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Chicago Athletic Association presents

Grit

Sunday ,August23,2026-7:30 pm

Event Description

Multi-disciplinary

Performance

60Running Time

Grit is an evening-length experimental dance work created in collaboration with four femme artists – Laura Baumeister, Rahila Coats, Kate Laughlin, and Hannah Marcus- , examining the isolating costs of competitive natures and the underbelly of achievement. Rooted in collective authorship and group process, Grit asks- what does it cost to keep pushing? What becomes possible when we focus on collectivism?

The piece resists polish in favor of immediacy and lived decision-making. Repetition erodes individual dominance, revealing relational dependencies born of exhaustion. Material objects — tape, platforms, microphones, loop pedals, clothes, and towels — are introduced as malleable architectures that divide space and bodies, establishing systems that demand effort to maintain.


Fluidity, through sweat, spit, water, texturizes the arc from confrontation toward pliability, as performers soften into each other’s seeping bodies and hierarchical dominance gives way to something more fluid.


Grit is both a performance and a practice. A space where bodies test the limits of effort and discover what remains when force is no longer sustainable. It is a work that unfolds through friction and failure, inviting performers and audiences into a shared experience of negotiation, vulnerability, and becoming.

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$20

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Venue Location

Chicago Athletic Association

12 S Michigan Ave

Chicago, IL 60603

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