InSite: Dances for Washington Park

Zoe Glise (she/her) is a performer and movement-based artist born in China and currently located in Milwaukee, WI. Working towards her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Performance and Choreography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she has worked with numerous artists including Joe Goode, Mair Culbreth, Simone Ferro, Maria Gillespie, Marina Magalhães, Parijat Desai, and more. Zoe has worked with many artists to create dance films and music videos, as well as performing with the Gina Laurenzi Dance Project. During her time at UWM, she has received multiple Support for Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) grants, allowing her to connect with different communities throughout Milwuakee, broadening her knowledge of herself and others through ethnographic studies.

Cuauhtli Ramirez Castro (he/him) is a Mexican performing artist and dancer currently located in Milwaukee. He started his training at the University of Guanajuato, having a multidisciplinary approach, combining dance and acting techniques. He has trained and performed the work of Mexican choreographers such as Juan Caudillo, Sylvia Salomon, Claudia Badillo, and Selene Aguirre, and with theater directors such as David Eudave and Israel Araujo. He has performed at the International Cervantino Festival (2016), as well as the Guanajuato International Film Festival (2015). He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance and Choreography (spring 2021). During his time in Milwaukee he has performed and collaborated in works of Maria Gillespie, Morgan Williams, Emma Draves, Bernard Brown, Caitlin Mahon, Joe Goode, Mair Culbreth, Amanda Lee and more. Currently he's a company member of Danceworks Performance MKE.

Katelyn (she/her) is a movement-based artist, choreographer, and improvisor currently residing in Milwaukee, WI. She received her BFA in Dance Performance from the UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts. During this time Katelyn has collaborated with and performed in works of Joe Goode, Daniel Burkholder, Maria Gillespie, Esmé Boyce, Ishmael Huston-Jones, Esther Baker-Tarpaga, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Melanie George, among others. She is a current performance and collaborative artist with Wild Space Dance Company, Danceworks, and Hyperlocal MKE. Katelyn has presented both her solo and collaborative work throughout Milwaukee, at Seattle Festival for Dance Improvisation, American Collage Dance Association(ACDA), Dance Masters of Wisconsin, Bates Dance Festival/Gibney Connect NYC, and Chicago National Association of Dance Masters.

Brea (she/her) is a dedicated, wholehearted kind of person that is passionate about collaboration and immersive story telling. She is a 2017 graduate from The University of Colorado Boulder with a dual degree in Dance and Studio Arts. Movement is Brea’s source of wellness, constantly fueling her soul. She has been honored to dance with Wild Space Dance Company for the past 3 years. Currently, she works as a Creative Project Manager at Massive Change Network, utilizing life-centered design for strategic impact.

Desmond Cotton (he/him) is a Milwaukee native with a passion for dance and expressionism. Desmond started his dance training at Milwaukee High School of the Arts under Sandra Jordan, Dean Drews, Roxanne Kess, Anna Haney, and Amie Ferrante. Desmond continued on to pursue a BFA at UW-Milwaukee under Simone Linhares Ferro, Elizabeth Johnson, Luc Vanier, Danielle Kuepper, and Maria Gillespie. Desmond is currently teaching at Milwaukee High School of the Arts and working at a non-profit Arts organization known as TBEY Arts Center.

Lindsey (she/her) has been privileged to work with artists and companies throughout the midwest including Wild Space Dance Company for over 7 seasons, De Facto Dance, The Coincidentals, and alongside Rapper/Artist, Kanye West. Lindsey holds a BFA in dance from UW-Milwaukee and a graduate degree in Leadership for Creative Enterprises from Northwestern University. Currently, she works in fundraising for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and teaches yoga part-time.

Shalome Unique (she/her) is a performer and choreography based in Milwaukee. Shalome started her dance training with Signature Dance Company and currently teaches dance in community base settings such as the YMCA and Boy and Girls clubs. Shalome’s mission has always been to inspire women to establish resilience and freedom by being actively engaged and supportive. Her desire is to create a judgment free place for individuals in crisis to problem solve, troubleshoot and discover themselves through the art of dance.

Elisabeth Roskopf (she/her) was born in South Korea and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin where she began dancing at the age of 6. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Piano and a minor in Dance. She is a company member of Li Chiao-Ping Dance, Danceworks Performance MKE, a performance collaborator with Wild Space Dance Company, and she has also performed as a guest artist with Marlene Skog Dance, the Gina Laurenzi Dance Project, Catey Ott Dance Collective, and Montauk Project [più mosso]. Elisabeth is deeply self-invested in exploring and expressing themes of racial and cultural identity within her dance work. She strongly believes in the power of sharing our stories, elevating the diverse voices that have been continually erased, and celebrating our whole authentic selves so that each individual can have a sense of belonging in equitable spaces. Identity is a part of who we are and who we are matters.