Oak Park Native ​Julieanne Ehre Curates New Work for Pivot Arts

Julieanne Ehre, an Oak Park native, curated a new work for Pivot Arts entitled Charged Spaces/ Changing Bodies along side Peter Taub. Julieanne Ehre is the founder and the director of Pivot Arts. Charged Spaces/Changing Bodies is a series of site-specific performances in two historic Uptown spaces overlapping with Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago weekend. Performances are scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11, Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. The performance begins at the Institute for Cultural Affairs, 4750 N. Sheridan Rd., with Notes on Territory written, choreographed and performed by Anna Martine Whitehead. Audiences are then led across the street to Lawrence House, 1020 W. Lawrence Ave., for Les Chanteuses du Rien, created and performed by Sara Zalek, Elaine Lemieux, Hanna Brock. This piece will take place in the Lawrence House lobby and culminate in the swimming pool and the event concludes with Five Stud Stud by Carole McCurdy within the Lawrence House’s gym space. Audiences will be led by a guide through the spaces to witness the performances happening throughout each building. A suggested donation of $20 will be requested at the door. For reservations or additional information, please visit pivotarts.org/events.