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Date: April 16, 2015
Pilobolus Dance Artists Performing at Young Auditorium
WHITEWATER –Young Auditorium in Whitewater is bringing the world-touring dance artists Pilobolus
to the stage on Wednesday, April 29th at 7:30 p.m. Pilobolus performances are characterized by a
strong element of physical interaction between the bodies of the performers and exaggerations or
contortions of the human form, requiring extreme strength, flexibility and athleticism. Tickets to this
show are as low as $19.50.
Pilobolus (named after a barnyard fungus that propels its spores with extraordinary speed, accuracy,
and strength) is a dance company founded by a group of Dartmouth College students in 1971.
Pilobolus continually forms diverse collaborations that break down barriers between disciplines and
challenge the way we think about dance. Physically and intellectually, the company engages and
inspires audiences around the world through performance, education, and consultation.
The original company, Pilobolus Dance Theater, has been touring its 118 pieces of repertory to more
than 64 countries over the last 43 years. Pilobolus’s Shadowland, the company’s evening-length
show currently touring Europe, the Middle East and Asia, has been seen by more than 750,000
people in the five years since it was created.
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Pilobolus’s collaborative creative and educational research and development takes place through the
Pilobolus Lab, in which the company invites diverse collaborators into residencies to create new work
and develop methods to teach Pilobolus’s creative process to individuals and institutions. To date, the
Pilobolus Lab has produced collaborations with Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen, Penn & Teller, the MIT
Distributed Robotics Laboratory, Art Spiegelman, Maurice Sendak, OK Go, Radiolab, and many
others. To learn more, visit www.pilobolus.org and www.uww.edu/youngauditorium.com.
The Young Auditorium serves as a presenting organization for the performing arts and as an
educational and cultural center enriching the lives of regional communities, offering a full season of
world-class performing arts presentations. Tickets are available to reserve online and print at home (a
small fee is applied for this service), or by contacting the Greenhill Center of the Arts Box Office on
the UW-Whitewater campus (930 West Main Street in Whitewater) at (262) 472-2222. The Young
Auditorium is adjacent to this building, and parking is always free at the venue. To learn more, visit
www.uww.edu/YoungAuditorium or follow at www.Facebook.com/Young.Aud.
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