Anne Collod to Perform “Moving alter-natives” at MCA Stage
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s 2025 On Stage performance series will continue with its second presentation featuring Anne Collod’s Moving alter-natives from February 13 to 15. Since 2022, the On Stage series has focused on a curatorial theme that rotates annually. This spring, the series takes Lineages as its guiding concept, featuring four works that explore notions of identity and shared history from outside and within the art world.
In Moving alter-natives, Bessie Award–winning choreographer Anne Collod looks at the foundations of modern dance, including the gender roles and colonialist perspectives that inspired two of our most well-known dance icons.
At the heart of Moving alter-natives is the faithful reprise of solo and group pieces by choreographers Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, founders of the Denishawn Dance Company and integral to the development of modern dance in the US. With a culturally and artistically diverse cast of six international performers including Sherwood Chen, Ghyslaine Gau, Nitsan Margaliot, Calixto Neto, Pol Pi, and Damini Gairola, Moving alter-natives scrutinizes these historic dances in restagings that explore their aesthetic impacts and political stakes. In doing so, the performers confront St. Denis and Shawn’s appropriation of South Asian, East Asian, and Native American cultures.
For more information about the performance or to purchase tickets, visit mcachicago.org.
