The Dance Center of Columbia College partners with Links Hall for this celebration of cutting-edge, unscripted dance. Artists from across the country gather to perform, teach workshops and lead discussions throughout the week. A showcase Monday night at Links kicks things off, followed by a week of cross-disciplinary workshops at the Dance Center. Workshops delve into Contact Improv, using improvisation as a warm-up tool for artistic production, the creating of scores from systems found in life and a two-day class that begins with developing a solo practice and progresses into ensemble work. New York based artist Jennifer Monson performs her solo, “Live Dancing Archive,” informed by Monson’s work in queer activism and current research into patterns and phenomena in the natural world. The community discussion component is saved for last—Friday night at the Dance Center—when the artists will pose questions about the role of improvisation in education, the development of individuals and communities, even in adaptation in the face of climate change. (Sharon Hoyer)
At the Dance Center of Columbia College, 1306 South Michigan, and Links Hall at Constellation, 3111 North Western. Monday, June 3 – Saturday, June 8. Full schedule and ticket info at colum.edu/Dance_Center/
Lightness and Longevity: A Preview of "ON GO ING" at Links Hall “I want people to not be sitting there thinking ‘I could have stayed home and read this book or watched this movie.’ I just want people to have a good time. It always been sort of tongue in cheek and absurdist in its way. It’s just who I am.”
