Dance review: Dissonance troupe’s performance marred by technical troubles

If the goal of choreographer Shawn Short’s MFA thesis was to showcase Washington’s finest semi-pro dancers in a bizarrely varied recital, then give the guy an “A.” “I can get my degree now!” said a gleeful Short, who is soon to receive his diploma from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, speaking before a full theater at the Atlas Performing Arts Center on Saturday night. “But I’ll still have to pay off my loans.” Read full article >>