Talks

Talk | The Infrastructural Turn in Dance Theory and Practice

  • April 25, 2026 | 2 pm
A presenter dressed in a red blazer, black cropped pants, and red shoes raises one finger as if making a point in front of a slide projected on a white wall with text displayed in a circle that reads For All Your Life. The word all has many l's in it, to drag the word on.

Leslie Cuyjet

Photo: Maria Baranova

Over the last decade, dance makers, advocates, and scholars have queried the economics and ethics of performance infrastructures. Leslie Cuyjet’s For All Your Life is one such work, and on the occasion of her MCA presentation, local arts leaders and scholars join her in conversation on financial transparency, the value of dance labor, and the dynamics of the nonprofit ecosystem. Panelists include Lizzie Leopold, Assistant Professor of Arts Administration and Policy (SAIC), Nadine George-Graves, Pollard Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies (Northwestern U), and Joey Orr, Deputy Director and Chief of Curatorial Affairs (MCA Chicago).

This panel is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Carissa Pinckney at cpinckney@mcachicago.org.

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