Jennifer Kayle and Lisa Gonzales: A Choreographic Match Made in Heaven

Chicago, IL, February 21, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Jennifer Kayle and Lisa Gonzales announce Kinetic Evidence, a collaborative dance concert at Links Hall, February 29 & March 1, 2008 at 8pm and March 2, 2008 at 7pm. Two women dance elaborately around their own blind spots, a preacher puppet sells his soul in the depths of a Louisiana swamp, in a post-industrial, post-paradise fall from grace, seven (a divine number?) figures celebrate the miracle of plastic. Tickets are $15 or $8 for students. Reservations can be made through the Links Hall box office 773.281.0824.

Kinetic Evidence, a collection of dances revealing the complexity of one’s inner experience, features Jennifer Kayle’s world premiere "Heel", with an original electronic score by Carlos Cuellar, costumes by Juliana Waechter, and dancers Joanna Rosenthal (Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre), Alison Riazi, Trevor Szuba-Schneider and Aya Wilson - all from the Chicago area, Anna Stark from Bloomington Normal, Rachel Barger from Texas and Philip Ollenburg. As Mr. Cuellar’s eerie music envelops us in plastic dissonance, the piece comments on our perfunctory wastefulness, and the physic consequences of our callous disregard for our physical environment.

"Fugitive," a collaboration by Ms. Kayle and Lisa Gonzales, is an expression of the tension between our internal and external selves, and the negotiation inherent in reconciling that. The highly acclaimed Fugitive was performed in Helsinki, Finland, and St. Petersburg, Russia and includes original music Columbia Dance Center alum, Susan Aldous.

In Lisa Gonzales’ new work "The Sound That Escapes from Light" (excerpt), a preacher grapples with issues of identity and place in the context of post-Katrina New Orleans. The work, conceived and performed by Lisa Gonzales, is collaboration with puppeteer Mathew Acheson, and includes a sound landscape by Ms. Gonzales.

"A Question of Distance," choreographed by dance artist Peter Schmitz (New York), plays with the placement of figures –Ms. Gonzales and Pam Vail (Chicago) –as they negotiate the unexpectedness of internal rhythms. The original score is composed and performed by Brandon Evans and Patrick Broderick of the New York City based band called Ghastly City Sleep.
“Improvisation, ensemble by nature, is a democratic partnership, one of things that I find enticing about it.” says Ms. Kayle. At the core of both choreographers work, a highlight of the evening will be an improvisation with Ms. Kayle and Ms. Gonzales, joined by Ms.Vail, Mr. Schmitz and the composer/performers Brandon Evans and Patrick Broderick.

Kinetic Evidence, will be at Links Hall, February 29 & March 1, 2008 at 8pm and March 2, 2008 at 7pm. Links Hall is located at 3435 N. Sheffield in Chicago is on the NE corner of the six-way intersection of Sheffield Avenue, Clark Street, and Newport Street, two blocks south of Wrigley Field. CTA: Red Line Addison stop, Brown Line Belmont stop or Clark Street Bus to Newport Street. Visit http://www.linkshall.org for more information or call 773.281.0824 for reservations.

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