Visceral Dance Chicago Announces Fall Engagement of TAKE

Visceral Dance Chicago is a contemporary company dedicated to providing a comprehensive environment designed to cultivate dance education, creation and performance for choreographers, dancers and audiences. Visceral distinguishes itself by its commitment to the progression of diverse artists, programs and collaborations for our community. In our 2018-19 season, Visceral continues to explore Nick Pupillo's vision of bridging the gap between dancer and audience by changing the perspective in which dance is viewed.

2018 Fall Engagement: TAKE, which includes the world premiere of the duet KEEP, is an interconnection with Visceral that suggests you can't take without giving and can't give without taking. While focused on a sense of community, Visceral offers a shared experience connecting to humans, not just as an audience. Through intimacy and bold movements, Visceral gives a connective yet reactive energy that is selfless and unwavering. Set to music by Forest Swords, Christian Löffler, Jon Hopkins, Desiree Miller, Moderat, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Sigur Rós, During the evening Visceral will "take" you on a journey and at the same time asks you what you will "take" from the experience. While the dancers and audience will experience TAKE together, Pupillo challenges the individual's perception of the performance.

2018 Fall Engagement: TAKE An evening length immersive work by Artistic Director Nick Pupillo 3031 North Rockwell St, Chicago, IL November 1, 2, 3 | 8PM November 8, 9 | 8PM November 10 | 8PM & 10PM

Visceral Dance Chicago Company Members Braeden Barnes Riccardo Battaglia Gracie Black Caitlin Cucchiara Michael Erickson Paige Fraser Meredith Harrill Noelle Kayser Natalie Kirk Prince Lyons Ricky Ruiz Cole Vernon Eliza Woitinnek

"Visceral Dance Chicago has sprung, fully grown and armed, from the mind of Nick Pupillo, like Athena from the forehead of Zeus." -Chicago Tribune

Visceral Dance Chicago 2820 North Elston Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60618 Tel: 773.772.1771 www.visceraldance.com

FOUNDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NICK PUPILLO, Founder and Artistic Director of Visceral Dance Chicago, graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Ballet. In 2001, Pupillo joined the acclaimed Giordano Dance Chicago where he toured nationally and internationally for three years. Pupillo decided in 2006 to train and mentor young talent by developing the prestigious Visceral Studio Company.

In 2007, he founded Visceral Dance Center to provide the Chicago community with a new venue for artistic and technical growth. This facility continues to be a Chicago dance landmark. TimeOut Chicago lists Visceral Dance Center as "A bustling, well- appointed facility...with instructors from top companies and in-demand guest teachers." Utilized by a number of Chicago-based companies, Visceral Dance Center is home to its resident company, Visceral Dance Chicago.

Pupillo founded Visceral Dance Chicago in the fall of 2013. This repertory company presents his daring vision to explore the infinite possibilities of contemporary movement. The dancers of Visceral demonstrate this choreographic invention and are recognized for their technique, passion, and athleticism. In less than three years, Pupillo has led the company in a forthright direction, establishing a repertoire described as "expertly devised and stylish as they come." (Laura Molzahn, Chicago Tribune)

He created ten signature works for the company, Impetere, Senza di te, Sum Noir, My Realm, She Three, Vital, Atlas, Synapse, Soft Spoken and Keep, as well as three collaborations with The Chicago Philharmonic: La Revue De Cuisine, The Last Round and The Dream.

Pupillo has received various awards for his choreography, including "The Dance Chicago Outstanding Choreography Award" in 2005 and 2012 and "The Cliff Dwellers 2013 Choreographer of the Year. His work has been described as "a stroke of choreographic genius...complex, tumbling changes...in this portrait of perpetual motion." (Laura Molzahn, Chicago Tribune) "Nick Pupillo's world premiere piece, She Three, was by far one of the most visually stunning performances I have encountered thus far." (Rebecca Curl, Chicago Stage Standard) Pupillo is frequently invited to conduct master classes in the U.S. and around the world and has taught for the Jazz Dance World Congress, Chicago Dance Connection and Chicago National Association of Dance Masters. Pupillo is currently an artist in residence at Culver Academies.

ABOUT VISCERAL DANCE CHICAGO Founded in 2013 by Artistic Director Nick Pupillo, Visceral Dance Chicago is a contemporary dance company dedicated to a bold and progressive world of movement. In just five short years, the company has developed a diverse and respected repertoire. With works by distinguished choreographers Sidra Bell, Mónica Cervantes, Robyn Mineko Williams, Brian Enos, Banning Bouldin, Harrison McEldowney, Fernando Melo, Marguerite Donlon, Ohad Naharin, Danielle Agami, Mark Godden,

"Visceral Dance Chicago has sprung, fully grown and armed, from the mind of Nick Pupillo, like Athena from the forehead of Zeus." -Chicago Tribune

Kevin O'Day and Pupillo, Visceral Dance Chicago continues to challenge audiences' expectations. In January of 2015, Visceral Dance Chicago was named one of Dance Magazine's 25 to Watch, recognizing the company's accomplishments and potential in the national community. "Visceral Dance Chicago breathes life into the Chicago arts community with their ability to intertwine complex human emotions with the raw beauty of dance and physical movement." (Chicago Stage Standard)

Visceral Dance Chicago began their sixth season performing at DCASE's SummerDance Celebration on the Pritzker Pavilion. In October Visceral will be presenting its annual celebration of the Visceral artist by performing WITHIN, an opportunity for the Visceral dancers to extend their artistic abilities towards choreographing within the Visceral community. October will also bring Visceral's participation at Elevate Chicago Dance performed at the Chicago Cultural Center. Visceral will be presenting Soft Spoken (2018), an exploration of the different stages of a relationship by Nick Pupillo. "The hand-to-head gestures, a characteristic of Pupillo's choreography, serve to draw connections between movement and feeling" (Splash Magazine). In November Visceral will be presenting an evening length immersive work by Pupillo as well as an appearance at The Auditorium Theater for the Made in Chicago 312 series alongside Deeply Rooted and Ate9.

In the Spring of their 2018-2019 season, Visceral will round out their season with an evening of exciting world premieres and classic company works, SPRINGSIX will celebrate Visceral's scope of movement and artistic contribution to the Chicago community. Completing the season, Visceral Dance Chicago will return with the sixth edition of SOLUS, a signature evening of solos. In an "expertly devised and stylish" (Chicago Tribune) repertoire, Visceral Dance Chicago distinguishes its unique position in the Chicago, national, and international dance communities; "...the buzz about this troupe is more than justified" (Chicago Sun-Times).

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