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cross-medium listening
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living on Native land: the ancestral homelands of Jumanos, Kickapoo, Comanche, and Wichita peoples
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Past Dancing Performance:
2023
Silvita Díaz Brown: “Ellas y Yo Mexicanas: Juana Inés”
Developed in residency at the Chicago Cultural Center as the second section of Silvita’s triptych project “Ellas y Yo Mexicanas,” this danztheatre work honors the life Juana Inés de la Cruz, criolla poet, playwright, and musician of 17th century New Spain.
The Wolfpack, directed by Reign Drop
We Are Collective’s improvisational group, The Wolfpack rehearses and performs nature-inspired structured improvisations performed with poetry by local writers- performed in We Are Collective’s concert Ground Up
Read our poem for the performance here:
We Are Collective (Reign Drop and Nik LaMaack): “CRUDE”
Performed at EXPO Chicago in front of and in response to Jennifer Wen Ma’s installation “Turn the Tide.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idDUHxhVJNg
2022
Ayako Kato: “LUCA/Res Communis: ETHOS Episode III”
The third installation of ETHOS, a collection of site-specific works that explore the human experience in communion with our natural world, LUCA/Res Communis was performed in Palmisano Park in Bridgeport, Chicago for Elevate Chicago Dance 2022. https://vimeo.com/758567020?embedded=true&owner=9343466&source=vimeo_logo
Freedom From & Freedom To, devised by Cristal Sabbagh
An ongoing improvisational performance series, Freedom From & Freedom To brings together musicians and movers who create 10-15 minute sets together by a chance drawing of names. Round 7 took place at Elastic Arts in April 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRaDyg8Zn2M
2021
Freedom From & Freedom To, devised by Cristal Sabbagh
An ongoing improvisational performance series, Freedom From & Freedom To brings together musicians and movers who create 10-15 minute sets together by a chance drawing of names. Round 6 took place at Elastic Arts in December 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V_vHBpPHpA&t=1s
Federica Cocom: “AMU-ART”
Created as excerpts of an envisioned evening-length danztheatre work, Federica’s AMU-ART recollects the healing effect of dancing on childhood trauma. The work-in-progress was livestreamed from COMMON Conservatory in December 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9DCFcbpupQ