Brass Figures

The Moving Architects’ Brass Figures reveals through dance and original music the literary voices of past
and contemporary Chicago writers. Artist Director/Choreographer Erin Carlisle Norton’s world premiere of This Sandy Cube, inspired by a short story of Dave Eggers, is anchored in the real world while revealing our superior, animal, and searching natures. A journey of four women begins with brashness, intuitively caravans through time
and space, ending with a conjoining if the spirits. Original music by Ian Hatcher highlights the passing and pushing of time through xylophone, melodihorn and guitar.
The acclaimed 1001 Afternoons in Chicago is
inspired by the 1920’s short stories of Chicago’s
journalist Ben Hecht. The dancers playfully and
thoughtfully embellish and embody the characters,
images, and cityscapes, specific to the classic
Chicago scene. Original music by Amos Gillespie,
of Accessible Contemporary Music, provides a
contemporary classical music ensemble score that
pinpoints the currents and styling of the time.