SOLD OUT: Freedom From and Freedom To

This event is part of the UIC Social Justice Initiative's free summer event series In Tandem: Solidarity, Solidarité, Solidaridad, curated by Lola Ayisha Ogbara, which explores themes of solidarity, collective work, and the process of building toward common goals through film, art, performance, workshops, and more. Join us this summer in asking, “How do our struggles for justice work in tandem?”

Friday, June 27, 2025
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Chicago Justice Gallery
wheelchair accessible, please contact SJIChicago@uic.edu for additional accessibility questions
1344 S Halsted

Join SJI on Friday, June 27 for a special performance of Freedom From and Freedom To in our Chicago Justice Gallery space, where musicians and dancers will perform surrounded by our current exhibition: Echoes of Ferguson.

Freedom From and Freedom To is an acclaimed performance series organized by Cristal Sabbagh that brings musicians and dancers together to create a fully improvised set.

Dancers and musicians for each set are selected at random. Their task is to make use of the chance encounter to fuse their diverse artistic backgrounds in relation to one another, working out their next move and their next musical note by studying each other in the moment and by drawing on their own training and stylistic traditions. The resulting performance invites the audience to consider the ways in which the performers' solidarity and collective world-building through movement and sound might relate to working together in other contexts.

Featuring:

Dancers - Solomon Bowser, Ed Clemons, Kopano, Mya, Sandy Perez, Cristal Sabbagh, Sara Zalek

Musicians - Paige Brown, Caroline Jesalva, Allen Moore, Julian Otis, Julián Pujols Quall, Nick Turner

This event has reached capacity, so we are no longer taking RSVPs. There will be a limited number of walk-in spaces based on availability on Friday, 6/27. We ask registered guests to arrive no later than 6:00 pm. At that time, we will welcome walk-ins on a first come, first served basis to fill any empty seats.