“I offer up this performance series as a testament to our community’s resilience”

– Stephanie Martinez

PRESS:

"intimate and rigorous partnering" See Chicago Dance

“kiss.” was my best live dance experience for 2020." See Chicago Dance

“They swept their bodies across a red, carpeted stage on a horizontal plane, reeling in not just their designated audience but cyclists in the bike lanes as well.” See Chicago Dance

“In that moment, I knew this was beyond making dance accessible. This was about making dance essential.” See Chicago Dance

Choreography by STEPHANIE MARTINEZ

Composition by Darryl J. Hoffman, Noelle Kayser
Costume Design by Stephanie Martinez
Set Design by Noelle Kayser

Danced by Chris Bloom, Chase Buntrock, Ali Delgadillo, Joseph Hernandez, Noelle Kayser, Brian Martinez, Kelsey McFalls, Gabrielle Sprauve, Ching Ching Wong

Music: La Florentine - Cendrillion , Live & Breathe by Darryl J. Hoffman, Eine Kleine Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonnet 145 by William Shakespeare Sonnet read by Chris Kayser, Bali by Darryl J. Hoffman, String Quartet No. 30 in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 “The Joke”: IV.Presto;, Spektral Quartet, Atoms by Ana Olgica, kiss. Inspiration by Darryl J. Hoffman, Eine Klein Romanza by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Personification by Noelle Kayser. Cringe by Noelle Kayser, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra #5 in F Minor BWV 1056: II. Largo. Johannes Sebastian Bach, White Noise by Noelle Kayser, Concerto for two Violins in D-Minor, Johannes Sebastian Bach, Air on a G String, Johannes Sebastian Bach, Ave Maria, Franz Schubert

Photos by Michelle Reid