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SPRING 2024

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At the Hamlin Park Theater

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The Art of Being:  Symbiotic Life

Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

Saturdays, May 4 - June 1| 1 pm - 3 pm*, CST

*except May 11 only:  11 am - 1 pm

Hybrid:  In Person @ Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, Chicago  & on ZOOM

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Registration (including for drop-ins) is recommended;  contact Ayako: furyuayajp@gmail.com

or visit Eventbrite

Early-bird Full Workshop (by May 5), 5 sessions:  $70   Single drop-in $15-20 sliding scale direct payment, $18.91 Eventbrite (with fees)

For Payment: Zelle (Ayako Tsuchiya, furyuayajp@gmail.com)

Venmo (@Ayako-Tsuchiya) or PayPal: paypal.me/AyakoTsuchiya 

 

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ARCHIVES 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

 

The Art of Being

Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

Sat Feb 17 - Mar 30| 1 pm - 3 pm, CST

Hybrid:  In Person @ Hamlin Park Theater, Chicago  & on ZOOM

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Registration (including for drop-ins) is recommended;  contact Ayako: furyuayajp@gmail.com or visit Eventbrite

Single drop-in $15-$20 sliding scale

For Payment: Zelle (Ayako Tsuchiya, furyuayajp@gmail.com)

Venmo (@Ayako-Tsuchiya) or PayPal: paypal.me/AyakoTsuchiya 

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NEXT AT THE HAMLIN PARK THEATER

MAR 7/8, 14/15.  Thu/Fri  7:30 pm 

RE|DANCE "A Delicate Hand"

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RE|dance group, headed by Michael Estanich and Lucy Vurusic Riner, premieres their second new work post-Covid and its 17th evening length work since 2010.  Featuring two guest choreographers:  Sarah Holmes Villanueva Dance from Cleveland, OH and kt williams, an Oak Park native

TICKETS $25 at https://www.eventbrite.com/.../a-delicate-hand-tickets.

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The Art of Being

Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

"Degrowth/Slowing Down" 

Sat Nov 11 - Dec 16 (no class 11/25)| 1 pm - 3 pm, CST

Hybrid:  In Person @ Hamlin Park Theater, Chicago  & on ZOOM

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Sept 28/29, Thu/Fri, 7:00 pm

"Together We Rise",

Community Performance Night

Finding resilient transformation through creation and performance

Join Self-Reclaimed & SheWolf Sacred artist collective for one of our community performance nights for Together, We Rise (TWR), where we will honor the creative journey of our TWR cohort. The night will feature live performances from guest artists and raffle item giveaways!

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The Art of Being

Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

"De-Growth/Slowing Down" 

Saturdays Sep 2-30| 1 pm - 3 pm, CST

Hybrid:  In Person @ Hamlin Park Theater, Chicago  & on ZOOM

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"The Art of Being"

Movement Intensive with Ayako Kato.  

"De-Growth/Slowing Down 1" 

Sat/Su AUG  19/20| 10 am - 1 pm, CST

Hybrid:  In Person @ Hamlin Park Theater, Chicago  & on ZOOM

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily

practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and

choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our

centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical

reality) based exercises.   More info here on our workshop page.

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Global Underscore

facilitated by Kellyn Jackson

Sunday | June 25 |1-3 pm

in - person , Hamlin Park Theater

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"The Art of Being"

Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato.  

2023 Spring:  "Freestyle Inside Out"

Saturdays APR 22 - MAY 27| 1 - 3 pm, CST

Hybrid:  In Person @ Hamlin Park Theater, Chicago & on ZOOM

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily

practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and

choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our

centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical

reality) based exercises.   More info here on our workshop page.

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"Ground Up" / WE ARE COLLECTIVE

May 4 and 5, Thurs/Fri

Hamlin Park Theater,

Hamlin Park Fieldhouse 2nd Floor

Our first company show is a mouthful of dance and an amalgamation of differing dance niches that never found a common home before: GROUND UP will consist of works created by The Company and The Wolfpack.   

This program is a part of The Chicago Moving Company Performance Project. The Chicago Moving Company is in residence at Hamlin Park through the Chicago Park District's Arts Partners in Residence Program, which unites artists and communities in Chicago's parks.

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Hamlin Park Pop-Up Gallery

Love will tear us apart."

winter - spring 2023

CMC during the AIDS era; photographs from the archives

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"The Art of Being"

Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato.  

2023 Winter:  "Know More Not Knowing"

Saturdays JAN 14 - MAR 25| 1 - 3 pm, CST

Hybrid:  In Person @ Hamlin Park Theater, Chicago & on ZOOM

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily

practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and

choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our

centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical

reality) based exercises.   More info here on our workshop page.

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"Flush and LUSH"  | int/adv dance

Weds, Feb 1 - Mar 15 (7 weeks), 10-11:15 am

led by Andrea Cerniglia

Andrea Cerniglia & dropshift dance return to Hamlin Park with a class that places priority on readying and listening to our bodies- and a space that allows you the freedom to choose your effort life accordingly.  Come get your heart rate up as we move from the ground up with phrases that spiral, flow & go to feed the body.  Let’s get LUSH!

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"The Art of Being" - Movement Workshop

with Ayako Kato.  

Saturdays DEC 3, 10, 17| 1 - 3 pm, CST

2022 Winter 1: Reflection: How did we move this year? How will we move next year?

Hybrid:  In Person @ Hamlin Park Theater, Chicago & on ZOOM

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily

practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and

choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our

centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical

reality) based exercises.

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Hamlin Park Pop-Up Gallery

"foundlings."

summer - fall 2022

Curation:  ROMCO, the Romantic Collective

photographic images lost and found on the streets of Chicago

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"Flush and LUSH"  | int/adv dance

Sept 21 - Oct 26 (6 weeks), 10-11:15 am

led by Andrea Cerniglia

Andre Cerniglia & dropshift return to Hamlin Park with a class that places priority on readying and listening to our bodies- and a space that allows you the freedom to choose your effort life accordingly.  Come get your heart rate up as we move from the ground up with phrases that spiral, flow & go to feed the body.  Let’s get LUSH!

 

CLAB

Contact Improvisation Class + Lab 

Facilitated by Kellyn Jackson

Thursdays, October 6-27, 2022 6:30-8:30 pm

CLAB will begin with a warm up and skills training followed by labbing time.

Lab time is a time to workshop curiosities, to trouble-shoot challenges, to ask questions (to yourself and with each other). We will end with a sharing of discoveries as well as mining topics/questions for the following week. Content will be decided in collaboration with participants, so bring your questions! 

 

 

"The Art of Being" Dance/Movement workshop 

Fall Term 1:  What is ETHOS?; Special Edition with Ayako Kato.  

Sat Sept 17, 24, Oct 1, 8. 2022  12:30-2:15 pm

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Hybrid:  in-person at the Hamlin Park Theater or on ZOOM

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical reality) based exercises.

 

AUG 4 and 11, Thursdays, 10:30 -11:45 am

"Breath & Improvisation" 

Open level movement workshops

led by Andrea Cerniglia

a welcome back treat from us to you

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JULY 22. 7-9 pm. 

"Turn(s) at the Intersection"

Showing of improvisational work

with Zach Bird, Jennifer Kayle, Stephanie Miracle,

Alvon Reed, Donnell Williams (dance)

Jason Palamara (music)

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JULY 16/17.  Sat/Sun.  10:30 am - 4:30 pm.

"Embodying Duality"

a weekend workshop celebrating the 50th anniversary of contact improvisation.

Facilitated by Caterina Mocciola

“I am currently fascinated by how opposing forces are working together to create harmony in dance. I experience it in relation with gravity, with the natural expanding and contracting of the body, in relating to myself and to my dance partner/s, in the coexistence of technique and improvisation…how they merge in three-dimensionality of the dance itself.
We will work with apparent dual “forces” looking at how they come together, how can we observe the process and become aware of it, in support of our dance. I will be sharing my discoveries, what my body and my practice have taught me; while leaving plenty of space for exploration, dance and playfulness.” - Caterina

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"The Sacred Art of Play" Workshop

JUNE 25, Saturday.  12:30 - 4:00 pm.

led by Lindsay Hopkins

in person at the Hamlin Park Theater

In this workshop we’ll explore ‘play’ through guided energy healing, movement, breathwork, improvisational techniques, theatre games and writing to connect us more closely with our creative life force and our ability to heal. A kind of play that is sacred and inherently connects us to something larger than ourselves. It is a merging of the power of creativity and healing. More info here.

 

 

 

JUNE 23/24.  Thur/Fri.  7 pm.

Meadows Dance Collective

"Before the Dust Settled"

a new choreographic work by director Lauren Meadows in collaboration with New York-based musician, Empires in Orbit. This ensemble work features eight dancers and explores their relationship with the music, space, and each other.

part of CMC's Performance Project, providing performance space to Illinois movement artists

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Hamlin Park Pop-Up Gallery

"love, storied."

fall 2021- spring 2022

Sep 30 - Nov 15, 2021.  select works online.

Nov 15 -JUN 30, 2022. works in-person at the gallery.

Ru Wen: collaged images and wordsadditional images here

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May 28 - June 18, 2022   Saturdays

"The Art of Being" - Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

in-person, Hamlin Park Theater  |  12:30 - 2:15 pm

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical reality) based exercises.  Participants will create their own short dance;

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April 9 - May 14, 2022   Saturdays

"The Art of Being" - Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

HYDBRID: in-person, Hamlin Park Theater  |  12:30 - 2:15 pm

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical reality) based exercises.  Participants will create their own short dance;

FEB 26 - APR 2, 2022   

"The Art of Being" - Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

HYDBRID: in-person, Hamlin Park Theater  |  12:30 - 2:15 pm

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical reality) based exercises.  Participants will create their own short dance

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JAN 8 - FEB 12, 2022   Saturdays

"The Art of Being" - Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

in-person, Hamlin Park Theater  |  12:30 - 2:15 pm

ZOOM remote option also available; email Ayako for link

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical reality) based exercises. 

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NOV 2021 - APR 2022

"Breath Carries Ritual"  

Artistic Creation Residency

Composer Yvonne Wu, WI

Percussionist Jennifer Torrence, NOR

 

NOV 11/12, 2021,  Thu/Fri  7 pm

DePaul Dance Company - Fall Concert

a trial performance project event testing the safety of/strategies for reopening the theater;

if trials are successful fuller theater use slated for 2022

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NOV 13 - DEC 11, 2021   Saturdays

"The Art of Being" - Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

in-person, Hamlin Park Theater  |  12:30 - 2:15 pm

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Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical reality) based exercises.  Participants will create their own short dance; more info on our workshop page.  

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NOV 18/19, 2021,  Thu/Fri

Sway Dance Chicago - Fall Concert

a trial performance project event testing the safety of/strategies for reopening the theater;

if trials are successful fuller theater use slated for 2022

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AUG 28/29, 2021

ETHOS  Movement Summer Intensive Workshop with Ayako Kato

Saturday and Sunday, 10 am - 1 pm

Location: Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater (in-person)

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What does it mean to make ourselves empty physically and mentally? How do we dance/move differently when we achieve this state? In this workshop, participants explore ways to open up the body-mind and stay balanced.   Participants will create a short dance

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April 20 - June 15, 2021 (9 sessions plus a showing)

Ayako Kato Dance Movement Workshop

"WindFlow:  Going Through with Improvisation"

Tuesdays, 10 am - noon

Location: at Hamlin Park - outdoor lawn (weather permitting)​

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Jan 5 - April 6 (14 sessions)

Ayako Kato Dance/Movement Workshop

"ETHOS:  Following Nature Toward Spring" 

compositional and improvisational movement, somatic exercises, meditation-

Tuesdays.  9:30 - 10 am Zazen Mediation | 10 am - noon Creative Sessions

on ZOOM /orin-person outside at Hamlin Park (weather permitting) 

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ARCHIVES 2020

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Dec 27

 

Performance - Echo 4/"Approaching 9"

Clark Park Boathouse Plaza

just before sunset (4:30 pm) .  free of charge

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outdoors - socially distanced

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Sep 8 - Dec 15 (14 sessions, no class Nov 24)

Ayako Kato Dance/Movement Workshop

"Be a poet" 

compositional and improvisational movement, somatic exercises, meditation--referencing/inspired by Renku, Japanese chained poetry

Tuesdays.  9:30 - 10 am Zazen Mediation | 10 am - noon Creative Sessions

in-person outside at Hamlin Park (weather permitting) or on ZOOM

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Ayako Kato, 3-day Summer Intensive 

Aug 23-25, 10 am - 2:30 pm

a delicious experience combining movement (improvisational and compositional), poetry, and conversation.

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Live ZOOM and/or live outdoor at Hamlin Park.

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Feb 15 - Aug 15 .  Hamlin Park Pop-up Gallery

"Dream Gallery".  dreams/thought of youths

Free.  Raw posters - text and images with marker | multi youth-artists

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Jun 23- July 28

Eclipse II - Dance & Creative Movement Workshop

pay what you can.  Tuesdays: 9:30 am Zazen Medidation, 10 am workshop. 

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Jan 14 - June 16

Eclipse Dance & Creative Movement Workshop

with Artist in Residence Ayako Kato

What is improvisation? What is composition? How are they different? How are they interdependent? Are they really different after all? In this workshop, participants will move, practice, and discuss perspectives on improvisation and composition. Ayako shared personal realizations about these questions that she has come to through her work. The workshop focused on improvisation as performance and the refinement of improvisation skills--including the sense of time and arc and how to create a reciprocal relationship with music improvisers as an equal partner on stage.

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MAR 12  |  Thu/Fri  |  7:30 pm

DePaul Dance Company

 

Jan 5 - March 5 .  Hamlin Park Pop-up Gallery

"Young Americans"  CMC in the 1970's

Gallery open during Hamlin Park building hours:  M-F 9 am - 9:45 pm;

Sat/Sun 9 am - 4:45 pm.  Location:  2nd floor theater lobby.  Free

mini-exhibit - select photographs and ephemera from the archives | multi-artists

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Elements Ballet 

"Ethos of Elements"

Feb 20/21, Thu/Fri.  7:30 pm.

e·thos /ˈēTHäs/noun: the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations

Experience the singular character and resolute spirit of Elements Ballet through improvised dance, new works in contemporary choreography, and original dance films created by and starring Elements artists.

part of CMC's Performance Project

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ARCHIVES 2019

DEC 12/13  |  Thu/Fri  | 7:30 pm

Mordine & CO  Dance Theater

"NEXT 50.1"

Featuring new works by Shirley Mordine and Ayako Kato and including excerpts from repertoire, as well as 3 mentoring projects.  Inspired by Buddhist beliefs and philosphy, Kato's "Always the Beginning"  pursues the question:  how much can people be empty to be fully themselves.  Mordine directs a new improvisational work, Other Voices, in collaboration with musician Fred Simon; and repertory excerpts from Edge Mode (1994) and I haven't heard from you (2003) make triumphant return.  A "Dance Top 5" for December 2019/NewCityStage.

DEC 5/6  |  Thu/Fri  | 8:00 pm

TSMP + Meadow Dance Collective

"Continue & Begin"

Join The Space Movement Project in celebrating their 15th season and Meadows Dance Collective in celebrating their 1st! The Space Movement Project presents their original contemporary work 'Six of One' and Meadows Dance Collective premiers their contemporary ballet 'No Signal' .

Sept 10 - Dec 10, Tues 10 am -noon*

"Eclipse Dance Movement and

Creative Workshop" with Ayako Kato

What is improvisation? What is composition? How are they different? How are they interdependent? Are they really different after all? In this workshop, participants will move, practice, and discuss perspectives on improvisation and composition. 

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NOV 21/22  |  Thu/Fri  |  7:30 pm

Sway Dance Chicago

'Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends and Myths'

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NOV 14/15  |  Thu/Fri  |  7:30 pm

DePaul Dance Company:  "Restart  Night 1"

Join us in a night of new beginnings as DDC starts a new chapter.
DePaul Dance Company (DDC) is a performance based student run organization. Our mission is to continue people's passion for dancing by performing in different locations around Chicago.

 

NOV 7/8  |  Thu/Fri  |  7:30 pm

Mazi Dance Chicago: "Metamorphoses Showcase"

The powerful women of Mazi unveil powerful new dance work.​

 

Nov 1 and 3.  Fri 6-9:30 pm, Sun 1-4:30 pm

Lucid Body Master Classes with

Fay Simpson​

"The Lucid Body offers a path to create a stimulating physical-performer brave enough to express the stuff of life."

more info on The Lucid Body and Fay Simpson here

To register/more information contact Precious Jennings here

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AUGUST 19-23.  

Five Mornings Dream Dance -

Summer Intensive with Ayako Kato

"Follow your instincts. Do not rely on linguistic ideas." Soseski

Participants will reflect on what has been happening in our mind/body as movement/dance practitioners and as contemporary human beings due to "development." Listening to nature (through various interpretations) within us, we will practice letting go to find our grounded selves: through meditation/meditative exercise; expanding physical and mental awareness through improvisational exercises; practicing dance technique to build up flexibility, coordination, physical strength, stamina, mobility, balance, reflex, and instantaneous force; and choreographing our own solo or duet (3-5 minutes), based on your dream you saw, have heard, or have for the future by reflecting on Soseki's approach.

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May 1 - Aug 31 .  Hamlin Park

Pop-up Gallery: "smoke not fog" 

installation - maniupulated and altered photos |  Jessie Young

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JULY 24 - 27.

Mini somatic discovery camp, adults.

"Every inititation needs a container"

Weaving together somatic, energetic and improvisational movement practices and working with elements of earth, wateer, air, ire, and ether.

Modular workshops that you can take separately or combine into a set, include:  Elemental movement jam with Kristina Isabelle; group Reiki healing and guided meditation with Lindsay Hopkins; TRE (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises) with Carrie Drapac; morning practice with the elements (Hopkins); and the Capture the body in light (by appointment/Hopkins).

curated/organized by artist Lindsay Hopkins - CMC host partner

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JUNE 6.  Thu, 7:30 pm

DanceLab II Showcase

New Trier's capstone dance class, Dance Lab 2, will present original, cutting-edge work by recent graduates. The 45-minute show will consist of a series of solos, duets and trios strung together by interesting transitions. 

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APR 2 - JUN 18.  Tues, 10 am - noon. 

"This is no(h) butoh workshop" Ayako Kato 

Guided by: “Kakyo: A Mirror of the Flower” by Zeami and “Workshop Words” by Ohno

This is neither a Noh nor butoh workshop. I am neither a Noh nor a butoh dancer. I am an experimental contemporary dancer who has learned a lot from the principles and essences established by these historical master artists on dance practice, creation, and performance. I want to reflect on Kazuo Ohno’s “Workshop Words” as well as “Kakyo: A Mirror of the Flower” by Zeami Motokiyo –and, by practicing together, use them a source to find, reflect on, and/or deepen our own “freestyle” dance.  More info here

To know more about Ayako, : www.artunionhumanscape.net OR Ayako Kato Dance on Vimeo

FB message me if you have any questions!  Photo by Ken Carl

 

May 2 & 3.  Thurs/Fri.  7:30 pm

Dance Shelter 2019

Dance Top 5:  May 2019, NewCity Stage

"The Best Things to Do in Chicago this Month" (Chicago Magazine)

"new creations by some of our city's most inventive dance artists"

(SeeChicagoDance.com)

Bold, new and re-imagined dance works by the Chicago Moving Company;

CMC Artists-in-Residence:  Rachel Bunting/The Humans, Ayako Kato

and guest-artist Jessie Young (Brooklyn, NY).

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April 11/12, Thu/Fri, 7:30 pm.

"BORDERLANDS"

Columbia College Chicago - 

Dance Movement Therapy Program

Two evening performances by members of the dance/movement therapy community. Come join us as we explore borderlands: 
1.  territory at or near a border
b: FRINGE sense lives on the borderland of society
2.  a vague intermediate state or region the borderland between fantasy & reality

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APR 18/19.  Thu/Fri.  7:30 pm

"New Works"  |  Synapse Arts

New Works brings together fresh voices for an evening of creative performances in an intimate venue. See a compelling evening of original pieces by LOUD BODIES (Maria Blanco and Yariana Baralt Torres), Amanda Ramirez, Nora Sharp, and Synapse Director  Rachel Damon. 

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APR 25/26.  Thu/Fri.  7:30 pm

"the beginning"

forward.  the movement

An evening length contemporary dance performance.

all proceeds will support the dance education of an underprivileged child.

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Feb 1 - Apr 30. 

Hamlin Park Pop-Up Gallery

"what was"

abstract works in tempera, watercolor, marker

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Mar 14/15.  Thu/Fri.  7:30 pm

"Home"

DePaul Dance Company

A night of dancing that explores the foundation of home, its various forms and meanings, and the journey of it all.

 

 

 

Mar 16.  7:30 pm

Dance Center of Columbia College

45th Annniversary Celebration

CMC Performance/Echo Project/Echo 2

with Ayodele Drum and Dance, Margi Cole, Matthew Hollis, Erin Kilmurray,

Mordine & Company Dance Theater, and more.   Hosted by the witty and energetic

Mr. Mattrick Swayze and featuring stories, videos, and performances, this party celebrates the Dance Center's 45 years of excellence in contemporary dance

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Mar 21/22.  Thu/Fri.  7:30 pm

"The Light is Below You"

Peckish Rhodes Performing Arts Society

Their first ever evening length performance:  innovative, interactive, and quirky- "The Light Is Below You " combines contemporary dance and theatre to give you a one of a kind entertainment experience.

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Mar 28.  Thu.  7:30 pm

Todd Keich

 

Feb 14/15.  Thu/Fri.  7:30 pm

ELEMENTS BALLET - SOAKED

Experience the world’s first full-length, entirely improvised ballet!

A two-night world premiere performed to a live score by ALEXA GRÆ, SOAKED promises an exciting new twist to contemporary ballet while paying homage to Chicago’s longstanding history of improvised theatre. 

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JAN 10/11, 17/18.  Thurs/Fri.  7:30 pm RE|DANCE GROUP

10th ANNIVERSARY SEASON

RE|dance group's two newest dance works, "The Biggest Wail From The Bottom Of My Heart" and "What Love Looks Like," delve into our reflections on the current state of affairs in our country. We are proud to be using our artistic voices to explore those biases within ourselves and make sense of the world around us. We premiere each of these new works at the beautifully rustic Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCT 1 - JAN 15. 9 am - 10 pm M-F, 9 am - 5 pm Sat/Sun.

Hamlin Park Pop-Up Gallery: 

"Soul Storage"- Lindsay Hopkins

Soul Storage is a multi-part project that returns us to the wisdom of the body by looking at it as a map of our soul's experiences; the project included:

Oct 1 - Dec 31 |  Forgotten Body :: a series of self-portraits.  Free.

Oct 1 - Dec 31  |  Body Line :: a series of community portraits.  Free.

mid-October  |  Body Mapping :: an interactive take-home guide.  Free.

Fri/Dec 14/7:30 pm | Cartographic Body :: a participatory treasure hunt.  $

This piece is part of an international exchange, Storage Units, a works-in-conversation process between the art practices of Lindsay Hopkins (US) and Penelope Morout (GR). With common interest in the interplay between energy-body-space and memory, the mission of the exchange is to investigate the relationship between consciousness and awareness and achieve a molecular-level detailed expression through the fully receptive body.  

 

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"Eyes in Nature" |Hamlin Park Gallery

Photographs by and of Ayako Kato.

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