Project Bound Dance and Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre Present
Side Effects & Smoking Meat
Project Bound Dance and Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre present a shared evening of performances February 21-23 at Color Club, located in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood and March 8-9 at DANCEWORKS STUDIO THEATRE in Milwaukee, WI.
Featuring original works by Bound and KADT, including:
• “A Theory On Staying” by Emily Loar with movement performance by Kathryn Hetrick. Original poem by Emily Loar.
• “Faded Billboards (Relatable)” by Emily Loar in collaboration with Ali Lorenz. Used as a vehicle to dive into co-directors Deran and Loar’s philosophies on dance partnering, the work reflects on the metaphors often used to soften and relate personal mental health experiences to one another, and explores neurodivergency and its effects on communication, focus, emotional regulation, and memory.
• “Smoking Meat” by Bound co-directors Ashley Deran and Emily Loar is a dynamic ensemble work that explores constructed notions of safety. Using both man-made and natural occurrences of armor as a metaphor Smoking Meat is a research into energetic extremes, supersized alter egos; social posturing, and notions of safety. Nods to punk and metal scenes, gym culture, professional wrestling and fighting communities; fantasy and live action role playing spaces; high fashion; and beauty pageants. Smoking Meat fantasizes about larger than life bodily additions and animal predators, and reflects upon the commodification of bodies and attention, and what we give up of ourselves in the pursuit of physical and social safety. Performed by Project Bound Dance company ensemble artists Kathryn Hetrick, Emily Loar, Ali Lorenz, and Sarah Morimoto.
• WEALTHcare: “an episode” by Kelly Anderson | She’s been handed medication as if it were candy and combinations as if they were cocktails. But this isn’t Halloween and certainly not “Happy Hour.” Every day for 40 years she’s had to navigate a tricky path to wellness, with plenty of bumps along the way…all because of the one on her head. From encountering red tape to balancing an empty bank account, the only system she’s forced to depend on is one that often fails her. Somebody call an ambulance! Because we definitely have a health emergency on our hands. WEALTHcare: “an episode” is Chapter 1 of an ongoing series of dance theater works reflecting on the individual and collective experiences within the confines of the American healthcare system. Performed by KADT ensemble members Kelly Anderson, Cheryl Cornacchione, Danielle Gilmore, and Sarah Morimoto, and Michael O’Neill.
Tickets available for purchase at www.projectbound.dance and www.kellyandersondancetheatre.com
CHICAGO
February 21-22, 2024 at 7:00pm (Doors at 6:30pm)
February 23, 2024 at 6:00pm (Doors at 5:30)
Color Club | 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
MILWAUKEE
March 8, 2025 at 7:30pm
March 9, 2025 at 2:30pm
DANCEWORKS STUDIO THEATRE
1661 N Water St, Milwaukee, WI 53202
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About Project Bound Dance
Under the direction of Ashley Deran and Emily Loar, Project Bound Dance is a Chicago-based modern dance group rooted in the practice of collaboration. Since its founding in 2013, Bound has created work that is both curious and accessible. Creating both live concert performance and dances for camera, Bound draws from both modern dance and somatic fundamentals. Incorporating vigor, athleticism, and intricate gesture exploration, Deran and Loar weave together the vision of two distinct artistic voices to create richly textured dance performance. www.projectbound.dance
About KADT
Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre--a performance company whose work is inspired by humor, theater and pop culture. KADT creates relatable work driven by complicated topics. “Seamlessly weaving movement and dialogue,” Anderson strives to bridge the gap between artist and non-artist through comedy “filtered perfectly throughout a series of serious moments.” Kelly has been a recipient of Chicago’s Links Hall CoMission Summer Residency and her work has been performed/commissioned in Chicago, NYC, Milwaukee, Detroit, Minneapolis and Portland, OR. “A master of comedic timing… Anderson proves that dance doesn’t have to be dead serious.” Anderson is the Founder and Director of Door County’s Death’s Door Dance Festival.*Credits- Lauren Warnecke (Chicago Magazine) and Kristin Vasilakos (Performance Response Journal). www.kellyandersondancetheatre.com
