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Still, Now by Katie Bender (Chicago Premiere)

  • Sheldon Patikin Studio 72 East 11th Street Chicago, IL, 60605 United States (map)

After witnessing the fall of the twin towers, Annie heads to Japan to study Butoh, looking for a dance form that expresses the destruction she can’t comprehend. Ten years later, Annie is diagnosed with stage four cancer and returns to Butoh to prepare for her final dance. Still, Now confronts us with the accelerated motion of a woman learning and losing her body, accompanied by the doctors, teachers, friends and lovers that become her partners in movement, to ask the question: what can our bodies teach us that our minds cannot fathom?

Design Team: Movement and Intimacy Designer Sheryl Williams; Scenic Design Jose Martinez; Lighting Design Kate Kiehfuss; Costume Design Kayla Brill; Composer Adam Torres; Stage Manager Rebecca Dose; Assistant Stage Manager Andrea Williams

Ensemble: Julia Dalo, Carly Davis, Zimbo Gessert, Kyle Goltz, Katherine Jarema, Sierra Kruse, Zibo Lin, Diego Longoria, Philip McConnell, Jessica Siletzky, and LaSheba Williams

Performances Feb 20 (7pm) 21 (8pm) Feb 22 (8pm) Feb 23 (6pm), different times each night.

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