On the Ground
Welcome to the expanded version of On the Ground, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago’s blog. With support from The Walder Foundation, we will be featuring interviews with Chicago dance artists, checking in on dance communities, sharing work from our virtual residencies with choreographers, and exploring the Dance Center’s video archives.
Our sixth edition includes:
image courtesy of Irene Hsiao, from “Merely a Mistake A Score for your Door.”
Interviews
A conversation between dance artist and writer Irene Hsiao and Alyssa Gregory
image courtesy of Courtney Mackedanz, CLUSTERFUQ_ongoing studio collage.
Residency Reflections
Courtney Mackedanz shares prompts, images, and more from her recent virtual residency with the Dance Center.
Essays
A reflection on the Dance Center’s networking project, Choreographers Connecting Across Cities, which wrapped up in October 2021
Dance Dive
The Dance Center has a rich archive of performances from its 47-year history, and each Dance Dive edition will feature one artist speaking about a work they presented on our stage.
The latest Dance Dive video explores the work Solo Countersolo with choreographer Heidi Latsky.
Heidi Latsky and Company in Solo Countersolo, photo by Darial Sneed.
Pulse Check
An Instagram-sourced series reflects on healing in this fraught moment, both for ourselves and for each other.
Thank you for joining us in this exploration of process and some of the things bubbling up behind the scenes and in between performances at the Dance Center!
On the Ground is generously supported by The Walder Foundation.
