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Jesse Lee Kercheval @jesselkercheval.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Wisconsin friends! Come taken my Your Life in Comics! class 9/15 and 9/22 at the always amazing Arts + Literature Laboratory in Madison! Perfect if you can't draw! Perfect if you draw so well I ask you for lessons! Come have fun together! www.hisawyer.com/arts-literat...

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Arts + Literature Laboratory - Your Life in Comics!

<p>Using prompts, you’ll come up with a comics version of you! Draw scenes from your daily life or any variation you want to explore. We’ll look at diary comics, bio comics and graphic memoir for insp...

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The next cycle of the #Madison Experimental #Dance Incubator is on August 9th 7pm at Ballet U’s Black Box Theater. 5 new works from 5 artists. Jazz funk, contemporary to classical Indian dance fusion. $10 tickets available here - medi.catmachinesdance.com/event/cycle-2/

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It’s that time again. August 9th 7pm, I’m putting on another MEDI salon to engage artists with the public. Come check it out at Ballet U in Verona #wisconsin #dance #music $10

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Dough-nation night for our #shiftinggears dance festival is July 22! 4-9pm Come have a slice, see a #dance or two! #madison #summer

DOUGHNATION
NIGHT
JULY 22ND| 4PM-9PM
3241 GARVER GREEN, MADISON, WI
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ISTHMUS DANCE
COLLECTIVE
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DANCE FESTIVAL
PRE-ORDERING YOUR 'ZA?
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PHONE
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CALL (608) 257-9248
Mention that you're supporting
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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Cycle 2 of the Madison Experimental Dance Incubator (MEDI) is happening August 9nd 7pm at Ballet U’s Black Box Theater. Tickets are now on sales at: medi.catmachinesdance.com/event/cycle-2/ This initiative is made possible through Fiscal Sponsorship by @isthumusdance.bsky.social

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Never been to an experimental dance performance before? MEDI Cycle 1: Now includes a post-show conversation with the artists — so audiences can ask questions and explore the ideas behind the work. #dance #madison Tix: medi.catmachinesdance.com/event/medi-c...

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

MEDI Cycle 1: Now is tomorrow. An evening of new choreography, interdisciplinary ideas, and conversation with the artists shaping Madison’s dance future. #madison #dance Join us: medi.catmachinesdance.com/event/medi-c...

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

It’s starting. Come to the very first of the series for #Madison Experimental #dance Incubator performance 6 new Choreographic works Artists’ panel afterward 1 night Tickets on sale now. square.link/u/Mea8LNZa @isthumusdance.bsky.social

Cycle
TICKETS
$10
1
Naw
6 Choreographers * 6 New Works * Artists' Panel
Sun 3 May 2026 | 7 PM - 9PM
Ballet U, 411 Prairie Heights Dr
Verona, WI
MD
For more information:
medi@catmachinesdance.com
medi.catmachinesdance.com

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

@rebelbotjen.bsky.social of Cat Machines Dance is inviting #madison area choreographers to join in creating a new ongoing performance series. Sign up here to show your new fledging works Sunday May 3rd: forms.gle/2EbgigpJvLeX... #dance #wisconsin #art

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

5 Days away from @rebelbotjen.bsky.social teaching choreography and handling movement in the round. 6pm at IDC Center for Dance.

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We are doing it again! 3/18 6:30pm come with your favorite costume and get ready to cheer. @rebelbotjen.bsky.social will get you prepared to bring your best #dance

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

You want more #dance… I have more for you #madison #wisconsin I am teaching another workshop on 3/4 @6 This time contemporary dance with a circular focus. See alt for details. Also hiring dancers for a May 3rd showing, so come to the class if interested. #audition #class DMs are open

Contemporary
Choreography, with Jen Costillo
$15 donation
A ONE-TIME CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASS FOR INTERMEDIATE DANCER:
-OCUSED ON NAVIGATING NON-LINEAR, CIRCULAR CHOREOGRAPHY
AND GROUP AWARENESS
ONE CLASS. ONE STRUCTURE. MOVE IN RELATION.
THE IDC CENTER FOR DANCE: 2709 EAST WASH

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I’m announcing the new #madison Experimental #dance #incubator today. We are looking for piece for May 3rd. Register here. forms.gle/SHeXYRXa3c9Q...

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

3/4 6pm Contemporary #dance #choreography workshop with @rebelbotjen.bsky.social Focusing specifically on dancing in circles. Get the tips and experience of working around a fixed point. #madison #wisconsin Register now, here! app.ubindi.com/Isthmus.Danc...

ONE-TIME CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASS FOR INTERMEDIATE DANCER:
-OCUSED ON NAVIGATING NON-LINEAR, CIRCULAR CHOREOGRAPHY
AND GROUP AWARENESS
ONE CLASS. ONE STRUCTURE. MOVE IN RELATION.
THE IDC CENTER FOR DANCE: 2709 EAST WASH

$15 suggested donation goes to build out fund.

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captimes.com @captimes.com · 03/02/2026

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the dance/ theater collab “A Love Letter” runs at Art House 360 from Feb. 5-15. It’s made to be “beautiful, funny and light.”

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Theatre LILA and Barrio Dance team up for ‘A Love Letter’

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the dance/ theater collab “A Love Letter” runs at Art House 360 from Feb. 5-15. It’s made to be “beautiful, funny and light.”

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

#DANCE IN AN #INFLATABLE A 1x dance class on how to move, groove, & fully commit inside an inflatable costume. • Technique + playful choreography • No dance experience needed • Laughing encouraged 🎈 please bring your own 👟 Clean shoes, socks, or dance shoes only $15 app.ubindi.com/Isthmus.Danc...

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I’ll be teaching this class. So come out, have fun, and have a dance to do with your fellow characters next time you are out on the town for any reason.

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We have completed our survey and here are the results of the 2025 #wisconsin #Dancer Compensation Survey. Read it here www.isthmusdancecollective.org Voiceover by @rebelbotjen.bsky.social

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Speaking of new digs, we are having a #gala this December 3rd at our new location. Party with the 2026 DELV choreographers. Win fabulous prizes.

Join us for:
amuse-bouche studio tour
live music & poetry readings gift worthy raffle prizes
and a Q&A with the
DELVE 2026
Choreographers
Please RSVP
口
ISTHMUS DANCE
COLLECTIVE
The IDC Center for Dance
2709 East Washington Ave
Madison, WI 53704
$15-$40
at isthmusdancecollective.org/tickets
proceeds support our studio buildout fund, and the infrastructure that helps us create an accessible & welcoming home for the DELVE
Incubator to flourish!

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Speaking of new digs, we are having a #gala this December 3rd at our new location. Party with the 2026 DELV choreographers. Win fabulous prizes.

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Community #dance classes are on until Thanksgiving. Check them out at our new home at 2709 East Wash in #madison

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Love #ballet class? Want to support IDCs new space and its build out? The floor is open starting today! 10am and every Fri! THE IDC HUB: 2709 EAST WASH #madison #dance

Rough and unible conimunity classes
SUGGESTED
$15 •C0610N
GOES TO
BUILD-OUT FUND
FRIDAY 10/31 AT 10AM
Ballet
wth
Juan Carlos Diaz Velez
THE IDC HUB: 2709 EAST WASH

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Hey #wisconsin #dancers ever wonder about if you are unpaid? What about you #choreographer, concerned about paying people enough? Help us all get the insight by filling out the first ever compensation survey by December 15th. Link in alt text.

Wondering what other dancers are paid?
Unsure of the going rate for your teacher or performers?
SCAN HERE AND HELP EVERYONE FIND OUT
2025 Wi Dance
Artists Compensation Survey
Complete by 12/15/2025

https://forms.gle/LG8hYf9fa1H2QYw2A

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Attention #choreographer : last day to submit proposal is the 9 th! bit.ly/delveproposal2026

DANCE EXPERIENCE LAB FOR VIBRANT EXCHANGE
D.E.L.V.E.
CALL FOR
CHOREOGRAPHERS
SUBMIT BY NOV 9
bit.ly/delveproposal2026

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Tone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

In today's Microtones, film section editor @nothingunfinished.bsky.social defines what Project Projection—the soon-to-be quarterly local film and video art showcase at @artlitlab.bsky.social—has meant to the culture of Madison since programmer James Kreul began hosting.

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Local open-mic cinema

Project Projection at Arts + Literature Laboratory is assembling all facets of Madison's DIY and more professional film culture alike.

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Shifting Gears: #Bike Path and #Dance Festival is coming! Ride your bike on Labor Day to 3 park including Wirth Park in #madison.

Wirth Court Park
Performance Schedule
sets at 12, 1:50
& 3:45pm
DANCE FESTIVAL
Karmic Flower Dance Company - Orissi Classical Indian Dance
Eric Stith III - Ballet
Pa Ying Thao - American Contemporary Breckenridge Scottish Highland Dance
Papa Kobina of the Hitterz Collective - Hip-Hop/Street Dance Kripa Baskaran - Bharatanatyam Classical Indian Dance
Mini Luigi Style Jazz Dance Lesson with Dianné Jean Aldrich

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Shifting Gears: #Bike Path and #Dance Festival is coming! Ride your bike on Labor Day to 3 park including Brittingham Park in #madison.

Brittingham Park
Performance Schedule
sets at 12, 1:50
& 3:45pm
Mukula - Bharatanatyam Classical & Indian Folk Dance
Madison Circus Space - Aerial Dance
Studio Dansu Company and Crew
Wingspan Dance Company - American Modern Dance
Harley Blanchard - American Contemporary
Mini Lesson with Lyn Pilch of Dance Fabulous!

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Shifting Gears: #Bike Path and #Dance Festival is coming! Ride your bike on Labor Day to 3 park including McPike Park in #madison.

McPike Park Performance schedule.

at 12, 1:50
& 3:45pm
Tania Tandias Flamenco & Spanish Dance
Breakthrough Dance Company
Evander Stoll
Unincorporated Dance Lab - American Contemporary
Natalia Armacanqui's Kallpa House - Global Fusion
Lily Edgar - Ballet
Scratch Dance - American Modern
Mini Salsa/Bachata Lesson with Luis Armacanqui of the Capitol Social

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This season, the IVY LEAGUE offers training in Hip Hop, Intermediate Ballet/Contemp, Krump, and House. Ivy league provides a comprehensive training base with paid performance opportunities. FIRST CLASS SEPT 17TH 7:30PM SHARP #dance #madison

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Labor Day plans still up in the air? Itching to do some community volunteering while watching the #dance arts from a lovely park. A quick 2 hr shift and then catch more at the other 2 locations. DM me to get involved.

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Outdoor plans ruined by the rain? Come help an artist by coming to a dancing fundraiser TODAY. Beginner #ballet at 4pm and performance and raffle @5 Madison Ballet. www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Shifting Gears: #Bike Path and #Dance Festival is coming! Ride your bike on Labor Day to 3 park including Brittingham Park in #madison.

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Shifting Gears: #Bike Path and #Dance Festival is coming! Ride your bike on Labor Day to 3 park including Wirth Park in #madison.

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Shifting Gears: #Bike Path and #Dance Festival is coming! Ride your bike on Labor Day to 3 park including McPike Park in #madison.

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Hey there I’m looking for dancers to work on a piece for the Labor Day Bike and #Dance festival in #madison. Open to newer dancers and professionals who just want to perform and have fun. Aim to have rehearsals in late august leading up to performing on Labor Day. Message me here or on insta.

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

June 21st, join #madison at the Make Music festival where some of our #dance groups will be performing as part of IDC. #Music starts @3, dance @4pm. Free event! See the event link and make it a full day! makemusicmadison.org/participate/o

Classical Indian music: performers Arohana, MUKULA, Nadopasana, and Karmicflower Dance. June 21st at Lakefront Porch Park 4pm | Free!

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Calling all #wisconsin #madison #choreographers IDC has extended the deadline to submit proposals to 6/7/25 for our Shifting Gears bike path #dance #festival. This is great way to let the public see your work in a new way on Labor Day! Submit your proposal today at the link below. bit.ly/4kUgwzh

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

DELVE dress rehearsal tonight looked great. Tickets are almost sold out for tomorrow night. Saturday shows still available. See it at the #madison #circus space. www.isthmusdancecollective.org/tickets

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

What are you doing this weekend? Check out Krysten Hagedorn's work and 5 others this weekend at DELVE - May 16th and 17th at #madison #Circus Space. www.isthmusdancecollective.org/tickets youtube.com/shorts/bflxl...

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Krysten Hagedorn Podcast D E L V E #shorts #dancechoreography #madison #dancemoves #localarts

YouTube video by Isthmus Dance Collective

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Come see Erica and all the new dance works at D.E.L.V.E. 2025 May 16th and 17th. Buy tickets now at: www.isthmusdancecollective.org/tickets youtube.com/shorts/46781...

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Erica Podcast Preview #shorts #dance #madison #arts

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Dancers Aly & Britney share their experience being part of DELVE 2025! Support the 49 other artists involved in DELVE next weekend - Tickets @ isthmusdancecollective.org/tickets Frid, 5/16th @ 7:30 Sat, 5/17th @ & 7:30 #Madison Circus Space #dancemoremadison #madisonarts #localdance #mcs 🩰 🕺🎪

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IsthumusDanceCollective @isthumusdance.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A #gardenparty for a good cause?! Tomorrow May 4th. Pop-up private garden party fundraiser with brunch bites, mimosa bar, raffle, and perhaps even some mini performances or artist Q&A! All proceeds go to compensating the #DELVE 43 dancer cast! #dance www.tickettailor.com/events/isthm...

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