January to March 2007: Links Hall’s new Artistic Associates each curate a month-long series of performance, based on expertise in their respective artistic fields. February’s program was curated by Nathan Butler (US), Mark Jeffery (UK), Judd Morrissey (US), and Lori Talley (US).

Tyne Dogger, Thames, Fitzroy:
westerly variable—7 British Artists dock at OPENPORT.
OPENPORT includes a group of UK artists, who offer a unique perspective on current UK performance practices. “Tyne Dogger, Thames, Fitzroy” refers to the institution of the British Shipping Forecast, which is delivered each day on BBC Radio, and lists the geographic areas these artists are from. It also references the most Westerly shipping point in the Atlantic Ocean, Fitzroy, facing towards America and the OPENPORT of Links Hall and Chicago. These artists are highlighted on each week’s page with an asterisk. www.openportchicago.com

Julia Mayer
Coffee Dance
Friday February 2, 9:30am
Free
BYOC (bring your own coffee)

Once a month, Julia Mayer opens her weekly Friday morning solo movement practice to the public. In this ongoing series of engaged, informal performances, her idiosyncratic movement adventures are an invitation to watch, feel, and find creative impulse in unexpected places. Mayer's current movement practice is influenced by her studies with Deborah Hay, her years dancing with Chicago-based improvisation collective FUSE, and qi gong. The performance will last approximately 20 minutes.

“[her] movement is refreshingly off the map” - Chicago Reader
“a delicately luminous, inquisitive stage presence” - TimeOut Chicago

Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak
Hidden Compartments: Listening and Conversation with David Pavkovic
Saturday, February 10, 2pm
Free

Join musician David Pavkovic as he reveals the process of creating one of the commissioned scores to Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak’s new performance My Name is a Blackbird. Listen to his sketches as he ponders his own questions about dance, music, and compartmentalization with Molly Shanahan. Blackbird receives its premiere in Chicago April 12–29, 2007 at The Building Stage. David Pavkovic's original score is one of three created for My Name is a Blackbird, all of which are commissioned through Meet the Composer’s Commissioning Music/USA program. www.madshak.com

Xwing
Calling-card Theatre -
theatre that comes to you
Booking for March 2007

Xwing present a season of performances that offers theatre in the comfort of your own home. Choose two plays from a menu that includes the French avant-garde (Rachilde and Alfred Jarry) and a contemporary take on the English traditional puppet show Punch and Judy. Invite your guests for drinks, cook them dinner, arrange a potluck, or just pass out the popcorn, and enjoy a unique theatrical event. A list of the plays on offer can be seen at www.nicholaslowe.co.uk.

Call Links Hall at 773 281 0824 for more information. Reservations start at $150, and a member of Xwing will visit your home to confirm the details for your very own private performance. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Coming soon:

March: Tramp: Dances from Minneapolis – curated by the Minneapolis-based, Chicago-bred, choreographic duo HIJACK

Marie Cool & Fabio Balducci are Funded by Arts Council England with generous support from the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation.

Fiona Wright is Funded by Arts Council England

The Tyne Dogger program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

The Disappearance of Latitude Symposium was made possible with support from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Performance Department, with financial contributions from SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program, Betty Rymer Gallery, Dean’s Office, Visual and Critical Studies, and the Art and Technology Department.

Special thanks to the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Chicago.

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