March 2011 PERFORMANCE

Tim Miller

Nasty Brutish and Short
What is Love?

To Art & profit

Gong Lab

collision_theory

Man with the Movie Camera

Alita Queen of Mars

March 5

Sat at 8pm
Buy Tickets $20

Glory Box

Presented by

Tim Miller

Glory Box is an exploration of Miller’s own personal journey through the challenge of love, marriage equality for gay Americans, and the struggle for immigration rights for gay Americans and their partners from other countries. Tim Miller is an internationally acclaimed performance artist. Miller's creative work as a performer and writer explores the artistic, spiritual and political topography of his identity as a gay man.

March 7

Mon at 7:30pm
BUY Tickets $10

Nasty Brutish and Short

Presented by Links Hall and Curated by Seth Bockley

All slam performers are asked to create new work and risk sharing it with an audience for the first time. Each slam will
feature at least one out-of-town group to cross-pollinate styles with Chicago artists. The goal is to give artists a reason to create new work and help foster touring opportunities and artistic exchanges.

Photo: Pearl Pistol

March 11 -13

Fri & Sat at 8pm / Sun at 7pm
BUY Tickets $10

What is Love?

Presented by

Pearl Pistol

A weekend of Vaudvillian and Burlesque oddities
Manipulating gender roles and challenging what we define as sexy.

March 18-19

Sat at 6am to 7:30am/ Sun at 11pm -12am
Buy Tickets $15 ($12 online)

Gong Lab:
Vernal Equinox Celebration

Shu Shubat and Oliver Seay ( Directors of Jellyeye Drum Theatre), with Mike Oleon and Amalia Bussion. 

Welcome spring with a  Shadow Puppet Show / Gongbath / Dream In. Bring your own mat, pillow and blanket and immerse yourself in a storytelling journey that is at once sonic, visual and visceral; a celebration of the return of Spring. You'll be bathed in the reverberations of a 38" Earth Gong as it unites the waves of shadow, light, and Earth, taking you on a journey of discovery and rebirth. Featuring unique and fantastic puppets, poetry, ritual, and masterful gong performance, this event is guaranteed to be unlike any performance you have ever experienced.

March 18-20

Fri & Sat at 8pm / Sun at 7pm
Buy Tickets $15/ $12 Students and seniors

To Art & Profit

Curated by Artistic Associates Abra Johnson and Meida McNeal

Spread over three weekends from March through May 2011, To Art & Profit is a dance and performance series augmented with arts-focused dialogues and Carnival-inspired street theatre spectacle throughout the city of Chicago.

To Art & Profit envisions what collective social action looks like through a diverse and democratic approach to artistic programming, and tackles difficult questions bringing art-centered conversations and explorations to different kinds of local public spaces.

March 21

Mon at 7:30 pm
BUY Tickets $12 / $10 Students Seniors

Collision_theory

Presented by

Dan Mohr & Links Hall

Originated by Dan Mohr and Rachel Damon as part of Links Hall's Artistic Associates programming, collision_theory is a series of improvised performances by curated first-time pairings of musicians and dancers. At each show, seasoned improvisers from both disciplines meet for the first time to navigate an unpredictable landscape of spontaneous collaboration. Through its performances and lively post-show discussions, collision_theory provides a platform for the serious presentation and analysis of cross-disciplinary improvised performance.

March 21:

Dhalgren vs. Julia Mayer & Co.

Julia Mayer’s meticulously considered and vigorous improvisation practice is no stranger to the environs of Links Hall. She and her ensemble of dancers will collide with Dhalgren, and ensemble led by series-curator Dan Mohr and Sam Wagster (Fruit Bats, G L E A M I N G). Employing computers, electronics, voice, loops and samples, Dhalgren create ominous and beautiful soundscapes of alien noise that will be fertile ground for Mayer and company to explore.

http://dhalgren.bandcamp.com

Photo: Man with The Movie Camera

Photo: Alita Queen of Mars

March 24

Thu at 8pm
BUY Tickets $10/ $8 Students

Man with the Movie Camera

Presented by

Sudden Productions

The Man With The Movie Camera, the Silent Classic in an Avant Garde Soviet Silent film with new, original score in Surround Sound and with enhanced video restoration.
The film offers a glimpse of life in the Soviet Union before Stalin's Reign of Terror. Part of the lead-up to the 2011 Dance Films Kino festival.

March 25 - 27

Fri & Sat at 8pm / Sun at 7pm
Buy Tickets $12/ $10 Students

Alita Queen of Mars

Presented by

Sudden Productions

Presented by Sudden Productions and the Dan Schaaf Ensemble.

A zany, Soviet-era silent sci-fi film, 1924. Widely misunderstood because of its free mix of social satire, fantasy/science fiction, comedy and political commentary, the film is basically a story about marital jealousy and escapism. Dan has added sounded effects, songs, and a soundtrack along with live actors speaking the lines of the otherwise silent screen actors.

http://aelitaqueenofmars.com/profiles/