Just a Touch

"Just a Touch" is Jean Wildest’s most recent group piece and it will be developed in their residency at the Chicago Cultural Center. Born out of a rehearsal experiment when three queer artists – a cabaret headliner, a classically-trained dancer and a life-long circus performer – came together to share skills and learn choreography in a low-stakes environment, "Just a Touch" is about layering people, genres, and spaces to present entertaining artistry in a way that promotes queer community. It places the spectacle of circus and sincerity of clowning into a relationship with the movement research and partnering of dance. It also adapts cabaret skill sets to engage an all-ages audience. 

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In their final residency showing, the "Just a Touch" performers will be joined by several queer performance groups from across Chicago. We're celebrating Chicago Dance Month and Chicago Pride with an evening of queer revelry and experimentation.

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Follow the above link to learn about this evening's guest artists, along with a list of all of the "Just a Touch" collaborators. Today's showing is only a small sampling of the work that has happened during the Dance Residency, and our pool of collaborators spans multiple artistic genres and social circles.