Links Hall and The Instigation Festival, founded by movement artist and Links alum Marie Casimir and guitarist Steve Marquette and, join forces with Cristal Sabbagh’s Freedom From and Freedom To for an evening of experimentation, exploration, and celebration of artistic circumstance. Movement and sound improvisers from Chicago and New Orleans gather in front of a live audience, where they are grouped by change. Each group performs an improvised set, fusing diverse artistic backgrounds and practices to create unique and fleeting worlds.

Dancers:

Irene Hsiao 

Kristal Jones 

Kai Knight 

Helen Lee

Amanda Maraist 

Gaby Martinez

Erin Peisert 

Cristal Sabbagh 

Musicians:

Adam Zanolini

olula negre

Rob Frye

Helen Gillet

Aurora Nealand

Jeff Albert

Katinka Kleijn

Marcello Benetti