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
Musicians:
Brandon Lopez, Eva Supreme, Joey MelandDancer:
Aaliyah Christina
■ DANCERS
Ed Clemons
Crystle Dino
Fabulous Freddie
Helen Lee
Kate Laughlin
Mya
Jeneca Onikoyi
Phree
Cristal Sabbagh
Nikki Telegan
Tara Aisha Willis
Nejla Yatkin
■ MUSICIANS
Saria Bernice
Paige Brown
Dan Galat
Carol Ginetti
Goldgrrl
Bill Harris
Xadie James
Mabel Kwan
Max Lazarus
Sam Lewis
Norman Long
Janice Misurell-Mitchell
Lola Ogbora
Kelly Quesada
Nick Turner
Chien-An Yuan
Najee-Zaid
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.
