning
For and with performers: Sarah Konner, Erin Kouwe, and Miguel Alejandro Castillo
Friday, January 16
7:00 pm
Esch-Hurvis Studio
Warch Campus Center
Lawrence University
Free and open to the public!
Composed of speaking and moving scenes, set in a room within another room, “The Play” unfolds among everyday objects that are organized, reorganized, and undone. Three performers frame and reframe recurring situations that blur the lines between what was, what is, and what could be. Continuing Durning’s long-term research into nonstopping, “The Play” expands this practice into new territory—blending an existential, Beckettian world of rhythmic language with virtuosic, extemporaneous dancing. In a time marked by upheaval, the work contends with meaning-making and togetherness amid ongoing calamity. It asks: How do we begin again—over and over—as an act of repair in the face of loss and uncertainty?
ABOUT THE DANCE SERIES ARTISTS
Jeanine Durning is a Guggenheim Fellow and Alpert Award winning choreographer and performer from New York whose work has been described by The New Yorker as having both “the potential for philosophical revelation and theatrical disaster.” Since 1998, she has created over 20 works, known for blurring artistic and aesthetic boundaries. Her practice nonstopping has been the foundation of her research since 2010.
Miguel Castillo (dancer), a Venezuelan performer named in Dance Magazine’s 2024 “25 to Watch,” explores cross-disciplinary collaborations and diasporic imagination. He performs in works by Faye Driscoll, Durning, among others. He holds an MFA in Dance from Smith College.
Sarah Konner (dancer) is a dance artist, choreographer, and improviser. She has recently performed with Durning, Jenna Reigel, Heidi Henderson, Sara Shelton Mann, SetGO, Austin Selden, and ChavasseDance&Performance. Konner is an Associate Professor at the Boston Conservatory.
Erin Kouwe (dancer) is a creator, dance artist, and educator. Her work has been presented by the New Hazlett Theater, Nashville Ballet, and Tennessee Women’s Theater Project. She has performed with New Dialect and Luna Negra Dance Theater and in works by Yin Yue, Bryan Arias, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Banning Bouldin, and others. Erin is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Slippery Rock University and a certified Countertechnique teacher.
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Esch-Hurvis Studio, Warch Campus Center, 711 E Boldt Way, Appleton, WI 54911-5579, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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