The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts welcomed Carrie Hanson as the fall 2019 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence.
Hanson continued exploring how movement and the body are viable means of experiencing the world in imaginative and humanistic ways. Students engaged in collaboration and invention to convey information about social, political, and environmental issues.
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About the Artist
Carrie Hanson is a choreographer, educator, and the Artistic Director of The Seldoms. She has designed projects with practitioners of visual arts, theater, music/sound design, fashion, and architecture. In 2016, she was named Chicago Tribune’s “Chicagoan of the Year in Dance” and honored for her “brawny, brainy movement.” The Seldoms has toured nationally and to Russia, Taiwan, and Scotland. They are known for performing in unique spaces including an outdoor pool and a truck depot.
Her 2015 work about the figure of Lyndon B. Johnson, Power Goes, received a National Dance Project Award and toured to ten U.S. venues, engaging a community cast in each city. She has received commissions from the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Texas Performing Arts, the Morton Arboretum, and the National Theater of Mannheim, Germany. Hanson was a 2015 resident artist at the National Center for Choreography at the University of Akron.
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The fall 2019 Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program was presented by the UW–Madison Division of the Arts and hosted by the Dance Department with Kate Corby as lead faculty. Co-sponsors included the Chazen Museum of Art, the Wisconsin Union Theater and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts has hosted world-class artists-in-residence since 1995 and formally launched the Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program (IARP) in 1999. The IARP is made possible by funding from the university’s Office of the Provost.
Guest Artists
The Seldoms is comprised of artists and educators who introduce the work and dance/performance in inventive, focused ways to connect with audiences, students, and communities. Full-length works have addressed pressing issues such as the 2008 recession, climate change, and most recently a trilogy about power in America.
Residency guest artists include Solomon Bowser, Philip Elson, Sarah Gonsiorowski, Damon D. Green, and Maggie Vannucci – all part of The Seldoms.
Faheem Majeed is a builder—literally and metaphorically. A resident of the South Shore neighborhood in Chicago, Majeed often looks to the material makeup of his neighborhood and surrounding areas as an entry point into larger questions around civic-mindedness, community activism, and institutional critique. Majeed transforms materials such as particle board, scrap metal and wood, and discarded signs and billboard remnants, breathing new life into these often overlooked and devalued materials.
Alex Rose is a biologist, diver, musician, and underwater photographer. She is the Project Manager for Elysium Artists for the Arctic, Science Editor of Ocean Geographic Magazine, Managing Editor of Ocean Geographic Explorers, and founder of ocean conservation company Blue Ring. Her goal is to find ways to protect our world’s precious marine habitats through diving, writing, photography, education, and research.
Resources + Media Mentions
- Highlights from the Carrie Hanson Fall 2019 Interdisciplinary Arts Residency
- “An artistic response to climate change,” courtesy of Wisconsin State Journal
- “The Week Ahead: Restaurant Week, ‘Kill Bill Vol. 1’ and The Seldoms,” courtesy of The Cap Times
- “Dance Theater Aboard the Pequod, the Flat Earth Movement, and Climate Inaction,” courtesy of Carrie Hanson
- “Moving delights,” courtesy of Isthmus
- “The Seldoms’ ‘Floe’ hits hard truth of global warming with athletic lyricism,” courtesy of See Chicago Dance
- “10 must-see performances this winter,” courtesy of Wisconsin State Journal
- “UW–Madison students, artist-in-residence Carrie Hanson present ‘From topic to topography’ Nov. 21,” courtesy of UW–Madison School of Education News
- “8 events to enjoy this weekend,” courtesy of Madison Magazine
- “Dance Department presents Kate Corby & Dancers with The Seldoms, Nov. 14-16,” courtesy of UW–Madison School of Education News
- “Earth Day@50 Arts Initiative celebrates the intersection of arts and the environment,” courtesy of The Nelson Institute
- “Q&A: Choreographer Carrie Hanson connects the stage to the world,” courtesy of The Cap Times
- “Bridging the Gap: the Crisis of Climate Change and Performance Art,” courtesy of The Green Room blog
- UW–Madison students and Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence Carrie Hanson present “From Topic to Topography: Mapping Issues through Movement” event on Nov. 21
- Wisconsin Science Festival encourages bridging of arts, sciences, courtesy of The Badger Herald
- 10 reasons to attend the Wisconsin Science Festival, courtesy of Isthmus
- Science Festival Panels Examine Science and Society
- Isthmus Fall Arts Preview
- Madison Fall Arts Preview 2019, courtesy of Madison Magazine
- UW-Madison to host choreographer Carrie Hanson as the fall 2019 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence
- Division of the Arts selects three artists for 2019-20 residency
- The Seldoms
- Monument
- Floe work-in-progress at the Rothko Chapel
- RockCitizen
- Power Goes
- Marchland 2018 Links Hall
- Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead
Course
From Topic to Topography: The Body, The Environment, and Social Action
Course: Integrated Arts 310/330/610
Day/Time: Fridays / 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: 249 Lathrop, 1050 University Avenue
Credits: 1 or 3 | Limit: 20 students across any discipline | Prereq: None
Description: In the course, “From Topic to Topography: The Body, The Environment, and Social Action,” students created original performance works and installations. They created persuasive messages and share perspectives about environmental sustainability, vitality, and equity.
This course was open to creative researchers from diverse fields — dance nerds and STEM artists, to those who can imagine using movement to tell a story or illustrate data, to students who are body-curious and body-courageous, as well as to those with extensive physical training.
Announcements
- Photos are available from the final residency event on November 21, “From Topic to Topography: Mapping Issues through Movement.”
- The Seldoms’ upcoming performance of Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead is featured in Chicago Sun-Times‘ 2019 Holiday Entertainment Guide
- Carrie Hanson appeared on WORT FM’s 8 O’Clock Buzz on Friday, November 15. The show is archived online.
- Tickets are now on sale for Kate Corby & Dancers with The Seldoms performances from November 14-16, 2019.
- Photos are available from the September 26 event, “Quilting Memory: A Live Action Event in Charcoal & Muslin,” led by Carrie Hanson and guest artist Faheem Majeed.
- Registration is now full for “Powering Up Bodies/Powering Down Emissions: A Movement Workshop to Inspire a Climate Movement” with Carrie Hanson and Alex Rose. Please join us for the public showing from 1:00 – 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 19 in the Festival Room, Memorial Union.
- “From Topic to Topography: The Body, The Environment, and Social Action” now offers a 1-credit option for noncredit and special students.
Events
Quilting Memory: A Live Action in Charcoal & Muslin
Join a roaming action-event to create charcoal rubbings of multiple campus sites led by fall 2019 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence Carrie Hanson and artist Faheem Majeed.
Dance Department Friday Forum with Carrie Hanson
Join Carrie Hanson, fall 2019 Division of the Arts Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence for a talk about her work as choreographer, director, performer, and educator.
Big Ideas for Busy People: Water, Water, Everywhere
Big Ideas for Busy People is a highlight of the annual Wisconsin Science Festival. More than a half dozen top thinkers from UW-Madison and collaborators take turns sharing the focus of their work in just 5 minutes with another 5 minutes for audience Q&A.
Science in Entertainment and the Arts: The Most Powerful Way to Communicate Science?
Science, the arts, popular culture, and entertainment need each other in some obvious and not-so-obvious ways. Leaders and artists from theater, film, the visual arts,and dance join Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director Jo Handelsman to explore this interface. Carrie Hanson will present on this panel.
Powering Up Bodies/Powering Down Emissions: A Movement Workshop to Inspire a Climate Movement with Carrie Hanson & Alex Rose
In this workshop, fall 2019 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence Carrie Hanson will share ideas and inspiration for “Floe”, her forthcoming dance theater piece about climate change that premieres at the Wisconsin Union Theater in January 2020. Registration required.
Kate Corby & Dancers with The Seldoms
In a shared concert with Kate Corby & Dancers, Chicago-based dance company The Seldoms will perform an excerpt of Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead (2012).
From Topic to Topography: Mapping Issues through Movement
This final residency event will feature short, repeating movement performances from students enrolled in Carrie Hanson’s interdisciplinary arts course. The visual artworks created with residency guest artist Faheem Majeed during his September visit will be on display.