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Make it stand out Photo by Christal Wagner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5806b6919de4bb8d17fdef11/1700001340349-4ANZHCTZF0CXHUKF8ZPM/Fingerprints_photoby+Christal+Wagner-+all+reach+balance+1357.jpg Fingerprints of Ghosts - Photo by Christal Wagner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5806b6919de4bb8d17fdef11/1700001341907-F6IO67K99ZX75CMZTCQ9/Fingerprints_photoby+Christal+Wagner+Sydney+Mattmiller-1453.jpg Fingerprints of Ghosts http://www.mariagillespie.org/translation daily 0.75 2026-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5806b6919de4bb8d17fdef11/a12b28cb-ea30-4cfe-8bb3-69239ff4e715/Kasey+Eckhardt+dance+photo.JPG Choreographing Translation Project - Kasey Eckhardt Kasey is a dancer and choreographer currently pursuing a BFA in dance performance and choreography with a minor in Somatics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The primary focus of her training growing up was in ballet/pointe, Horton modern technique, and jazz. She has worked with many UWM Dance faculty, including Maria Gillespie, Daniel Burkholder, Dan Schuchart, Gina Laurenzi, Dawn Springer, and Mair Culbreth, from whom she learned aerial ropes experience. At UWM, she worked with guest artists, Aysha Upchurch, Karlies Kelly, and David Rousseve who was brought to the department via an NEA grant culminating in a two-year process with collaboration from Milwaukee’s professional ballroom vogue dancers and the Diverse and Resilient organization. Her choreography has been presented in Danceworks MKE Get It Out There and Dance Collective, a student-run showcase. She performed professionally for Ashley Ray Garcia in the evening-length show For The Wolves. Eckhardt is interested in communication through movement that is embodied by both athletic and imaginative disciplines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5806b6919de4bb8d17fdef11/4278a863-5885-4c6f-9319-bb2d8ab4bbdc/BrookeAllison.JPG Choreographing Translation Project - Brooke Allison Parkinson Brooke Allison (she/they) is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studying a dual-degree in Dance and American Sign Language (ASL). Her musical family and education provided a rich array of training in dance, oratory skills, musical theatre, musicianship, and collaborative performance. At UW-Milwaukee, they spent three years as a Student Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) studying dance translation under the direction of department faculty member Maria Gillespie. In performance, she had the privilege of working with guest artists Vershawn Sanders-Ward, Kade Pyle, and David Rousseve. They hope to uplift and create accessible spaces for the Deaf community, and those historically barred from experiencing the arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5806b6919de4bb8d17fdef11/08c00e13-6d95-4292-ab0b-4536e09aa3c5/Paloma.jpeg Choreographing Translation Project - Paloma Kong-Ndoumbe Paloma is a dancer and multi-disciplinary artist focused on performance and choreography. Paloma spent two years at the vaganova ballet academy, Manstage Academy of Dance, performing in the studio choreographed Nutcracker and Cinderella, as well as their summer program. After high school Paloma studied Dance and English at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. In both programs her focus is the performance of original works, spending time in and outside of class generating new colorful choreographic work to perform for shows, peers, and people online. During her time at the UWM dance department Paloma has been a part of choreographic works by Kade Pyle, creator of Ballez company, Gina Laurenzi, and Mair Culbreth. Each aiding to develop new skills in Paloma as a dancer. During the creation and development of each repertoire Paloma quickly gained a new skillset, atoning to her adaptability and ability to pick up skills quickly. During her time at UWM she has also worked with two of her professors Maria Soledad Gillespie and Tiffany Kadani through the student research program, assisting in choreographic creation and ballet technique demonstration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5806b6919de4bb8d17fdef11/c989301a-3b0f-4f4f-a61a-3bb52296f2c4/Elise+Leonard+photo.jpeg Choreographing Translation Project - Elise Rose Leonard Elise is a Minnesota born artist whose curiosity drives her to create, move, write, make, shape, and more. 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