The evening opens with a pre-concert Chicago History talk by Shermann “Dilla” Thomas

The work comprises ten movements:

DuSable – Founding by a merchant of many identities

Chicago Fire 1871 – The rebuild by German, Irish, and industrial giants

Maxwell St – The market where Jewish and Black cultures met

Stockyards – Work is what we do

Haymarket Square – Radicals and the police

Great Migration– African-American blues, gospel, jazz

Bronzeville-Chicago’s Harlem

Pilsen – Polish-Mexican connection

Chinatown–New Home and New Life

Humbolt Park– Puerto Rican community

The ensemble will consist of four musicians: guitar, saxophone/woodwinds, piano, and synthesizer players, accompanying four dancers from the Ishti Collective. Each movement is not intended to be a literal representation of its namesake, but rather an abstract reflection or a mood generated by the movement title. The accompanying dance will be choreographed with at times specific positions and movements; at other times, the decisions will be left to the dancer to interpret as they see appropriate.

Station Four:

Mark Nagy – Saxophones/Compositions

Steve Doyle – Guitar

Neil Jendon – Modular Synthesizer

Erez  Dessel – Piano

Ishti Collective Dance Ensemble:

Tuli Berra

Karen Fisher-Doyle

Heather Zimny

Mindy Meyers

7pm Doors

7:30 Show

Free Parking