Current
2024 / Upcoming
2024 Lab Artist with Chicago Dancemakers Forum - read the announcement
2023 ongoing
Queer|Art Mentorship Fellow in Performance working with director and choreographer Will Davis
The Real Dance - Season 2 in production, Season 1 streaming on Open Television | OTV
Recent/Past
November 2023: Invited work-in-progress showing of Dykey Faggy Middle Aged Kiddo Teen Angst Origin Story at Rattlestick Theater, NYC, presented with Queer|Art and co-hosted by Will Davis and Miranda Haymon
October 2023: Presented talk/embodied workshop Slouching Towards Technique: Gender dysphoria, physical correctness, and sense of belonging in dance class at the American Dancing Bodies Symposium at Columbia College
August - September 2023: Sharp Tank, a new series of casual works-in-progress + conversation, Episodes 1-3 on Thursdays 8/31, 9/14, and 9/21 at 7pm at bim bom studios, 5226 W. Belmont, Chicago. More info HERE.
This series will return in 2024; check back or join mailing list to stay up to date or express interest in performing. Thanks to all the artists who shared their work - Charlotte Long, Bindu Poroori, Aviva Jaye, Lichen Bouboushian, Christina Chammas, Ali Claiborne-Naranjo, Martin Levy aka Candy, Camila Rivero Pooley, Helene Achanzar, and Sungjae Lee - and to everyone who joined us to take in and chat about the work.
July 2023: Rootstock Residency with Grace McCants at The Croft, MI
July 2023: Excerpt of DFMAKTA Origin Story at Physical Theater Festival’s Scratch Night
June 2023: Excerpt of DFMAKTA Origin Story at New Dance Alliance’s Performance Mix Festival, Abrons Arts Center, NY
May 2023: Queer|Art Mentorship Fellows retreat at Stephen Petronio Residency Center, NY
April 2023: Dramaturg for Julie Crothers’ residency at MANCC, FL
March 2023: Excerpt from DFMAKTA Origin Story and screening of The Real Dance - Episode 2 at Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival (RAD Fest), Kalamazoo, MI
November 2022: Guest artist at Direct Encounters with the Arts, Western Michigan University
October 13-16, 2022: Elevate Chicago Dance
Elevate was a cross-town dance festival put on by Chicago Dancemakers Forum, including performances, screenings, talks, and more. An excerpt-in-progress of my new solo work showed Saturday night 10/15 at Mana Contemporary. Episode 2 of The Real Dance, co-directed with Grace McCants, screened on Sunday morning 10/16 and the Chicago Cultural Center. The festival included an incredible lineup of wide-ranging artists; it was so meaningful to see others’ work and I was proud to be part of the whole thing.
June 2022: The Real Dance: A Micro Reality TV Show, Episode 2, co-created with Grace McCants and with videography by Bea Cabrera, Sydney Sullivan, and Spence Warren, premiered at the Pivot Arts Festival
Spring/early Summer 2022: Workshopping Hal Cosentino’s new play Lineage with The Syndicate
March 2022: Residency at the Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
March 2022: The Real Dance: A Micro Reality TV Show, Episode 1 screening at Midwest RAD Fest, Kalamazoo
2021: The Real Dance: A Micro Reality TV Show, starring Christina Chammas, Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop, Irene Hsiao, and Dorian Vanunu, with original score by Dorian Vanunu, commissioned & premiered by the Pivot Arts Festival 2021. You can watch it here.
Fall 2021: Student work responder, Beloit College dance program
In general: The brilliant and talented Alyssa Gregory invited me to be a guest on Volume 3 of her podcast The Process, which explores how Chicago dancemakers make their work, alongside co-host Tia Greer. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!!
Further Back
September 2020: Synapse Arts’ #CrosswalkDances with Grace McCants (virtual) - viewable here
September 2020: Links Hall’s 96 Hour Performance Festival with Spence Warren, Ayako Kato, and Jacob Snodgrass (virtual performance). Recording available upon request (email nora.sharp@gmail.com).
March 2020: Excerpt of Family Reunion at Midwest RAD Fest (Regional Alternative Dance Fest), Kalamazoo, MI
March 2020: Guest artist at Direct Encounters with the Arts, Western Michigan University
February 2020: Guest artist at Kirsten Leenaars’ performance course Everyone Says I Love You at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
February 2020: Shared process and footage from Family Reunion at the Local Artists Showcase at the In/Motion Dance Film Festival, Loyola University, Chicago
January 2020: Premiere of Family Reunion at Steppenwolf’s LookOut series
Winter 2019: Movement direction for and you wanna go forever by Genesis Ensemble at Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series
November 2019: Guest artist at Direct Encounters with the Arts, Western Michigan University
Summer 2019: Featured artist & cast member for The Fly Honey Show X
June 2019: Queer Comedy Night, Reunion Chicago
May 2019: Daddy Issues/Zaddy Issues at Movement Research at the Judson Church, NYC
April 2019: Family Portrait premiere at Synapse Arts - New Works, Chicago
March 2019: Small Boobs at Midwest RAD Fest (Regional Alternative Dance Fest), Kalamazoo, MI
Winter 2019: THE AMTRAKLOR (see deets on the page for this project)
December 2018: Performed in Udita Upadhyaya & Lindsey Barlag Thornton’s a last a loved a long for In Progress at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Fall 2018: Workshop Series: Making & Responding to Solo Performance at the Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley
November 2018: Small Boobs at the Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley
October 2018: Small Boobs at Solo: A Festival of Dance at On the Boards, Seattle
September 2018: Udita Upadhyaya’s nevernotmusic book release at Tritriangle
July 2018: Talk: Attachment Theory in Popular Culture at Comfort Station’s Comfort Society Series. Some notes from this talk here.
June 2018: Small Boobs premiere at Links Hall Co-MISSIONS Festival of New Works