Synapse Arts’ textile dances - in a cemetery
On the first night of fall, join Atlas Obscura for an ethereal evening of interactive performances, live music, and visual storytelling in Chicago’s historic Graceland Cemetery.
4001 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613
Saturday, September 22, 2018, 8:00pm to 11:30pm
Tickets $65
More information at https://www.atlasobscura.com/events/into-the-veil-graceland-2018
Join us at the Detroit Institute of Arts for this international dance festival weekend! Synapse performs as part of the curated Choreographer’s Showcase.
Detroit Institute of Arts
Saturday, August 11
7pm
http://www.detroitdancecityfestival.com/performance-tickets/choreographers-showcase
$20 in advance | $25 at the door
$10 in advance | $15 at the door (students with ID)
Consider your commute with a fresh perspective; “Crosswalk Dances” enliven and connect the six corners of the Lincoln/Southport/Wellington junction. Contemporary dancers wearing individual speakers transform the six-corner intersection into a chorus as they move in tandem with pedestrians, dancing at each corner and through countdown crosswalks.
Sunday, July 8 - performances at 3pm and 4pm (second show added!)
at the Lincoln Hub - 6 Corners intersection of Lincoln/Southport/Wellington
FREE
Performers include Laura Tennal, Amanda Ramirez, Dylan Roth, Gretchen Soechting, Molly Hillson, Megan Szajna, and Camila Rivero.
Each performance will last approximately 25 minutes. There are a variety of outdoor seating options at the site. The closest CTA access includes buses #9, #76, #77, and the Wellington Brown Line stop. Paid parking is available on the street or in the Athenaeum Theatre lot.
Presented with support from Lakeview Special Service Area 27, The Chicago Park District, The Athenaeum Theatre, and the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
Consider your commute with a fresh perspective; “Crosswalk Dances” enliven and connect the six corners of the Lincoln/Southport/Wellington junction. Contemporary dancers wearing individual speakers transform the six-corner intersection into a chorus as they move in tandem with pedestrians, dancing at each corner and through countdown crosswalks.
Presented as part of Make Music Chicago’s annual Make Music Day.
Thursday, June 21 - performances at 12pm and 1pm
at the Lincoln Hub - 6 Corners intersection of Lincoln/Southport/Wellington
FREE
Synapse Arts is an Arts Partner in Residence with the Chicago Park District. Crosswalk Dances is made possible with additional support from the Lakeview Special Service Area 27, The Illinois Arts Council, and The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus foundation.
Join us at The Field Museum for the third installment of Moving Dialogs: Culture in Motion with the Indo-American Heritage Museum and Synapse Arts! Attendees will experience a live performance taking place in front of the museum’s Maori Meeting House, with choreography by dancers using their limbs as knitting needles to create arm-knitted textiles. Damon’s textile dances technique reimagines knitting and crochet as kinetic art forms that create concrete traces of the body’s motion, exploring how movement and needlecraft can influence each other. For this event, Damon and the Synapse Arts dancers use historical and contemporary textiles from the Indo-American Heritage Museum as a source for the movement and patterns, creating a new context for interpretation and space for cultural dialogue.
Tue, June 5, 2018, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The Field Museum -1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605
FREE registration at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moving-dialogs-culture-in-motion-tickets-44371234557#
