Links Hall Artists
Anna Martine Whitehead
Anna Martine Whitehead was awarded a LinkUP Residency in 2016/17 to produce her work S P R E A D. Anna Martine Whitehead uses movement and language to practice escaping the Planet Earth. Their solo performances, videos, and collaborations have been presented in North America and Europe, and they have contributed significantly to the work […]
Nightparade
“Holly Chernobyl has worked as an artist for over a decade. She is interested in creating dreamscape environments. NIGHTPARADE is her dance/theater company. “
LILY EMERSON
Lily Emerson received a 2009/10 LinkUP Residency award. Lily Emerson is a multifaceted performer, producer, collaborator, and all-around creative weirdo. She is the co-creator of Adventure Sandwich, a Chicago-based arts organization that produces DIY video, music, live performances and events for children and their grown ups. She currently serves as the Artistic Director for Opera-Matic, […]
Talia Koylass
Talia Koylass | Bleeding Backwards Vol 1: Better Off Dead Talia Koylass was awarded a Fall 2018 Co-MISSION Residency Featuring: Solomon Bowser and Nick Scarier Co-Producers: Talia Koylass & Gabriella Wiltz Rehearsal Director: Jasmin Williams Associate Producer: Tyler Myles Director of Photography: Andrea Kinnerk Bleeding Backwards Vol 1: Better Off Dead is the first film […]
MARGARET MORRIS
Margaret Morris was awarded a 2005/06 LinkUP Residency and a 2017 Co-MISSION Summer Intensive. She is a vocalist and improvisor who integrates her backgrounds in classical operatic and extended vocal techniques. Morris is a longtime collaborator with Chicago based choreographer J’Sun Howard. In 2013 she co-founded NYC based women’s choral and improvisation a capella ensemble […]
Emilia Hodges, Brady VanPatten, Zachary Bird
We are passionate about exploring how interdisciplinary arts, specifically dance-theatre, can inform our views of movement and performance, all while being joyously entertaining for an audience.
Joshua Kent
Joshua Kent was awarded a 2012 LinkUP Residency, was a 20xx CreativeTime Sponsored Artist, and was granted a 2015 CoMISSION Touring Exchange Award. Joshua Kent has presented work in Rapid Pulse International Performance Festival, EXPO Chicago, and at The Knockdown Center (NYC), Mobius Gallery (Boston), and Lightbox (Detroit). Kent has held residencies at Links Hall […]
Tess Dworman
Tess Dworman is a Brooklyn-based choreographer and performer originally from Oak Park, IL. She studied at the Laban Centre in London and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BFA in Dance. In New York, her work has been presented by AUNTS, Center for Performance Research, Catch, Dixon Place, Danspace Project, Movement […]
Meida Teresa McNeal
Meida Teresa McNeal | Fifth City revisited/Imaginal Politics embodied June 20-30, 2019 In homage to her parents and Chicago’s Westside, McNeal charts new ground for a solo-facilitated work, “Fifth City revisited/Imaginal Politics embodied.” An ambitious community redevelopment process for Chicago’s Westside, the Fifth City Human Development Project incorporated educational curriculum, economic development, skill training, creativity, […]