About this Event
Welcome to the Dance Center’s first two-week Chicago Artist Spotlight Festival!
Week 1 performances on April 19-20 feature ETHOS IV: Degrowth/Cycle/Rebirth by USA Artist Fellow Ayako Kato. The outdoor/indoor ambulatory performance begins at Chicago’s lakefront and ends at the Dance Center in a collaboration with biologist and storyteller Billie Warren, a member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi; Dave Spencer and his indigenous drum group, dance artists Asimina Chremos, Rosely Conz, and Carl Gruby, and artist/writer/performer Andy Slater.
Week 2 performances on April 26-27 invite audiences to explore the entire Dance Center building and experience installations and performances by J’Sun Howard (DCASE ’23-’24 Dance Studio Resident), by Erin Kilmurray (The Fly Honey Show) and Kara Brody (Lucky Plush) and a new work by SJ Swilley (Red Clay Dance Company).
Photos by William Frederking
The Chicago Artist Spotlight Festival is made possible in part by Alphawood Foundation, a grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
Week 1's Ayako Kato’s ETHOS IV: Degrowth/Rebirth/Cycle is made possible in part by A. Montgomery Ward Foundation.
Week 2's SJ Swilley is supported by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum 2023 Production Residency Program.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States
USD 50.00