Tramp: Dances from Minneapolis

Curated by the Minneapolis-based, Chicago-bred, choreographic duo HIJACK
Co-presented with the Dance Center, Columbia College Chicago

January to March 2007: Links Hall's new Artistic Associates each curate a month-long series of performance, based on expertise in their respective artistic fields. The March program has been curated by HIJACK (Kristin Van Loon and Arwen Wilder), and focuses on Minneapolis-based artists; new collaborations with Chicago-based artists have also been woven into the series.

In case you hadn't heard, Minneapolis is an eden for dance. Is it the low rent, state supported healthcare, robust arts funding? Is it the bad winters? The Galapagos Island effect: the free flow of ideas between artists, musicians, dancers huddled together for warmth? In Tramp, six Minneapolis-based choreographers demonstrate why that drive through Wisconsin should be done more often. - HIJACK (Kristin Van Loon and Arwen Wilder), curators

Laurie Van Wieren and the B-Specifics
5 Dancers and a DJ plus Anthony
Photo by Warwick green

PROGRAM TWO March 9-11
Morgan Thorson – Faker
Morgan Thorson and Molly Shanahan - Worse Case Scenario
Workshop: Karen Sherman - Systematic Spontaneity

PROGRAM THREE March 16-18
HIJACK - HIJACK’s Half
Sheldon B. Smith – Rhainjdaocmk Gheinjearcaktor
Post-show talkback Friday, March 16
Workshop: HIJACK - Throwaway Contact Improvisation

PROGRAM FOUR March 23-25
Catalyst, dances by Emily Johnson - Heat and Life
Post-Show discussions
Workshop: Emily Johnson – Class with Emily
Symposium: Through Different Lenses: Community Analysis, Interpretation, and Action towards Environmental Policy

ALSO IN MARCH
Julia Mayer - Coffee Dance
Xwing - Calling-card Theatre

Also in March:

Julia Mayer
Coffee Dance
Friday March 2, 9:30am
Free
BYOC (bring your own coffee)
Once a month, Julia Mayer opens her weekly Friday morning solo movement practice to the public. In this ongoing series of engaged, informal performances, her idiosyncratic movement adventures are an invitation to watch, feel, and find creative impulse in unexpected places. Mayer's current movement practice is influenced by her studies with Deborah Hay, her years dancing with Chicago-based improvisation collective FUSE, and qi gong. The performance will last approximately 20 minutes.

“[her] movement is refreshingly off the map” - Chicago Reader
“a delicately luminous, inquisitive stage presence” - TimeOut Chicago

Xwing
Calling-card Theatre - theatre that comes to you
Booking for Spring 2007
Xwing present a season of performances that offers theatre in the comfort of your own home. Choose two plays from a menu that includes the French avant-garde (Rachilde and Alfred Jarry) and a contemporary take on the English traditional puppet show Punch and Judy. Invite your guests for drinks, cook them dinner, arrange a potluck, or just pass out the popcorn, and enjoy a unique theatrical event. A list of the plays on offer can be seen at www.nicholaslowe.co.uk.

Call Links Hall at (773) 281-0824 for more information. Reservations start at $150, and a member of Xwing will visit your home to confirm the details for your very own private performance. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.