Dance Union continues its first Music & Dance Improvisation series at Hamlin Park
Fieldhouse Theater. Music & Dance Improvisation may be nothing new when we think of the
history of spontaneous collaboration between music and dance all over the world since ancient
time. However, there is a meaning when the contemporary human body moves with
contemporary improvisation music. If music improvisation can create sound which is not called music, dance improvisation also must be able to create movement which extends beyond the term dance.
This series hopes to create space/experience for artists and viewers to challenge to expand the notion of music & dance improvisation.
On Wednesday, July 20th, Dance Union: Music & Dance Improvisation presents Solo x
Solo. The evening will feature two pairs of music and dance improvisers' collaboration. The audience will experience how each pair merges its own piece into duo in the given 30 min time frame. Performers are Julia Mayer, dance & Christoph Erb, reeds (Lucerne, Switzerland); JulieAnn Graham & James Falzone, clarinet.
Solo x Solo takes place at the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, 3035 N Hoyne, Chicago, IL
60618 on Wednesday, July 20 at 7:30pm. Admission is $12 for general, $10 for students and
seniors and $20 for Tickets for Two. Tickets are available at the door or:
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/177641 (also through danceunion.tumblr.com )
Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater is located on Damen and Barry (two blocks south from Belmont
Ave.) CTA: Damen#50 Bus to Barry, or Belmont#77 Bus to Damen Ave.
Digital images, and complimentary admission for members of the press are available upon
request. Please contact: 312-330-4171/danceunion1@gmail.com
This series is the Chicago Moving Company Artists in Residence Project via Chicago Moving
Company's residence as Arts Partners (16th year) with the Chicago Park District at Hamlin Park.
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Artist Biographies for July 20, 2011:
Julia Mayer has taught and choreographed, as faculty and guest artist, at several colleges,
universities and studios and in Chicago and the Midwest. She has presented her choreography at
Links Hall, Hamlin Park, Glade Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center, Blue Rider Theatre, the Theatre
Building, MoMing, Dance Chicago, Artemisia Gallery, and the Creative Re-Use Warehouse. A
sought-after teacher, creative advisor and collaborative schemer, Julia has received several
grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is a 2007
Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist. The Reader has called Julia's work "refreshingly off the
map." And TimeOut Chicago said she "is possessed of a delicately luminous stage presence."
The Chicago Tribune called CoffeeDance, her groundbreaking series of Friday morning
improvised performances which ran at Links Hall for 2 ˝ years, "an evocative window into a
dancer's inner life."
Christoph Erb is a tenor saxophone- and bass clarinet player, improviser and composer. He
runs his own Label called veto-records. He lives in Lucerne, Switzerland. He won the "ZKB-jazzprize"
with his group erb_gut and was awarded of the culture prize of the city of Lucerne in 2006.
In 2009, he received a scholarship of the city and canton of Lucerne for a four month stay in
Chicago. Erb leads his own bands: erb_gut, Veto, BigVeto and Lila. In addition to his work as a
bandleader, Erb has performed and recorded with some of the most respected improvising
musicians and composers in jazz and improvised music: Urs Leimgruber, Christy Doran,
Christian Weber, HP- Pfammatter, Daniel Humair, Jim Baker, Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg-
Holm, Jason Roebke, Josh Berman. He is also a frequent collaborator with dance artists; Irina
Lorez and Veraisabella. He has toured in South America and Europe. www.erb.li
JulieAnn Graham has been dancing in Chicago for over 20 years. Her exploration has been
purely focused on performing and teaching improvisation for 8 years. She teaches at Columbia
College and Second City Training Center. She has had the great good fortune of working with
Asimina Chremos, Julia Mayer, Carleen Healy, Ginger Farley and Julia Rae Antonick among
many others over the years. She's thrilled to be part of Dane Union!
Multi-faceted clarinetist/composer
James Falzone is an acclaimed member of Chicago's jazz and
creative improvised music scene, a veteran contemporary music lecturer and clinician, the
longtime Director of Music for Grace Chicago Church and an award-winning composer who has
been commissioned by chamber groups and symphony orchestras among other institutions. In
addition to directing his own ensembles Allos Musica and KLANG, his incredibly diverse career
also includes sideman work in Tim Daisy?s chamber-jazz trio Vox Arcana and the French music
ensemble Le Bon Vent. More information about James can be found at www.allosmusica.org
Dance Union: Music & Dance Improvisation Upcoming Performance:
Wed, 8/24 drum, drum
Drums: Michael Zerang, Mike Reed; Dance: Ayako Kato
7:30 pm (door opens at 7:15 pm) Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse
2nd Floor, Chicago, 3035 N. Hoyne, Chicago, IL 60618
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Dance Union Upcoming Performance:
Sat, 7/9 Simply Showing
Works by Karla Beltchenko, Leopold Group, Jennifer Lorraine, Liz Joynt Sandberg
Sat, 9/10 Improv. Improv.
Duo by Jennifer Monson, dance & Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello; Duo by Franc Rosaly, drums & Ayako
Kato, dance. Quartet by all performers
8 pm (door opens at 7:45 pm)
Fasseas White Box Theater @ The Drucker Center,
Menomonee Club Boys and Girls
1535 N. Dayton St. Chicago, IL 60642
