TAITAITAITAITAI
TAITAITAITAITAI makes installations with materials that melt. These dioramas look like alterations on inorganic materials as structure where organic materials as content can be seen to succumb to the elements of time and force.
Silk Road Cultural Center
Malik Gillani
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Silk Road Cultural Center
Playwright, The Art of Aphasia
Brit Cooper Robinson
Brit Cooper Robinson (she/her) is a Chicago-based theatre practitioner and writer, living on the stolen lands of the Kickapoo, Peoria, Potawatomi, Miami, and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ peoples. Driven by the transformative power of storytelling and the necessity of compassionate witness, her work is dedicated to sparking personal and systemic change.
Reign Drop
Reign Drop (they/he) is a dancer/director/choreographer based in Chicago, Illinois. While completing their degree in Dance from Columbia College Chicago they were mentored in choreography and improvisation by Darrell Jones and Lisa Gonzales.
King Family Arts
Jarius "ManOfGod" King is a performing artist, visual artist, Black Arts instructor, and cultural connector living life in 3D — as a dad, DJ, and dancer. A Chicago native and member of Motion Disorderz (U.S.A.), his dedication to Black Arts ("Street Dance") began in 2000.
Echoes of the Circle
Echoes of the Circle was founded on a conviction: Beauty is not ornament. It is necessity.
We create exceptional interdisciplinary performance works — works that bind performer and audience through trust, vulnerability, and shared meaning. In an alienated world, we believe the act of gathering together to witness something beautiful and true is itself a radical act.
Definition Theatre
Definition Theatre has been a vibrant force for over a decade, celebrating stories created with, inspired by, and intended for people and communities of color.
Untitled (Trio)
Untitled (Trio) is Zachary Nicol, Anna Martine Whitehead, and Tara Aisha Willis.