Rooted in a deep legacy of Indigenous storytelling through song and dance, Frank Waln, with Samsoche Sampson & OPLIAM, reimagine traditional dances and instruments to create a performance that expresses their healing and resistance in a way the world has never seen before.
Read MoreRaquel Monroe and Esther Baker-Tarpaga perform a working draft of Two, too, a continued exploration of their interdisciplinary dance work with the artists collective Propelled Animals.
Read MoreCorinne Imberski is a Chicago (Albany Park) based dance performer, choreographer, improviser, and educator. Wilson Tanner Smith is a Chicago (Albany Park) based cellist, composer, improviser, and performance artist
Read MoreMurdaMommy is a dancer, musician, actor, and innovator in the film, fashion, and gaming industries. Jorita "Cuenique" Smith is a mixed-medium artist from Chicago's Southside, Grand Crossing Neighborhood.
Read MoreWendy Clinard founded Clinard Dance in 1999. Rooted in flamenco, her productions are the result of years of work, of sustained, collaborative inquiry into a huge range of ideas.
Read MoreLaksha Dantran is a professional Indian classical Bharatanatyam artist in Chicago.
Read MoreChicago-based burlesque artist Jenn Freeman also known as Po’Chop uses elements of dance, storytelling, and striptease to create performances and inspire students and collaborators across the country.
Read MoreKeyierra Collins is a Chicago-based dancer, teaching artist, choreographer, and 2020 3Arts Walder Foundation awardee. Collins graduated from Columbia College Chicago earning a BA in Dance where she studied various dance forms including West African, modern, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, and improvisation.
Read MoreGreg Ward is a saxophonist and composer that was born in Peoria, IL. Jumaane Taylor, a Chicago native, has been tap dancing since the age of seven and made his professional debut in 2001 with the tap company M.A.D.D. Rhythms.
Read MoreArt Union Humanscape (AUH) duo, Ayako Kato (dance) & Jason Roebke (double bass) creates a sonic and kinetic landscape meditatively superimposed with silence and stillness. Their ritualistic performance is grounded on experimental performance and the aesthetics of furyu, Japanese for “wind flow,” as it relates to cyclical transformation, human motion in nature, and cosmic ephemera.
Star Dixon is an assistant director, choreographer, and original principal dancer of world renowned tap company, MADD Rhythms. Donnetta ‘LilBit’ Jackson is a versatile dancer whose skill has brought her international acclaim.
Read MoreAs a choreographer, Elysia C. Banks strives to create works that are honest, sincere, and authentic to her experience. Musicality is also of importance as music can assist in conveying intention and allow a dancer to become fully immersed and engaged.
Read MoreA solo dance piece featuring Tia Greer, choreography and direction by Alyssa Gregory, music and lyrics from McKenzie Chinn of Growing Concerns Poetry Collective.
Read MoreLee studied with Read My Hips directed by Stephanie Barto, and has taken classes by internationally known instructors. He currently perform weekly and study and dance with Joel Hall Dancers, Raks Geek, and freelances.
Read MoreAmbe’r Johnson is a Philadelphia native that relocated to Chicago to pursue a B.A in dance from Columbia College Chicago. Ayanna London is a multi-disciplinary artist who utilizes dance, music, multi-media art, and storytelling as spiritual devotion and cultural education.
Read MoreIrene Hsiao creates dances inspired by visual art in museums and public spaces, a practice that includes interaction with visual artworks and experimental engagement with artists, institutions, and the public.
Read MoreThe duo’s performance will explore the rural ear inside of urban soundscapes and the urban ear inside of rural soundscapes, manifesting how the body listens and responses to its environment.
Read MoreDanielle Ross is a performer and scholar based in Chicago. Her in-progress, evening length solo, Granular Peripheries, meditates on how our bodies soak up the people and architectures which we move amongst and which move us.
Read MoreWith collaboration at its core, Ishti creates a synergistic environment through dance and storytelling where artists engage with the community to generate meaningful dialogue and push the boundaries of their art.
Read MoreCollaborative Institute of Cultural Arts is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing quality performing arts education to youth and adults by following six strands of learning: art making, art literacy, cultural understanding, social justice, critical thinking, and community/family engagement.
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