Event Details
Workshop & Work-in-Progress Showing
June 29 | 6:00–8:30 PM
at the Chicago Cultural Center
Join Chicago Dance Crash for an open studio experience as part of our three-week residency with choreographer Annie Franklin, developing new work in collaboration with producer e j e c t.
This open rehearsal invites community members into the creative process, offering a firsthand look at how Franklin and e j e c t are working with the ensemble. Participants will see the methods Crash is using to foster collaboration between dancers and musicians, exploring how movement and sound can be built simultaneously. The process highlights how two artistic communities, often siloed, can create in dialogue through a shared understanding of music and its composition, a skillset especially prevalent in freestyle-based artists.
Schedule
6:00–7:00 PM | Community Workshop with Annie Franklin
A workshop led by Franklin offering participants a deeper dive into her movement practice, focusing on improvisation, physical rigor, and the integration of personal movement language within structured choreography.
7:00–8:30 PM | Work-in-Progress Showing + Talkback
A showing of the nearly completed work developed during the residency. The evening concludes with a talkback, providing space for reflection, audience feedback, and insight into the creative process.
This event offers a fuller view of the residency’s evolution, from embodied practice to performance, highlighting the development of the work as it moves toward completion.