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We gather during the holidays once again to celebrate Elastic Arts, our community, and the great things that have happened with the organization over the past year. This event is free and open to members, or you can show up and sign up to be a member on the spot! We’ll have beverages, snacks, and some music! Join us!
Music at 8pm. Sign up to be a member HERE
This event is supported by our friends at Illuminated Brew Works!
The Improvised Music Series concludes 2024 with a pair of duos demonstrating the strength of the scene across generations.
Elastic Arts is very happy to welcome back the legendary collaborative ensemble DKV Trio for the longstanding holiday concert that they’ve done in Chicago for many years. This fantastic pairing of journeymen Chicago improvisers found its roots in the mid-1990’s and has worked actively since that time.
Ken Vandermark - reeds
Kent Kessler - bass
Hamid Drake - drums
Elastic Arts is very happy to welcome back the legendary collaborative ensemble DKV Trio for the longstanding holiday concert that they’ve done in Chicago for many years. This fantastic pairing of journeymen Chicago improvisers found its roots in the mid-1990’s and has worked actively since that time.
Ken Vandermark - reeds
Kent Kessler - bass
Hamid Drake - drums
Getting the Detroit band back together has been difficult.. but this is the first time we're doing this in Chicago. So what better way to close out the year with extended family!
We are also returning to the scene from last year's event at Elastic Arts, and we'll be using the CLEAT System CLEAT Listening and Performance Series, showcase where artists present work in an immersive, multichannel audio format. This series places the audience inside the sound, through a system of 16 omni-directional Hemisphere speakers conceived and built by Isobel Audio.
This is also a sneak peek into next year's line up into Excursions Detroit 2025. Let's GO and let's celebrate 2024!
Dal Niente teams up with composer and multi-instrumentalist Macie Stewart for a free evening of music at Elastic Arts. This is the fifth in a series of shared programs between Dal Niente and other respected Chicago artists, supported by a DCASE Chicago Artists Recovery Program Grant.
For the past year and a half, Macie has been working on new solo material involving prepared piano, field recordings, and string improvisations/compositions. For this performance, Lia Kohl, Whitney Johnson, and Zach Moore will join Macie to perform some of this unreleased material, as well as excerpts from Mouth Full of Glass alongside members of Ensemble Dal Niente.
IMS welcomes a group featuring Jorrit Dijkstra accompanied by a quintet of Chicago improvisers along with trio set by Emily Biesel, Ro Lundberg, and Norman W. Long.
J e l l o Performance Series presents The Ooze, a night of dance curated by Mya McClellan. This event brings together talented artists to share their unique solo works and dive into a collective improvisation led by Mya. Expect an evening of creativity and experimentation.
Cast:
Alex Kinard
Hermiz Da God
Janiah Cooper Charles
Brittany Bradley
Hasani Cannon
Sandy Perez
Unique collaborations abound tonight, in the style of the uniquely Chicago blend of free jazz and rock: First, Three Grebes (Kalamazoo/Chicago) and Floating Cave join forces to create a mixture of improvised songs and drones, expanding a singular guitar and tuba-driven rock sound with exploratory electronics. Then, a quartet assembled by saxophonist Gabriel Heinemann combines up-and-coming forces in Chicago jazz with some of its’ most stalwart legends.
Shake Shook Shaken is a theater/movement workshop series produced by Julie Meckler. The series is designed for people to gently bring body awareness, allowing participants to open up, explore outside of their comfort zone, bond with each other, create and show. By playing with these concepts using our bodies, voices, words, and each other, we will explore our own awareness and sensitivity as artists and people.
Shake Shook Shaken is a dream of what a safe space could allow. A vision of a place for everybody to gather, look at each other, play and create in a non judgmental, trauma-informed way. It’s an invitation, a journey within and out, a surprise. Each workshop is unique. This month we’ll have Cocojoey and Julie leading on a TBA topic!
No prior dance or acting experience is necessary, just willingness to move and exhale. This workshop series is for anyone and everyone.
