Month: March 2025

Acclaimed swing dance artist and scholarly force LaTasha Barnes storms into Wisconsin

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‘Swing into Spring’ celebration offers free classes April 3-12  By Maggie Ginsberg Watching LaTasha Barnes perform is difficult to put into words, and that’s OK. The tenured Arizona State University professor and multi-Bessie-award-winner’s work is meant to be experienced in community, her joy breathlessly embodied by everyone who witnesses it. As the horns moan or the deejay …

Finding Her Mark: Freshman Jenny Duarte Castillo embraces the chance to grow, perform, and mature with UW–Madison Theatre

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By Allie Armstrong Every time an actor steps onto the stage, they’ve got an opportunity to grow their craft — freshman Jenny Duarte Castillo seized that opportunity this semester when she became the only UW–Madison Theatre undergraduate cast in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, the August Wilson play directed by the world renowned Dr. Baron Kelly. …