Riverside dancer to perform at Museum of Contemporary Art
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Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art is premiering a new dance work featuring Riverside director/choreographer/performer Julia Rhoads at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 to 29 and Nov. 3, 5 and 6, at 220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago.
“The Better Half,” a new dance theater work by Lucky Plush Productions, is a contemporary spin-off of Gaslight — the 1944 classic noir film where Ingrid Bergman plays a woman slowly driven mad by her conniving husband. The performance playfully captures the claustrophobia, escapism, and resilience in domestic relationships.
The play features performers from Chicago-based Lucky Plush Productions and 500 Clown, the acclaimed physical theater company.
Rhoads is choreographer and founding artistic director of Lucky Plush Productions. Her independent work has been commissioned by national dance companies and she has choreographed for many theater, performance and film companies.
Rhoads was a company member of the San Francisco Ballet, and a collaborating ensemble member of XSIGHT! Performance Group. She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Northwestern University and an master’s degree from the School of the Art Institute Chicago, and she is currently a part-time faculty member in the theater department at Columbia College Chicago.
Source: Suburban Life Publications