Freedom From and Freedom To

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

Next Event:

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Family Day
November 8, 2025
220 E Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
11:00 AM

TICKETS

■ DANCERS

  1. Solomon Bowser

  2. Ed Clemons

  3. Keiko Johnson

  4. Amanda Maraist

  5. Gaby Martinez

  6. Cristal Sabbagh

  7. Nejla Yatkin

  8. Sara Zalek

■ MUSICIANS

  1. Hasani Cannon

  2. Molly Jones

  3. Allen Moore

  4. Jessica Morrison

  5. Scott Rubin

  6. Eli Sabbagh

  7. Jeffrey Thomas

  8. Najee-Zaid

■ 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.

_________

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.

_________

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.

Press Inquiries