The Dance Center continues to spotlight Chicago dance artists who are pushing the boundaries of the form. The 2025 Festival features two world premieres: THICK: a crumbling freak show is a multimedia solo performance by Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop that confronts notions of femininity and civility and calls into question the creation of otherness. Freeman asks, “What does the spatiotemporal history of Black women, and our bodies, tell us about consent, commodification, and spectacle?” Cosmic Docks is a dance-theater one-them-show from Nora Sharp, born from the outer space of trans dis-certainty that journeys down a choreographic and comedic rabbit hole of intertwined sci-fi futurism and personal history. Shaped by repression, resistance, and modestly-managed anxiety, Cosmic Docks charts a pathway beyond queer and trans legibility.

Please note the performance schedule as each date/time only includes one show:

• Thursday, March 13, 7:30pm – Cosmic Docks by Nora Sharp
• Friday, March 14, 7:30pm – THICK: a crumbling freak show by Po'Chop | Jenn Freeman
• Saturday, March 15, 1pm – Cosmic Docks by Nora Sharp
• Saturday, March 15, 3:30pm – THICK: a crumbling freak show by Po'Chop | Jenn Freeman