NEXT TOUR DATES

HOT Festival at Dixon Place (NYC) - July 24

Queer Narratives Festival (Kansas City) - August 14

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Cosmic Docks is a trans tall-tale about orbiting the sources of yourself and yearning for clarity in a broken world. Choreographer and comedian Nora Sharp builds a world where personal history and sci-fi futurism intersect in the dumpster out back of a local top surgery office, eventually charting a pathway beyond story or self.

Team & Development History

CHOREOGRAPHER, WRITER, & PERFORMER: Nora Sharp

LIGHTING DESIGN: Christine Shallenberg

PROJECTION DESIGN: Ruby Que

SET DESIGN & BUILD: Bluestem Building & Restoration - Erin Bliss, Gisselle Dorado, & Bryan Saner

ORIGINAL SOUND: Nora Sharp

PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT: Sophie Minouche Allen, Zachary Nicol, Charlotte Long, & Will Davis

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Jessi Barber

RUNTIME: 45-75 minutes (adaptable)

PREMIERE: Spotlight Festival at the Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago, March 2025

PAST TOUR DATES: Cannonball Festival (Philadelphia), INVERSE Performance Art Festival at The Momentary (Bentonville)

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY: Cosmic Docks began through a residency at Hambidge in 2022. Further development support was provided by the 2023 Queer|Art Mentorship program with mentor Will Davis, the 2024 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist Award (and their space partnership with the Ruth Page Center for the Arts), a Production Residency at the Dance Center at Columbia in early 2025, and various work-in-progress or excerpt showings Rattlestick Theater, New Dance Alliance’s Performance Mix 37, Midwest RAD Fest, bim bom studios, and the Chicago Dancemakers Forum Elevate Festival, all 2022-23.

Writing + Press

Review of the Chicago premiere by Rachel Lindsay and Corey Smith at Sixty Inches from Center

A Winter 2025 Art Pick in the Chicago Reader

Background from Nor Art newsletter

Cosmic Docks is currently on tour - email nora.sharp@gmail.com for more information or booking inquiries.