Art of the Ordinary
Movement and gesture, words and image merged in the first major performance and art event in the Calatrava-designed Windhover Hall of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Dancers movd through, in and about a large-scale installation to reveal the Art of the Ordinary through dance, visual art, video, music and poetry. Inspired by "North Point North," a reflection on Midwestern life by poet John Koethe, Art of the Ordinary was a collaboration betweena rtist Jill Sebastian and Wild Space artsitic director Debra Loewen. The production featured original music by composer Josh Schmidt and video by filmmaker Jake Fuller.

"...an engaging puzzle... "
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Physical Evidence
Set against the haunting beauty of Historic Turner Ballroom, this performance goes back in time, literally and figuratively, to reinvent the 1930s dance marathon phenomenon.  The performance begins at the end, when the winner is declared and the remaining contestants leave.  It then moves back in time over a period of 19 days to the very beginning, when the hopes, dreams and energy of the participants are at the highest level. Wild Space’s recreation of the marathons includes endurance contests, walking time trials and specialty acts reminiscent of the original dance events of the Great Depression.

“…a dreamy conjuring of the dance marathon craze of the ‘30s…a high-energy tribute to a bygone era..”
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Seduction of Space
Described by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as "not so much a dance concert as a kinetic installation piece full of surreal wonders," Seduction of Space was a site specific dance event held in an historic warehouse on the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design campus in October 2002. The raw, industrial space, ubiquitous newspapers and provocative visual art shaped the performance. For the theatrical version, newspapers surround the dancers both on and off stage, becoming sound sources, walls, floors, maps, furniture, airplanes and a "sea" of paper. Each scene provides a look at information and how it shapes personal and public identity.

"...a delightful collaboration of newspaper and dance,"
-Shepherd Express

Art Moves
The interactive and thought-provoking sculptures of acclaimed artist Vito Acconci inspired Art Moves, a 2002 site-specific performance by Wild Space Dance Company in the newly expanded Milwaukee Art Museum. Art Moves connected with the retrospective exhibition, Vito Acconci: Acts of Architecture and featured Wild Space and the Inter-Actors senior performing group. The Wild Space performance moved in, through and about Acconci's interactive installations at the Milwaukee Art Museum, which invited one to pull, push and move objects to reinvent a created space.