Cowboys and Vikings Across Chicago
a site-specific, outdoor, multi-media performance series
Featuring Christopher Knowlton, Bryan Saner, Brian Shaw, & Blake Russell with music by Ryan Ingebritsen
Weds-Thurs, June 17-18 @8pm
Part 1:
Five Gaits, Four Walls, Fourteen Knots
at the Indian Boundary Park (2500 W Lunt Ave, Chicago, IL)
presented by
Erica Mott Productions
with the Chicago Park District and 2015 Night Out in the Parks
All performances are FREE and open to the public!
The Cowboys and Vikings Across Chicago is an outdoor, site-specific multimedia performance series bringing into question the contemporary reinvention of historical figures and events. The figures of the “Cowboy” and the “Viking” are dissected and repurposed to challenge societal assumptions about contemporary ideas of masculinity.
June 17-18 @8pm: Five Gaits, Four Walls, Fourteen Knots
at the Indian Boundary Park (2500 W Lunt Ave, Chicago, IL)
Five Gaits, Four Walls, Fourteen Knots magnifies the relationship between masculinity and territoriality. In this multi-disciplinary outdoor performance, the historical figure of the Cowboy collides with the fictional hero of the Silver Screen. Choreography, song and object manipulation are combined to create a world of sweeping landscapes that constrict the unbridled maverick as much as they liberate him.
