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Phone773.281.0824
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Address3111 N. Western Ave. at Constellation, the new home for Links HallChicago, IL 60657
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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JUN 12Contact Jam
Contact Jam
Sunday, June 12, 11:30am - 2pmSince 1978, Contact Improvisation has made its home in Chicago at Links Hall. Contact Improv is a unique dance form involving the awareness and use of weight, gravity, and the body’s pathways and mechanics. This physical investigation with a partner and with the surroundings is at the heart of this participatory practice. The Links Hall Sunday morning Contact Jam occurs every Sunday and is open to the community.
On June 12, the Contact Jam is led by Matthew Griffin.
This event kicks off the Dance Improvisation Fest, June 12-19, 2011Location: Links Hall
3435 North Sheffield, ChicagoFree with Fest Pass or suggested donation $5
With a festival pass, choose 3, 4, or 5 performances as a package deal and see them at a discounted rate. With a festival pass, the more you see the more you save!
Festival Pass Holders will also receive 20% off any workshop!
To purchase a Fest Pass call The Dance Center Box Office - 312-369-8330
Tickets (Registration) for Workshops:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3653
Tickets to Dance Improvisation Fest:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3645Schedule of Events:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFest.shtml
Artist Bios:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFestBios.shtmlCo-Presented by Links Hall and
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Curated by Lisa Gonzales -
JUN 13FRAMEWORKS: Dance Improv and Design (Two-Day workshop) with Chris Aiken and Angie Hauser
June 13 to June 14Monday, June 13 and Tuesday, June 14, 1:30PM-4:30PM
**Participants must attend both Monday and Tuesday
A workshop of the Dance Improvisation Fest, June 12-19, 2011Location: The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL
This two-day workshop is a laboratory for the investigation of dance improvisation through the lens of perception, imagination, and design principles. Taking inspiration from the work of Joseph Cornell, the mixed media artist known for creating assemblage boxes which he called poetic theatres, we will develop compositional methods linking the natural world, the constructed world, and the imaginary. This workshop will include material drawing from release-based movement technique, somatic practices, contact improvisation, composition, and performance. Our aim is to provide students with deep dance experiences as well as methods that they can apply to their own compositional process and teaching.
Two-day Workshop Fee: $60/$48 with Fest Pass (Limited to 20 participants)
With a festival pass, choose 3, 4, or 5 performances as a package deal and see them at a discounted rate. With a festival pass, the more you see the more you save!
Festival Pass Holders will also receive 20% off any workshop!
To purchase a Fest Pass call The Dance Center Box Office - 312-369-8330
Tickets (Registration) for Workshops:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3653
Tickets to Dance Improvisation Fest:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3645Schedule of Events:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFest.shtml
Artist Bios:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFestBios.shtmlCo-Presented by Links Hall and
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Curated by Lisa Gonzalesphoto by William Frederking
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JUN 15CDF Salon: Ranging Definitions and Curiosities of Improvisation
Chicago Dancemakers Forum Salon: Ranging Definitions and Curiosities of Improvisation
Including: Nancy Stark Smith, Mike Vargas, Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser, Bebe Miller, The Architects, and Ensemble VWednesday, June 15, 8:00 pm
Location: The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
After the Improvisation Jam in the Park (5:30-7:30 pm, Spirit of Music Garden, Grant Park), gather at The Dance Center with festival artists for open dialogue, food, and wine. Get to know local and out-of-town artists. Discuss, learn, question, and be inspired!
Moderated by Dance Improvisation Fest Curator Lisa GonzalesFree with Fest Pass or advance registration (Space is limited)
RSVP at: http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=3728CDF Salon is sponsored by Chicago Dancemakers Forum
A program of the Dance Improvisation Fest, June 12-19, 2011Schedule of Events:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFest.shtml
Artist Bios:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFestBios.shtmlWith a festival pass, choose 3, 4, or 5 performances as a package deal and see them at a discounted rate. With a festival pass, the more you see the more you save!
*Festival Pass Holders will also receive 20% off any workshop.
To purchase a Fest Pass call The Dance Center Box Office - 312-369-8330Tickets for Workshops:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3653
Tickets to Dance Improvisation Fest:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3645Co-Presented by Links Hall and
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Curated by Lisa Gonzales -
JUN 15CONTACT AND MUSIC: Listening to Each Other (Two-Day Workshop) with Nancy Stark Smith and Mike Vargas
June 15 to June 16CONTACT AND MUSIC: Listening to Each Other (Two day workshop)
Taught by Nancy Stark Smith and Mike Vargas
A program of the Dance Improvisation Fest, June 12-19, 2011Wednesday, June 15 & Thursday, June 16, 1:30-4:30 pm
*Participants must attend both Wednesday and ThursdayLocation: The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Combining our practice of contact improvisation (CI) with the pleasure and discipline of listening to sound. In our two sessions, we’ll focus on essential CI principles and sensations to simplify and challenge our play with the physical forces and with each other in our dancing. We will move in silence and with many species of live and recorded music to develop conscious and varied relationships between what we hear, what we feel, and how we move.
**For dancers with previous experience with CI
Two-day Workshop Fee: $60/ $48 with Fest Pass
(Limited to 20 participants)With a festival pass, choose 3, 4, or 5 performances as a package deal and see them at a discounted rate. With a festival pass, the more you see the more you save!
Festival Pass Holders will also receive 20% off any workshop.
To purchase a Fest Pass call The Dance Center Box Office - 312-369-8330
Tickets (Registration) for Workshops:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3653
Tickets to Dance Improvisation Fest:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3645Schedule of Events:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFest.shtml
Artist Bios:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFestBios.shtmlCo-Presented by Links Hall and
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Curated by Lisa Gonzales -
JUN 16DanceMaking: Physicality and Context with Bebe Miller
DanceMaking: Physicality and Context
Taught by Bebe MillerThursday, June 16, 9am-noon
Location: Links Hall, 3435 North Sheffield, Chicago, ILA program of the Dance Improvisation Fest, June 12-19, 2011
This workshop aims as creating physicality to locate oneself in current times along with the reverse: finding context inside of physicality. Consider how to listen to the weight of a gesture and qualify actions, while remaining mindful the human context and expanding into the full range of technique. Participants will work at creating context in physical expression and its reverse: dancing to locate the self in current times.
Workshop Fee: $50/$40 with Fest Pass (Limited to 15 participants)
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=3665*Save with a Fest Pass! With a festival pass, choose 3, 4, or 5 performances as a package deal and see them at a discounted rate. With a festival pass, the more you see the more you save! Festival Pass Holders will also receive 20% off any workshop.
*To purchase a Fest Pass call The Dance Center Box Office - 312-369-8330
Tickets (Registration) for Workshops:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3653
Tickets to Dance Improvisation Fest:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3645Schedule of Events:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFest.shtml
Artist Bios:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFestBios.shtmlCo-Presented by Links Hall and
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Curated by Lisa Gonzales -
JUN 17The Architects Workshop
The Architects Workshop
Taught by The Architects with Accompaniment by Ensemble V
Friday, June 17, 2011 10:00am-2:00pmA program of the Dance Improvisation Fest, June 12-19, 2011
Location: The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Cultivate awareness as an entry point to movement improvisation and discover how composition emerges from an attuned group. This workshop balances in-depth solo exploration with rigorous practice in spontaneous ensemble dance-making. Fresh perceptions and new choices are set in motion through provocative open-ended questions; each kinesthetic/conceptual proposition creates windows into authenticity, connection, depth, and range. Ensemble V, The Architects’ musical collaborators, will be co-leading the workshop.
Workshop Fee: $30/$24 with Fest Pass
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=3666*Save with a Fest Pass! With a festival pass, choose 3, 4, or 5 performances as a package deal and see them at a discounted rate. The more you see the more you save! Festival Pass Holders will also receive 20% off any workshop.
*To purchase a Fest Pass call The Dance Center Box Office - 312-369-8330
Tickets (Registration) for Workshops:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3653
Tickets to Dance Improvisation Fest:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3645Schedule of Events:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFest.shtml
Artist Bios:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFestBios.shtmCo-Presented by Links Hall and
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Curated by Lisa Gonzales -
JUN 18The Underscore Talk & Workshop (Two-day event)
June 18 to June 19The Underscore Talk & Workshop (Two-day event)
Led by Nancy Stark Smith with live music by Mike VargasThe Underscore Talk (Part 1) Sat., June 18 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Underscore Workshop (Part 2) Sun, June 19 from 12 Noon - 4:00 pm*Participants must have prior experience in Contact Improvisation
**Participants must attend both the talk and the workshopLocation: The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
A program of the Dance Improvisation Fest, June 12-19, 2011
The Underscore, developed by Nancy Stark Smith, is a long jamming/contact/improvisation score that guides dancers through a series of “changing states”—from solo relaxation and sensitizing to gravity and support, through group circulation and interaction, contact improvisation engagements, opening out to full group improvisation, and back to rest and reflection. The “Underscore talk” (required for participation in the practice) will give some background and outline the structure in detail, to be followed [the next day] by the physical practice itself, which will include periods of silence and periods of live music improvised/ composed by Mike Vargas. Bring your own paper and pen.
Two-day Underscore Fee: $75/$60 with Fest Pass
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=3667***Save with a Fest Pass! With a festival pass, choose 3, 4, or 5 performances as a package deal and see them at a discounted rate. With a festival pass, the more you see the more you save! Festival Pass Holders will also receive 20% off any workshop.
***To purchase a Fest Pass call The Dance Center Box Office - 312-369-8330
Tickets (Registration) for Workshops:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3653
Tickets to Dance Improvisation Fest:
http://tickets.colum.edu/tickets/production.aspx?PID=3645Schedule of Events:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFest.shtml
Artist Bios:
http://www.linkshall.org/DanceImprovFestBios.shtml
Co-Presented by Links Hall and
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Curated by Lisa Gonzales -
OCT 06Expanding Embodiment with Kristina Fluty
October 6 to October 7Workshop led by Kristina Fluty
Saturdays from 3-5pm at Links HallRegistration: $105
One time drop in: $15
The principles of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) and Bartenieff Fundamentals inform the investigations of this eight-week dance class series facilitated by Kristina Fluty. We begin with exploring the architecture of release through intricate interactions with the floor and in level changes, using gravity and breath to uncover the body’s innate wisdom in the developmental movement patterns of connectivity. Sequences then progress to whole-self spatial assertion in composed traveling phrases and/or improvisational scores. In the rigorous container of movement tecchnique class, we engage with some of Laban’s and Bartenieff’s guiding questions: “How do I embody and articulate flow, space, weight, and time? How does the interplay of inner connectivity and outer expressivity give rise to my deeper understanding of mind/body/spirit connection?” These overarching queries support the logistical pursuit of kinesthetic efficiency and enriched expression of artistry. -
OCT 13Expanding Embodiment with Kristina Fluty
October 13 to October 14Workshop led by Kristina Fluty
Saturdays from 3-5pm at Links HallRegistration: $105
One time drop in: $15
The principles of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) and Bartenieff Fundamentals inform the investigations of this eight-week dance class series facilitated by Kristina Fluty. We begin with exploring the architecture of release through intricate interactions with the floor and in level changes, using gravity and breath to uncover the body’s innate wisdom in the developmental movement patterns of connectivity. Sequences then progress to whole-self spatial assertion in composed traveling phrases and/or improvisational scores. In the rigorous container of movement tecchnique class, we engage with some of Laban’s and Bartenieff’s guiding questions: “How do I embody and articulate flow, space, weight, and time? How does the interplay of inner connectivity and outer expressivity give rise to my deeper understanding of mind/body/spirit connection?” These overarching queries support the logistical pursuit of kinesthetic efficiency and enriched expression of artistry. -
OCT 20Expanding Embodiment with Kristina Fluty
October 20 to October 21Workshop led by Kristina Fluty
Saturdays from 3-5pm at Links HallRegistration: $105
One time drop in: $15
The principles of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) and Bartenieff Fundamentals inform the investigations of this eight-week dance class series facilitated by Kristina Fluty. We begin with exploring the architecture of release through intricate interactions with the floor and in level changes, using gravity and breath to uncover the body’s innate wisdom in the developmental movement patterns of connectivity. Sequences then progress to whole-self spatial assertion in composed traveling phrases and/or improvisational scores. In the rigorous container of movement tecchnique class, we engage with some of Laban’s and Bartenieff’s guiding questions: “How do I embody and articulate flow, space, weight, and time? How does the interplay of inner connectivity and outer expressivity give rise to my deeper understanding of mind/body/spirit connection?” These overarching queries support the logistical pursuit of kinesthetic efficiency and enriched expression of artistry. -
OCT 27Expanding Embodiment with Kristina Fluty
October 27 to October 28Workshop led by Kristina Fluty
Saturdays from 3-5pm at Links HallRegistration: $105
One time drop in: $15
The principles of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) and Bartenieff Fundamentals inform the investigations of this eight-week dance class series facilitated by Kristina Fluty. We begin with exploring the architecture of release through intricate interactions with the floor and in level changes, using gravity and breath to uncover the body’s innate wisdom in the developmental movement patterns of connectivity. Sequences then progress to whole-self spatial assertion in composed traveling phrases and/or improvisational scores. In the rigorous container of movement tecchnique class, we engage with some of Laban’s and Bartenieff’s guiding questions: “How do I embody and articulate flow, space, weight, and time? How does the interplay of inner connectivity and outer expressivity give rise to my deeper understanding of mind/body/spirit connection?” These overarching queries support the logistical pursuit of kinesthetic efficiency and enriched expression of artistry. -
MAY 01Synapse Arts Open Company Class
10:30am to 12pm
