KC Bevis, Diamond Burdine, Logan Howell, Jimmy Weeden, Monternez Rezell and Kelsey Reiter along with Anna Goetz, Jack Halbert, Jordan Ordonez, Jessica Leyva, Ibrahim Sabbi, Phill Wood, Molly Harris and introducing Seye Magat-Carr.
CREATIVE TEAM:
BoomsDay, which is appropriate for all ages, is directed by Chicago Dance Crash Artistic Director Jessica Deahr, written by Mark Hackman and choreographed by artists from across the country, including Deahr, Crash Rehearsal Director KC Bevis, Archangels Chicago Artistic Director Annie Franklin, hip hop and street dance specialist Jimmy Weeden and LA-based dancemaker James Gregg. Costume design is by Jeffrey Hancock with original lighting design by Erik S. Barry.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...Chicago Dance Crash’s signature blend of concert and street dance styles paints a colorful picture of life, strife and relationship goals after the end of the world with BoomsDay, a two-act, world premiere dance production. After a vague and expansive “boom” takes the fun out of everything, the eight-year-old narrator, whose memory and grasp of her surroundings are questionable, keeps it simple in the apocalypse by keeping her distance—no partners, no playmates, just her and her boombox. When events join her with one person, then another (and another), she has to make choices: friends or family, love or blood, peace or freedom. Add a greedy gang of marauders and a distant city beyond the wastelands, and the result is a world premiere combining comedy and suspense with a ton of stylistic, high-energy movement..."
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