ANTARANGA: Between You and Me is set in a world in deep crisis (much like our own) where most people have lost their ability to sense the energy of other human beings and can no longer recognize or connect with each other. A few humsafar (Urdu for “fellow travelers”) remain, blessed with super-connecting and heart-opening powers. As they undertake perilous journeys, they forge connectivities that may yet heal the world. ANTARANGA is the first work in a duology, and explores themes of intimacy, connection, trust, and community among BIPOC women/femmes.

ANTARANGA: Between You and Me is set in a world in deep crisis (much like our own) where most people have lost their ability to sense the energy of other human beings and can no longer recognize or connect with each other. A few humsafar (Urdu for “fellow travelers”) remain, blessed with super-connecting and heart-opening powers. As they undertake perilous journeys, they forge connectivities that may yet heal the world. ANTARANGA is the first work in a duology, and explores themes of intimacy, connection, trust, and community among BIPOC women/femmes.

Join Chih-Jou Cheng and Agnotti for an interactive community theatre experience where stories, memories, and a wanderer puppet’s journey weave together.

Join Chih-Jou Cheng and Agnotti for an interactive community theatre experience where stories, memories, and a wanderer puppet’s journey weave together.

How do we maintain memory through communal ritual, movement, and witness as way of honoring our grief and joy? It is truly a love endurance across lifetimes and generations, a commitment to re-membering carefully through sensitivity and strength, a tender warriorship through the liberative narratives of the Chi-Pinay.

INFJ is a modern/contemporary dance performance exploring the four components of the Myers-Briggs personality type: Introversion (I), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), and Judging (J).

INFJ is a modern/contemporary dance performance exploring the four components of the Myers-Briggs personality type: Introversion (I), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), and Judging (J).

INFJ is a modern/contemporary dance performance exploring the four components of the Myers-Briggs personality type: Introversion (I), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), and Judging (J).

The Bridge Dance Festival began in 2018 as the culmination of four years of Japanese-focused programming at Links Hall, including the National Performance Network Asian Exchange, Beyond the Box, and Links to Japan.

Now in its sixth year, Bridge Dance continues to establish its role facilitating AAPI Dancers from Chicago, Japan, and Taiwan will present their own new experimental pieces, exploring the expression of 'self'.

The Bridge Dance Festival began in 2018 as the culmination of four years of Japanese-focused programming at Links Hall, including the National Performance Network Asian Exchange, Beyond the Box, and Links to Japan.

Now in its sixth year, Bridge Dance continues to establish its role facilitating AAPI Dancers from Chicago, Japan, and Taiwan will present their own new experimental pieces, exploring the expression of 'self'.

Gather to help finish Ray Nakazawa’s Bridge Dance Festival costume made of medicine pill packaging! This workshop is the time-space where you reflect on your journey of healing of your own or your loved ones either with/without actually talking about it, but physically being together through making of the garment.

Bring yourselves and your own empty pill packages if you’d like to add them as a part of Ray’s solo costume/set. The garment will be worn during Ray’s solo during Bridge Dance Festival performances this weekend.

Witness Ray’s work in the Bridge Dance Festival this Friday and Saturday, November 8th and 9th, at 7pm.

The University of Illinois Department of Dance (Dance at Illinois) presents a weekend of works by alumni choreographers and dancers based in Chicago and surrounding areas.

The University of Illinois Department of Dance (Dance at Illinois) presents a weekend of works by alumni choreographers and dancers based in Chicago and surrounding areas.

The Rooted Space Company proudly presents Warmest Regards, an evocative evening of dance celebrating the resilience and complexity of women. The performance features original works by Stefany Cotton, Noelle Kayser, and Alysia Johnson, alongside a restaging of an original work by Steven Iannacone.

The Rooted Space Company proudly presents Warmest Regards, an evocative evening of dance celebrating the resilience and complexity of women. The performance features original works by Stefany Cotton, Noelle Kayser, and Alysia Johnson, alongside a restaging of an original work by Steven Iannacone.

The Rooted Space Company proudly presents Warmest Regards, an evocative evening of dance celebrating the resilience and complexity of women. The performance features original works by Stefany Cotton, Noelle Kayser, and Alysia Johnson, alongside a restaging of an original work by Steven Iannacone.

Run away with us to the blue-toned Pacific Northwest as we take you through a sluttier, gayer, and glitter-ier version of the iconic love story. Sure to knock your socks and pasties off and leave you desperately pining after your own avoidant, sparkly, Spanish Influenza victim.

Run away with us to the blue-toned Pacific Northwest as we take you through a sluttier, gayer, and glitter-ier version of the iconic love story. Sure to knock your socks and pasties off and leave you desperately pining after your own avoidant, sparkly, Spanish Influenza victim.

We invite Links Hall artists, staff, board, audience members, and supporters to an evening of discussion and community. Join us to explore visioning questions for the organization around space, partnerships, values, and mission!

Run away with us to the blue-toned Pacific Northwest as we take you through a sluttier, gayer, and glitter-ier version of the iconic love story. Sure to knock your socks and pasties off and leave you desperately pining after your own avoidant, sparkly, Spanish Influenza victim.

Run away with us to the blue-toned Pacific Northwest as we take you through a sluttier, gayer, and glitter-ier version of the iconic love story. Sure to knock your socks and pasties off and leave you desperately pining after your own avoidant, sparkly, Spanish Influenza victim.

Celebrate the start of the season at Links with a day of free workshops. Try a new style or return to a favorite with classes in Afro-House Dance, Dance Improvisation, Physical Theater, and more.

Nasty, Brutish & Short is a late night cabaret is packed with contemporary short-form puppet and object based theater. Providing a low-risk environment for artists to perform new and experimental work, this puppet slam fosters an artistic exchange between puppet artists of different generations and mediums.

Within Without tells a playful and lyrical tale about holding things in and letting things go. In the languages of mime, found-object puppetry, and visual poetry, Within Without tells a story at once intimate and universal about the balancing act between creating order and embracing wildness. Within Without welcomes both adult and youth audiences, ages 10+.

Within Without tells a playful and lyrical tale about holding things in and letting things go. In the languages of mime, found-object puppetry, and visual poetry, Within Without tells a story at once intimate and universal about the balancing act between creating order and embracing wildness. Within Without welcomes both adult and youth audiences, ages 10+.

Desueño Dance presents an evening of dance featuring Desueño’s Latin Footwork team, Desueño Vision, and special guests. After the performances, there will be social dancing featuring Salsa, Bachata, and ChaCha.

This Silent Dinner is a distinctly collective, distinctly individual, distinctly Midwest dinner experience cooked and served for 12 people at bim bom studios, on Sunday July 28th. The event is a collaboration between Links Hall Executive Director, SK Kerastas and Bless the Food Chef, Valen Sparks. Valen’s work explores food as a link between past, future, nature, and memory through multisensory culinary experiences.

“Come Along for the Ride: A Journey through Climate Grief” is a play that delves into the lives of two women navigating the complexities of climate change. From climate migration to the uncertainty of parenthood, this journey is both thought-provoking and deeply moving. The play will be read out by three actors and the reading will be followed by a facilitated play talkback.

Links Hall 2023-2024 Co-MISSION Fellows and Residents share their work in two groundbreaking weekends of new performance and public events.