Photo gallery Moonshine: Celebrating poetry and dance
UW–Madison dance students and others got a chance to learn from professional dancers and choreographers in a Moonshine Masterclass, held after the Dance Department’s live performance of Moonshine, a mix of music, theater, dance and poetry. This year’s Moonshine features excerpts from “Summer Somewhere” a new choreo poem collaboration between special guest Danez Smith, an award-winning poet and UW–Madison First Wave graduate, and Professor Chris Walker, director of the UW–Madison Division of the Arts. Guest artists included Los Angeles producer/dancer HitmakerChinx, choreographer and dancer Stacy Letrice of Jukeboxx Dance, and Chicago dance artist Amansu Eason. In the Masterclass, participants were taught in West African, Afro-Caribbean Dancehall, and Hip Hop dance forms.
![HitmakerChinx (left) offers tips to participants as he leads them in a dance.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/02/BHM_Moonshine_MClass22_3790-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
HitmakerChinx (left) offers tips to participants as he leads them in a dance.![Students and participants learned West African, Afro-Caribbean Dancehall, and Hip Hop dance forms.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/02/BHM_Moonshine_MClass22_3425-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Students and participants learned West African, Afro-Caribbean Dancehall, and Hip Hop dance forms.![Letrice leads students and participants during the Moonshine Masterclass event.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/02/BHM_Moonshine_MClass22_3005-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Letrice leads students and participants during the Moonshine Masterclass event.![Danez Smith, an award-winning poet and graduate of the UW–Madison's First Wave program, performs during Moonshine.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/02/BHM_Moonshine_Dance22_9289-1024x681.jpg)
Photo by: Brian Huynh
Danez Smith, an award-winning poet and graduate of the UW–Madison's First Wave program, performs during Moonshine.![With the cast behind him, director of the Division of the Arts and dance professor Chris Walker speaks during the event.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/02/BHM_Moonshine_Dance22_2369-1024x681.jpg)
Photo by: Brian Huynh
With the cast behind him, director of the Division of the Arts and dance professor Chris Walker speaks during the event.![Stacy Letrice (center), choreographer and dancer with Jukebox Dance, Amansu Eason (left), Chicago dance artist and HitmakerChinx (right), producer and dancer, perform during the Moonshine 2022 event.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/02/BHM_Moonshine_Dance22_2133-1024x681.jpg)
Photo by: Brian Huynh
Stacy Letrice (center), choreographer and dancer with Jukebox Dance, Amansu Eason (left), Chicago dance artist and HitmakerChinx (right), producer and dancer, perform during the Moonshine 2022 event.Tags: arts, dance, recent sightings