A short breath of what is in store for Volume 1

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Anjal Chande is a dance artist, writer, teacher, producer, and founding Artistic Director of Soham Dance Space. Chande makes dance-theater performances grounded in an improvisational practice and a foundation in the bharatanatyam art form. Chande’s work has been recently supported/presented by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum 2019 Lab Artist Award, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the U.S. Fulbright Program, the Tanztage Festival at Sophiensaele in Berlin, and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Washington, D.C. https://www.sohamdancespace.org/ https://www.sohamdancespace.org/blog/piloting-two-new-programs https://www.thenextcupoftea.com/ https://www.chicagotr.com/ Hosted by Felicia Holman at Tightrope Recording, Chicago.

Cristal Sabbagh’s performance practice, rooted in improvisation and Butoh, walks a line between the everyday, the divine, the personal, and the political. Embodying in her art transformational memories while simultaneously celebrating pop culture and the experimental, she challenges power structures and awakens viewers’ senses. Working both in a solo capacity and with collaborators, Sabbagh is equally attuned to individual perspectives and collective structures. Although her work is defined in movement, her practice also looks outward to portraits of the world around, taking the forms of traditionally drawn portraits, figurative ceramic sculptures, and nontraditional portraits on ceramic mugs. Sabbagh labors over each piece, that act as homage and memorials and are a resistance to white-supremacy. @cristalsabbagh (IG) https://www.tightroperecording.com/ www.chicagotr.com Hosted by Felicia Holman, recorded at Tightrope Recording in Chicago, IL.

Erin Kilmurray is a dance artist building genre-straddling work born from athletics, DIY sensibilities, social practices, spectacle, and collaborative teams. Erin is a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist (2020), listed on Newcity’s 50 People Who Really Perform for Chicago (2020), received a Greenhouse Grant, 3Arts Make-A-Wave + 3AP Award (2018), and toured SEARCH PARTY to Japan (2019). Her work has been presented by contemporary performance spaces, music venues, nightclubs including Links Hall, The Dance Center of Columbia College, Thalia Hall, Empty Bottle, Pivot Arts, University of Chicago, The Cambrian’s, among others. She is the creator of The Fly Honey Show --- acknowledged as a Chicago institution by the Chicago Reader (2018). She has choreographed for countless underground spaces, independent makers, parties, concerts, and musical artists, and theatrical productions. www.erinkilmurray.com www.chicagotr.com www.tightroperecording.com Hosted by Felicia Holman