At the close of October, our first piece as an embedded writer for Chicago Dancemakers Forum’s Production Residency appeared in the Performance Response Journal. Our response to Ivelisse Díaz’s in-progress performance Contra la Corriente took the form of an abstract poem, mirroring the structure of the work as it currently stands, and can be read…
Read MoreFebruary 2021
There were some unexpected additions to our January calendar. We shared several poems as part of the Guild Literary Complex’s monthly Exhibit B reading series. We also returned virtually to Phillips Academy Andover, offering an Intro to Prison Abolition workshop for their MLK Day celebrations, and guest lectured in Professor Amber Hickey’s class Surveillance Cultures…
Read MoreFebruary 2020
We’ve begun facilitating a series of sessions for our friends at Chicago Community Bond Fund this month, supporting the org as it evaluates next steps in the fight to #EndMoneyBail. Over the coming months we’ll be revisiting and revising CCBF’s mission and vision, reevaluating its core values and commitments, and reimagining some of its structures…
Read MoreSeptember 2019
We’re currently in residence at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, teaching a weeklong intensive titled performance as protest/protest as performance to undergraduates at the Academy of Theater & Dance, and preparing to remount our solo performance piece Dancer As Insurgent tomorrow evening for the HALf6 series. Wish us luck! When we return home, we will hit…
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Benji Hart 