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Wild Space will join the festivities at Afterlight !
August 21 | 6:30–11 PM
📍 Milwaukee Riverwalk: from Wisconsin Ave to Erie St
Wild Space performances every ½ hour from 7-9pm at various locations.
The Milwaukee Riverwalk is transforming after dark. ✨
Join us for AFTERLIGHT on August 21 to discover the unsung culture of Milwaukee with live music, glowing installations, DANCE, and unexpected moments around every corner. Wander through Milwaukee's Tunnel of Love, add your mark to a community charcoal mural, and share your own love letter to the city.
Experience AFTERLIGHT for free.
Register now at AFTERLIGHT.eventbrite.com
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The HAYRAKE BALLET
Wild Space is collaborating with the Wormfarm Institute to perform as the opening act of The Hay Rake Ballet - a dance performance of farm machinery.
Join us in the beautiful farm fields of western Wisconsin on September 12th (rain date 9/26).
Learn more about the performance HERE
InSite: En Route
InSite: En Route
October 9-10, 2026
Pulaski Park
2677 S 16th St, Milwaukee, WI 53215
Wild Space Dance Company’s InSite program returns for its fifth season with En Route, a FREE immersive dance experience at Pulaski Park. Wander through this vibrant urban greenspace and encounter original dances created specifically for the site. Inspired by the restored Kinnickinnic River and the park’s scenic vistas, En Route explores connections between people, nature, and public space. Featuring guest artists from across Milwaukee, including Ghanaian dancer and storyteller Ishmael Konney, this unique event invites audiences to discover dance in unexpected places and uncover hidden stories within the landscape. Bring your curiosity and walking shoes as InSite: En Route transforms a treasured Milwaukee park through site-specific performance. Come early for a preshow talk by a local water expert.
This program is made possible in part by a Ruth Foundation for the Arts' Wisconsin Special Project Grant and Bader Philanthropies. This program is supported by a grant from the Milwaukee Arts Board and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Thanks to our season sponsors Stephen Baker & Dr. Nadine A. Chang, Gardner Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Herzfeld Foundation, Milwaukee County CAMPAC, PPC Foundation, Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust, United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), and individual donors.
Last season…
Beyond the Shimmer
April 10-11, 2026
The evening invited audiences into a world where the ordinary became extraordinary. This dance‑theatre work used the vastness of outer space as a metaphor to explore distance, connection, and possibility, immersing audiences in a dazzling, multi‑sensory experience of bold movement, evocative text, and striking imagery. The program also featured a new solo for Artistic Director Dan Schuchart, crafted by guest artist Alexandra Barbier as part of her ongoing project few things ahead of time, in which a 48‑hour creative process yielded adventitious choices, inventive tactics, and unexpected outcomes. Performed at the beautiful Jan Serr Studio, the work unfolded against the Milwaukee skyline, which became a luminous backdrop for the evening.
Read the Reviews…
“If any art form could claim the most immediate access to the meaning of life, it might be dance. And if any dance could communicate the sheer wonder of being alive, it might be Beyond the Shimmer.”
“There’s a family of dance artists who are showing in movement what they’ve learned from what they’ve lived through. It’s going to the moon to see the earth.”
InSite: FIELD GUIDE
October 10-11, 2025
Read the Reviews…
“it’s a tour-de-force of creative, technical, and logistic imagination: the most daring and original adventure in the performing arts our city has seen in years. And like all good art, it stirs up many thoughts. feelings and senses, which will not necessarily be the same for any two people.”
“While the choreography itself showcased some serious feats of agility and strength, the message was clear: even as we grow older—especially as we do—we should not let go of our childlike wonder and curiosity when interacting with Nature.”
“Dancing in nature highlights the connection between humans and the Earth. For me, as a spectator and nature-lover, the experience is as spiritual as it is aesthetic. Furthermore, dancing in an urban park like Havenwoods State Forest celebrates not only the human-nature connection, but also the paradoxical connection and interaction between civilization and wilderness. That’s what I loved about InSite: Field Guide…”
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that in Milwaukee we live and dance on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Menominee homelands along the southwest shores of Michigami, part of North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes.
