MCA Spring Preview

This MCA will preview its Spring performances featuring performances that offer timely reflections on the theme of human connection, with a focus on care, responsibility, and vulnerability, and the shifting social dynamics of a post-pandemic world.  On Stage is organized by MCA Curator of Performance Tara Aisha Willis.

When: Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 4:00PM CT

4:00 PM - Artist Conversation and Preview

5:00 PM - Reception in the Marisol Lobby

Where: Museum of Contemporary Art

                 Edlis Neeson Theater

                 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

*** Virtual option available ***

All attendees are required to show proof of full vaccination and ID at this event.

Please email: lherrera@mcachicago.org to RSVP.

The following Spring shows will be previewed:

Mammalian Diving Reflex, All the Sex I’ve Ever Had 
Starring six everyday Chicagoans over the age of 65 from all walks of life, All the Sex I’ve Ever Had offers the experiences of a generation to the audience—specifically, their personal relationships to love and sexuality from the perspective of life’s later years.

Thursday, March 24 to Wednesday, March 30

Autumn Knight, M _ _ _ ER 
In M _ _ _ ER, Autumn Knight guides her audiences through the controlled chaos of unpredictable group interactions. In this performance, entanglement is experienced in social dynamics and emotional proximity to ourselves, others, and objects.

Thursday, April 14 to Saturday, April 16

Alice Sheppard and Kinetic Light, Wired 
Using disability aesthetics, aerial and contemporary dance, and the visual symbolism of barbed wire, Wired reveals the complex relationship between separation and interdependence.

Thursday, April 14 to Saturday, April 16

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets for are on sale on mcachicago.org or by calling the MCA Box Office at 312.397.4010. For the full schedule, including livestreamed and accessible performances, visit mcachicago.org.

Autumn Knight performs M___ER at OnTheBoards, Seattle WA, 2019.

Photo: Courtesy of the artist.