About: Meg Duguid

Returning to the MCA’s intimate Edlis Neeson Theater, the Spring Series features two incredible mixed-repertory programs. Program A brings together works by some of the most prolific established and emerging choreographers in contemporary dance: B/olero by Ohad Naharin, Little Rhapsodies by Chicago native Lar Lubovitch, and two world premieres by the effervescent Darrell Grand MoultrieContinue Reading

To start off 2022, a(nother) year of urgent healing, master drummer and 2018 Elastic Achievement Award recipient Avreeayl Ra will offer his Healing Arts Initiative: Meditation in Motion workshop series at Elastic Arts every other Wednesday. The workshop series will explore the healing and spiritual dimensions of music that, not “free,” rather is spontaneously composedContinue Reading

Join us for a Q&A and Book Signing with Ayana Contreras on her debut book, Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago From Afro Sheen to Theaster Gates and from Soul Train to Chance the Rapper, Black Chicago draws sustenance from a culture rooted in self-determination, aspiration, and hustle. In Energy Never Dies, AyanaContinue Reading

I feel like a bootlegger’s wife. Look! February 27 – March 27, 2022 The standard, the folk song, the cover. Forms of commonality that either are murky at their sources; canonical, but common; belonging at once to their (un)knowable author and to everyone else all at once. If the conceptual turn in the myriad 20thContinue Reading

Dance PAMOJA Challenge was created for Black individuals and families who may disproportionately suffer from underlying health conditions. Pamoja means Together in Swahili, and together our communities are strengthened against sickness and disease. Dance Pamoja builds resilience in the body through movement while also educating and empowering participants to take control of their physical, mental,Continue Reading