Knockout

ABOUT THIS SHOW

A fierce duet between two women, Knockout is a self-possessed, ever-morphing cinematic dance work contending with the nature of the liminal: a provocative study of the space between desire, intimacy, strength, and survival. 

Erin Kilmurray + Kara Brody’s choreographic collage jump-cuts through a thrill-ride of femme fight sequences, self defense training, toothful camp, odd obsessions, and partnerships that sidestep tidy categorization. 

Intoxicating, heart-stopping, and surreal, Knockout exists inside of the disorienting moment after the point of contact but just before hitting the floor.

TKO, baby.
 

COLLABORATIVE TEAM

Corey Smith (they/them) - Sound Design
Erin Kilmurray (she/they) - Concept, Direction, Choreography, Performance
Kara Brody (she/her) -  Choreography, Performance 
Katrina Dion (she/her) -  Direction, Dramaturgy
Liz Gomez (she/her) - Lighting Design 
Mary Williamson (she/they) - Costume Design

ABOUT Erin Kilmurray

Erin Kilmurray (she/they) is a dance artist creating genre-straddling, femme-forward performance work that demands aliveness and collectivity on stage, in studio and with audiences. They facilitate a dance and community practice that relentlessly explores the celebrations and liberations of women, queer folks and the underdog. Her work embraces mess, play, pleasure and lessons in how arbitrary the line between artist and audience can be.

Erin is the choreographer/director of legendary queer punk dance and variety performance project, The Fly Honey Show, recognized with a 2024 US Artist Fellowship Award in Dance, 2023 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Awardee (2023) and 2020 Chicago Dancemakers Lab Artist Award. Her choreographic collaborations and performances have been featured in countless underground spaces and for independent makers, parties, concerts, music videos and theatrical productions. 

ABOUT Kara Brody

Kara Brody (she/her) is a Korean American movement artist based in Chicago. She is a performer, teacher, administrator and community advocate who works collaboratively both in life and artistic endeavors. Kara practices playfulness and queer belonging in her process by approaching movement with a deep sense of tenderness and humility, imbuing a range of nuance in tandem with an explosive form of power. Her career path is muti-focused; she is truly at home within collaborative ensemble work. As a devising performer, she has had the pleasure to work with, contribute to and uplift the works of Faye Driscoll, Lucky Plush Productions, Erin Kilmurray, Melinda Jean Myers, Ayako Kato, Helen Lee, Darling Shear, Amanda Maraist and Erick Montes. She has performed with The Fly Honey Show, Freedom From Freedom To, Ordinary Peepholes, Dehd’s Mood Ring music video and will be making her debut performance with Paramount Theater spring 2025 in Cats The Musical. Kara is a Lecturer at University of Chicago. She teaches frequently throughout the Chicago dance community, and is the Company Manager of Lucky Plush Productions.

Artist Links: www.karabrody.dance, www.erinkilmurray.com, www.luckyplush.com