Chicago Dances

Chicago Dances is a celebration of the dancemakers that call Chicago home. The process for making the show this year had two phases. First, anyone in the cast could make “source material” works. It was up to them to present these in the final show or not. In the second phase, the cast got to remix this source material and make new works in response to those original pieces. The show we have for you transitions through all these pieces without bows or blackouts. We hope you get to know us each a bit better from this show and feel connected during this time apart.

Featuring:

Dee Alaba
Kara Brody
Katlin Bourgeois
Daniel Gibson
Ayako Kato
Erin Kilmurray
Elijah Richardson
Ben Wardell

TECHNICAL CREDITS

Producers: Ben Wardell and Kacie Smith
Video credit: Tanner Gloystein
Production Designer: Kacie Smith
Stage Manager: Jay Epps
Lighting Designer/Projection Designer: Craig Kidwell
Sound Designer: Corey Smith

RUN OF SHOW
Opening - Choreographed by Dan Gibson
Cast: Everyone
Music: Sia, Diplo, Labrinth

trying to be someone else - Choreographed by Katlin Bourgeois
Cast: Katlin Bourgeois
Music: Alex Stolze, Anne Muller

Katwalk - Choreographed by Katlin Bourgeois
Cast: Everyone
Music: KMLN Roderic

Solid - Remixed by Erin Kilmurray, Elijah Richardson, Dan Gibson
Source material movement by Dan Gibson
Cast: Erin Kilmurray, Elijah Richardson, Dan Gibson
Music: Ashford & Simpson

@Moldie Goldie’s - Source Material Work by Erin Kilmurray
Featured Cast: Katlin Bourgeois, Dan Gibson, Kara Brody, Ben Wardell and Ayako Kato
Music: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich, Harry Nilsson, T.Rex, Janis Joplin

Do You Ever Remember? - Remixed by Ben Wardell
Source material movement by Elijah Richardson
Cast: Ayako Kato, Ben Wardell, Elijah Richardson, Dee Alaba
Music: Molly Drake

KNOCK.OUT - Choreographed by Erin Kilmurray
Cast: Kara Brody and Erin Kilmurray
Music: Backini, Spaghetti Western Orchestra, Onra, Nancy Sinatra,Lee Hazelwood

Untouched Tales - Source Material Work by Ayako Kato
Choreographed in collaboration with the cast
Trio I and II cast: Dee Alaba, Katlin Bourgeois, Ben Wardell
Solo: Kara Brody
Music: Gyorgy Ligeti

Come into the Garden - Remixed by Ben Wardell
Source material movement by Elijah Richardson and Katlin Bourgeois
Featured cast (shadow dancer) : Elijah Richardson
Music: Nick Drake

Cherryblossom Dancing - Source Material Work by Katlin Bourgeois
Cast: Ayako Kato, Dee Alaba, Elijah Richardson
Music: Rene Aubry, Nils Frahm, Antonio Vivaldi

Finale - Choreographed by Dan Gibson
Cast: Everyone
Music: Lettuce