Freedom From and Freedom To

Massive improvisational cross-medium happenings, combining dancers and musicians from across Chicago.

Next Event:

Elastic Arts
August 23, 2025
3429 West Diversey Avenue #208
Chicago, IL 60647
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM


OPENING SET

  1. Musicians: 
    Brandon Lopez, Eva Supreme, Joey Meland 

  2. Dancer:
    Aaliyah Christina

DANCERS

  1. Ed Clemons

  2. Crystle Dino

  3. Fabulous Freddie

  4. Helen Lee

  5. Kate Laughlin

  6. Mya

  7. Jeneca Onikoyi

  8. Phree

  9. Cristal Sabbagh

  10. Nikki Telegan

  11. Tara Aisha Willis

  12. Nejla Yatkin

MUSICIANS

  1. Saria Bernice

  2. Paige Brown

  3. Dan Galat 

  4. Carol Ginetti

  5. Goldgrrl

  6. Bill Harris 

  7. Xadie James

  8. Mabel Kwan

  9. Max Lazarus

  10. Sam Lewis

  11. Norman Long

  12. Janice Misurell-Mitchell

  13. Lola Ogbora  

  14. Kelly Quesada

  15. Nick Turner

  16. Chien-An Yuan

  17. Najee-Zaid

  18. Adam Zanolini


■ WHAT WE DO

Cross-Medium Improvisation

Freedom From and Freedom To is an exploration and celebration of artistic circumstance. Movement and sound improvisors from all around Chicago gather in front of a live audience, where they are grouped by chance. Each group performs an improvised set. We fuse diverse artistic backgrounds and practices to create unique and fleeting worlds.

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Dancers and musicians from diverse artistic backgrounds enter the space.

Their names go into a hat.

An audience member draws a group of names.

The chosen artists bring us into an improvised interdisciplinary world.

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Our events are improvisational performance environments which interrogate movement and sound. We use an ensemble of movers and sound-makers that are remarkably diverse in their crafts and backgrounds. Freedom From and Freedom To integrates relationality by engaging audience participation. The audience is invited to randomly draw a combination of artists who will perform together. Some of the participants have never engaged with each other before, which creates a challenging and often rewarding opportunity for world-making.


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