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Born out of the restless imaginations of Olive Bieringa & Otto Ramstad, this radical ecological melodrama is replete with artifice and animal appetites. The dance/performance/installation duo engages the wild and civilized aspects of human nature with idiosyncratic movement drawn from bodily impulses and social interactions. Bessie Award–winning composer Zeena Parkins performs a live score within a scenic installation by visual artist Emmett Ramstad. The core cast includes dancers Justin Jones, Timmy Wagner, Emily Johnson, Anna Shogren, Otto Ramstad, Francesca Mattavelli and special guests.
“Sneaky-smart…demands patience but it yields many rewards” Minneapolis Star Tribune
"They can always be counted on to keep us guessing and eagerly anticipating their next moves" City Pages, 2013
“Socially unorthodox” New York Times
BodyCartography Project
As co-directors of the BodyCartography Project Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad have created numerous performance works, short films and installations which have been presented in theaters and site specific locations across the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Europe, Russia and South America. Presenters include Performance Space 122, Dance Theater Workshop, Movement Research, Dance on Camera Festival, NYC, Philadelphia Dance Project, Anti-Festival, Finland, Stromereien Festival, Zurich, Lyon Opera Ballet, Les Subsistances, Lyon, South East Dance, Cheshire Dance, UK, NZ International Film Festival, Cinedans, Amsterdam, Polish Public Television, Bryant Lake Bowl, Walker Art Center, Southern Theater, Minneapolis International Film Festival, and Minnesota Public Television. Their work has been supported by residencies at the Walker Art Center, Bell Museum of Natural History, Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Headlands Center for the Arts, K3, Hamburg and Les Subsistances, Lyon amongst others. As dancermakers and certfied teachers of Body-Mind Centering® they teach internationally at festivals such as Impulstanz International Dance Festival in Vienna. They are featured artists in the first book about site dance in the USA published by University of Florida Press entitled Site Dance, the Lure of Alternative Spaces. They are recipients of Sage, New Zealand Fringe Festival, Kerry Film Festival, ADF’s International Screendance Festival and the Perlorous Trust Creativity Awards for previous works.
Collaborators:
- Co-directors - Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad
- Composer - Zeena Parkins
- Visual Artist - Emmett Ramstad.
- Performers - Justin Jones, Timmy Wagner, Emily Johnson, Anna Shogren, Otto Ramstad, Francesca Mattavelli, Sam Johnson and special guests.
- Tech Director - Heidi Eckwall
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DCASE Theater & Dance
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) presents an ongoing performing arts series that showcases both emerging and established music, theater, dance and multi-disciplinary artists at the Chicago Cultural Center and other venues. Dedicated to capacity building in the arts, DCASE hires the artists and provides performance space as well as technical and marketing support.
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Dates:
Thursday, October 10-Sunday, October 13, 2013
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Hours:
Thursdays – Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm
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Location:
Storefront Theater
66 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60602
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Admission:
FREE
RSVP:
bodycartography.eventbrite.com
Due to limited space reservations are highly encouraged.
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Website:
For more information, visit www.bodycartography.org.
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