Freedom From and Freedom To

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

April 11, 2026 at 7:00pm:

Steppenwolf
1650 N. Halsted St.
Chicago, IL 60614

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Openers for April 11th 2026

Musicians:

Sasha Masakowski 

Luc Mosley

Nick Turner

Dancers: 

Amanda Maraist

Nejla Yatkin 

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Dancers: 

  1. Silvita Diaz Brown

  2. Anniela Huidobro Castro

  3. Isabella Limosnero

  4. Chrissy Martin 

  5. Jacinda Ratcliffe

  6. Cristal Sabbagh

  7. Aurora Tabar 

  8. Nikki Telegan 

Musicians

  1. Kim Alpert

  2. Naydja Bruton

  3. Oiu Ennui

  4. Mickey Farés

  5. Nexus J

  6. Fred Jackson Jr.

  7. Jordan Knecht 

  8. Jessica Morrison 

  9. Ruby Que

  10. Breena Shusterman

  11. Jefferey Thomas

  12. Ayanna Woods 

■ 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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