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The Fly Honey Show, a summertime performance series created and directed by Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumna Erin Kilmurray ’08, presents its tenth annual edition August 8 through September 7 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood.
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Founded in 2009 by Kilmurray, a graduate of the Dance Center’s BA Program in Dance, The Fly Honey Show re-imagines the classic cabaret to transcend, transmit and transform feminist perspectives. Through high-energy dance, raw storytelling, unapologetic empowerment and a rotating line-up of Chicago’s premier performance artists, The Fly Honeys make necessary space to celebrate body+sex+self ownership. The Fly Honeys are a fierce group of choreographers, dancers, musicians, actors, designers, and performance artists who foster a safe space for advancing gender equality and promoting self-love.
Posted by The Inconvenience on Monday, September 3, 2018
The Fly Honey Show promises an intimate yet explosive celebration of body + sex positivity through a feminist perspective with a carefully curated, rotating set of genre-defying, collaborative and radical performance acts.
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Other Columbia College alums involved in the project include music director/composer John Cicora ’10, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Music Department‘s BA Program in Music with a concentration in instrumental jazz, and associate curator Aaliyah Christina ’16, a graduate of the Dance Center’s Dance BA Program.
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Performers include alums Dee Alaba ’17, Tia Monet Greer ’13, and Camila Rivero Pooley ’18, all graduates of the Dance Center’s BFA Program in Dance; Dance BA Program graduates Dalton Rhodes ’15, Marceia L. Scruggs ’17, Ginny Cook ’11, Jillian Endebrock ’12, and Timothy Tsang ’17; Dance Center staff member Alyssa Gregory, marketing manager of the Dance Center’s Dance Presenting Series; Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Teressa LaGamba ’13, Marta Jean Evans ’08, Megan Chaperon ’13, and Khloe Janel ’18, all graduates of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting; former Dance Center students Ambe’r Johnson, Adrianna Lombardo, Alix Schillaci, and Dayleen Marrero; and former Columbia College Theatre Department student Ryan Tang.
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The Fly Honey Show began in 2009 in the loft space of The Inconvenience, a multidisciplinary arts collective founded by a group of Columbia College students and alumni from the Theatre, Dance, and Music departments. Envisioning a project that promoted the talented women around her and unabashedly celebrated their individuality, Kilmurray choreographed and curated The Fly Honey Show as a one-night event with 30 performers for an audience of 200 people. Since then, the project has grown to a grand annual event boasting over 300 artists in a month-long sold-out run. Now in its tenth season, The Fly Honey Show digs deep into its mission to elevate women + trans + non-binary + lgbtqia individuals and allies through a raucous re-imagination of the classic cabaret. The evening promises an intimate and explosive celebration of body + sex + self ownership complete with high-energy dance works, raw storytelling, a rotating line-up of Chicago’s premier performance acts, and a fierce ensemble of empowered individuals, novice+professional dancers alike — all backed by a live nine-piece band.
For a complete schedule of Fly Honey Show performances, click here. For tickets, click here.
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