Chicago Puppet Fests presents:
An audience of seven in a room within a room. A micro-theater. A puppet theater. The performer’s body as landscape. Watching the cells of the body murmurate like starlings. A creature that would live on such a landscape. Crawling over it, flying over it. Calling it home. as though your body were right is an invitation to confront the bodiliness of being human – a shared experience of the vulnerability of being a body, and of the power of being a body.
With special support from: ArtsTour, Illinois Arts Council Agency.
Dates/Times:
Thursday, January 19 – Sunday, January 29 at 7pm
Location: The Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave.
Cost: $40/$30 students & seniors
Ages: 17 and up (Adult, contains nudity
Please Note: Purchasing tickets to this show means you and other ticketholders in your party agree to the following: “I understand that I will be in close proximity to a fully naked performer for the duration of the show. I understand that this work is not erotic in content, tone, or intent. I will attend the performance with the intent to understand and respect my boundaries, the boundaries of the performers, and the integrity of the work.”
Running Time: 62 mins
ADA Accessible? Yes
Khecari, based in Chicago, creates dance works furthering the transformative power of live bodies witnessing live bodies and advocates for the essential role of art within society, of dance within the arts, and of all artists working within the dance ecosystem. Khecari presents work created in collaboration with artists in dance, music, design, and other media, to offer live performed art that challenges, engages, and focuses the power of attention. khecari.org
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The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival advances the art of puppetry by presenting sophisticated programs vital to the cultural life of Chicago. Engaging and inspiring the largest and most diverse audiences for puppetry possible, the Festival is the biggest event dedicated to puppetry in North America and traditionally offers more than 100 activities annually including performances, workshops, artist instensives, free neighborhood events and symposia to audiences up to 14,000 over 11 days each January. The organization is also home to other key initiatives, including the Chicago Puppet Studio and Chicago Puppet Lab, that nurture the development of puppeteers and deepen the field locally, nationally and internationally with the ultimate goal of promoting peace, equality, mutual understanding, and justice locally and globally.
Fine Arts Building
410 S Michigan Ave, Studio 310
Chicago, IL 60605
Administrative Office:
312 753 3234
info@chicagopuppetfest.org
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