Danielle Ross
Danielle Ross is a performer and scholar based in Chicago. Her in-progress, evening length solo, Granular Peripheries, meditates on how our bodies soak up the people and architectures which we move amongst and which move us.
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Danielle Ross
Danielle Ross is a performer and scholar based in Chicago. Her in-progress, evening length solo, Granular Peripheries, meditates on how our bodies soak up the people and architectures which we move amongst and which move us. Ross’ work has been presented in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Detroit, Chicago, and Portland. Her choreography has been supported by the Oregon Arts Commission, RACC, and the Precipice Fund. She has performed with choreographers Linda Austin, Ayako Kato, Lu Yim, Zoe|Juniper, and Bouchra Ouizguen. Currently, she is working on her PhD in Performance Studies and researching how movement artists resist gendered erasure in Morocco, Guatemala, and Nigeria.
Above photo by Mei Ratz Photography
About the Performance
un_stacked is an excerpt of a larger solo project Granular Peripheries, which meditates on how bodies in motion soak up the landscapes that we move with and amongst: people, buildings, sonic vibrations, and weather patterns. Generated from research into how architectures have contained, organized, and directed bodies, this solo considers the buildings and materials of each performance site as fellow choreographer. Ross is interested in how the dancing body perceives and transmits to those in close proximity. This solo invites audiences to consider who has passed and continues to pass through the spaces we inhabit. Granular Peripheries has been generated anew at each performance site based on its histories of moving bodies and architectures. This work archives the places it travels to, including Research Project, Roman Susan Gallery, Northwestern University (Evanston/Chicago), and Play House (Detroit). Sound design is by Mike Treffehn.
Mike Treffehn is an artist and bartender from Berlin, working with sound, text, performance, video, and drawing. He received his MFA from Tyler School of Art, and has since worked actively solo and as a collaborator with Matt Kalasky (as IAMTHEONEWHOKNOCKS) and doing sound design with choreographer Danielle Ross.
Apparatus (By Danielle Ross), Photo: Chelsea Petrakis