“This is Not a Pipe,” first premiered in 2006 at Chicago Moving Company at Hamlin Park. The updated 2022 production of “This is Not a Pipe” features an all-female and nonbinary identifying cast. “This is Not a Pipe” will take the works of Sigmund Freud, Rene Magritte and the birth of modern psychology and will pull it all apart to question what is identity, sexuality, womanhood and dream interpretation while bringing some of Magritte’s images to life.
The performance is timeless and timely going to great depth to explore and enlighten. “My desire to bring ‘This is Not a Pipe' back to Chicago audiences is led by the importance of continuing to move conversation forward. Through a 2022 lens, we will revisit Sigmund Freud’s writings, highlighting identity and dream interpretation. This will lead us to questions such as ‘what do these objects really mean to you?, What if Freud was a woman?, What if a necktie is simply a necktie or what if it is representative of our anxiety, rather than Freud’s phallic interpretations,” explained CDE Executive Artistic Director Ellyzabeth Adler. The performance features the original backdrop that was part of the Design Museum’s exhibit “Setting the Stage” and original cast member Wannapa P-Eubanks is back in her bowler hat working with the company.
The performance will be accompanied by an art exhibition inspired by Magritte and the theme.
The full cast of “This is Not a Pipe” includes Jenise Sheppard as Freud and company dancers: Angel Page Smigielski, Courtney Reid Harris, Emma Parssi, Julie Peterson, Keila Hamed-Ramos, Kristen Secrist, Laura Sturm, Lila Rubin, Mary Iris Loncto, Mia Hilt, Morgan Van Dyne and Wannapa P-Eubanks.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Gallery Opens at 7:30 p.m.
The performance is timeless and timely going to great depth to explore and enlighten. “My desire to bring ‘This is Not a Pipe' back to Chicago audiences is led by the importance of continuing to move conversation forward. Through a 2022 lens, we will revisit Sigmund Freud’s writings, highlighting identity and dream interpretation. This will lead us to questions such as ‘what do these objects really mean to you?, What if Freud was a woman?, What if a necktie is simply a necktie or what if it is representative of our anxiety, rather than Freud’s phallic interpretations,” explained CDE Executive Artistic Director Ellyzabeth Adler. The performance features the original backdrop that was part of the Design Museum’s exhibit “Setting the Stage” and original cast member Wannapa P-Eubanks is back in her bowler hat working with the company.
The performance will be accompanied by an art exhibition inspired by Magritte and the theme.
The full cast of “This is Not a Pipe” includes Jenise Sheppard as Freud and company dancers: Angel Page Smigielski, Courtney Reid Harris, Emma Parssi, Julie Peterson, Keila Hamed-Ramos, Kristen Secrist, Laura Sturm, Lila Rubin, Mary Iris Loncto, Mia Hilt, Morgan Van Dyne and Wannapa P-Eubanks.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Gallery Opens at 7:30 p.m.