‘Back in Black (and purple)’
UW-Milwaukee’s Mitchell Hall Studio 254 Theater
3203 N. Downer Ave.
May 7-9
Choreographer Elizabeth Johnson’s darkly comic, streetwise, sexy dances have attitude and punch. Her company, Your Mother Dances, disappeared for nearly two years. They’re back in Back in Black (and purple). The concert includes revivals of Johnson’s interactive “Feel Like It,” her autobiographical “My Mother Never Really Liked Purple Anyway…” and her new “Back in Black,” a take on the testosterone-driven lyrics of the rock band AC/DC. The concert also features guest Dawn Springer dancing her 2006 solo “A Token of One’s Affection,” an improvised and thus always updated response to the ballad “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” There’s an afternoon workshop for students on May 9. Visit brownpapertickets.com.
