Cartography of Peace

THE SOUTH CHICAGO DANCE THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE COMPANY’S 4TH ANNUAL HOME SEASON CONCERT. IN COLLABORATION WITH 21C MUSEUM HOTEL CHICAGO, SOPRANO JOELLE LAMARRE AND VIOLINIST ALEXANDRIA HILL; SCDT RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER KIA S. SMITH PRESENTS THE COMPANY’S NEWEST EVENING LEGNTH WORK, “CARTOGRAPHY OF PEACE”. INSPIRED BY THE ART OF SURREALIST ASSEMBLAGE, THE FILM EMPLOYS CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND OPERA TO EXPLORE THE ETHOS OF PEACE. THE WORK IS SET TO THE IMPROVISATORY SOUNDS OF LAMARRE, HILL AND POETRY WRITTEN BY SMITH AS WELL AS THE MUSIC OF NOTABLE ARTISTS VIVALDI, BALKAN BEAT BOX, MEREDITH MONK AND UP AND COMING COMPOSER JESSIE MONTGOMERY. CARTOGRAPHY OF PEACE” IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SCDT’S DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE, ALPHAWOOD FOUNDATION, DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION, GAYLORD AND DOROTHY DONNELLEY FOUNDATION, ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL, AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO’S DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.