There's an exciting new dance company called Visceral Dance Chicago. Launched in fall 2013, Visceral Dance Chicago showcases rising female choreographers during its Spring program at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
April 12 and 13, Visceral Dance Chicago features new works and world premieres by Artistic Director Nick Pupillo and three female contemporary choreographers: Sidra Bell (Sidra Bell Dance New York), Mónica Cervantes (formerly of Luna Negra Dance Theater), and Chicago native Robyn Mineko Williams (formerly of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago).
According to Visceral Dance Chicago:
- Pupillo’s two works, duet Senza di te and Impetere for Visceral Dance Chicago’s 10-member ensemble, showcase his choreographic range, from seamless and sensual to athletic and powerful.
- Bell’s landings, chasms explores human relationships and intimacy through movement, within a stage environment stripped bare and transformed by lighting designer, Brian Sidney Bembridge.
- Changes by Mónica Cervantes, named by Dance Magazine as one of “25 to Watch” internationally for 2013, imbeds snapshots and vignettes from daily life within driving and abstract ensemble movement.
- Glint by Robyn Mineko Williams, 2013 recipient of a Choreography Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation–USA, is comprised of five dancers in Williams’ now-signature blend of rigorous composition, idiosyncratic gesture, and complex rhythmic structures.
