BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:194310@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260821T203725Z DTSTART:20260906T180000Z DTEND:20260906T193000Z SUMMARY:Dance in a Blink featuring House of ODV DESCRIPTION:This event: Has LGBTQ content\\, Is LGBTQ hosted\\, May be of interest to the LGBTQ community || In special\\, effervescent performanc es that are as fleeting as dance itself\\, the Isthmus Dance Collective p resents unique pop up dance performances with Dance in a Blink. Chicago-b ased dance company\\, House of DOV takes the stage Sunday September 6th\\ , for a free golden hour performance at Wirth Court Park as a stop on the ir regional tour. House of DOV\\, with live music from Family Junket\\, w ill be performing “\\;Circle of Apathy.”\\;\\nCircle of Apathy: \\na firmament\\na fantasia\\n“In the beginning there was nothing. Then there was everything.”\\nIn Circle of Apathy\\, the new dance project from House of DOV with live music from Family Junket\\, the ensemble expl ores the cycles of growth and disintegration intrinsic to nature\\, and w orks together to build physical structures which increase in precarity as the group strives toward expansion. “Through creative process\\, we’ ve sought to understand our own place within the greater ecology of our l andscape\\, and to experience the human body as a metaphor and microcosm of the natural world\\,” says Drew Lewis\\, creative director of House of DOV.\\nFamily Junket’s five musicians blare dense soul with moments of ambience: voices wail\\, altered by a vocal pedal\\; saxophone\\, flut e and violin harmonize over precomposed loops\\; djembe\\, drum kit and p ercussion punctuate echoing acoustic piano. House of DOV’s seven dancer s push against seemingly immovable forces\\, find new hand and footholds\ \, and creep forward like a vine up a brick wall. A woman walks through a n increasingly dense wood until the brush closes around her entirely. Whe n all paths disappear from sight\\, a figure steps blindly forward\\, tru sting that there will be a stepping stone beneath their foot.\\nHouse of DOV\\nHouse of DOV is a movement-based performance ensemble from Chicago\ \, IL\\, led by Drew Lewis. Our namesake is Benjamin Dov Lebowitz\\, Drew ’s ancestor who immigrated to America from Russia in the early 1900’s \\, escaping pogroms. The ensemble exists as a vehicle to explore Drew’ s own creative work and heritage\\, and to provide talented yet under-rep resented Chicago dancers with opportunities for paid work in performance and practice. Our vision is of a dance field that celebrates diversity of genre\\, body-type\\, race and gender\\, and our mission is to be a chan gemaker in the local dance conversation while engaging with global discou rse through touring. Since our inaugural performance at the Adler Planeta rium (Finalist for the Chicago Reader’s Best of 2021) House of DOV has performed throughout Chicago including at Fulton Street Collective\\, Chi cago Danztheatre Ensemble\\, and Navy Pier (among many more venues). We ve received commissions for original works from The Steppenwolf Theatre and The Arts Club of Chicago\\, and we’ve been in residence at Chicago Cultural Center\\, Ragdale\\, The Schoolhouse\\, and The Reva and David L ogan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago. For more\\, visit www.houseofdov.com.\\nFamily Junket\\nFamily Junket is the collective voi ce of Chicago-based musicians who are also social workers\\, teachers\\, farmers\\, dancers\\, writers\\, painters\\, photographers\\, and perform ance artists coming together to create healing spaces\\, community\\, and parties. As a band\\, they play lush\\, unpredictable compositions featu ring horns\\, strings\\, percussion\\, vocal interplay\\, and an improvis ational spirit. Their debut album\\, Did you tell the bees?\\, released M ay 2025 with features in the Chicago Tribune\\, Chicago Reader\\, and Cit y Cast Chicago (WBEZ).\\nThe Isthmus Dance Collective along with the Morr ison Shearer Foundation is piloting a regional network\\, an Arts Vitalit y Project\\, to support small to mid-size dance groups in regional tours that bring the excellence of Great Lakes area dance to a wider audience\\ , building regional community and dialogue. To further strengthen regiona l connections and community through the arts\\, Dance in a BLINK is free and open to the public. || FREE\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/unite d-states/madison/events/dance-in-a-blink-featuring-house-of-odv-2026-09-0 6 LOCATION:Madison WI URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/madison/events/dance-in-a-blink-featuring-house-of-odv-2026-09-06 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR