Sara Zalek

Performances:

ELEVATE CHICAGO DANCE 2018

EDGAR MILLER LEGACY RESIDENCY: GLASNER HOUSE CONCERT 2017

ELEVATE CHICAGO DANCE 2017

REGIONAL DANCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 2016

LAB ARTIST 2015

Sara Zalek is an interdisciplinary artist and convenor of action based performance, rooted in physical investigations of trauma, resilience, and transformation. Their work is intimate and raw, poetic and participatory in nature. They promote the intentional act of disruption to create social and ecological change.

Zalek performs live often and in multitudinous situations; they are currently in residence at the Dance Center at Columbia College of Chicago, a 2015 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist, a 3Arts Make a Wave Awardee, and a Ragdale Foundation Fellow. They have performed and curated performances at the Chicago Cultural Center, Elastic Arts, Experimental Sound Studio, Links Hall, Lumpen Radio, and so many more.

Through Butoh Curious / Butoh Chicago, Zalek connects national and international teaching artists with Chicago art makers across genres in the independent and fringe arenas (including dance, butoh, physical theater, experimental and improvisational music). They create opportunities for positive communication and arts integration using workshops, performances, and conversations about healing personal and collective bodies.

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Venmo: saratonin01

PayPal: sara@saratonin.com

Not tax deductible, but support goes to butohchicago.com. 

Photo caption(s) and credit(s): Sara Zalek “Gold Test” video still by Laura Mitchell 2019

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