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YOU ARE HERE: THE MAP SIDESHOW

(Part 2 includes belly dance and flamenco)



Written and Performed by
H. Peter Steeves

Performed live as part of
The Chicago Cultural Center's
SITE UNSEEN Art Exhibition
12 November 2008


"You Are Here" is philosopher-artist H. Peter Steeves' meditation on the relationship between mapping and occupation—an exhibit mimicking the tone and the context of an antiquated, traveling science sideshow and cartographic carnival of curiosities.

The performance part of the "You Are Show" exhibit took place in the Claudia Cassidy Theater (and was captured on video and presented here). "You are Here: The Map Sideshow" was a combination of dance, theatre, and lecture that encouraged thinking about the nature of maps and boundaries. Steeves was joined on stage by a cast of dancers and performers as a scholarly address on the philosophy and the ideology of maps devolved into a performative narrative that explored both celebrations and reservations having to do with the way in which mapping of all sorts is a precursor to occupation (of the body and the body-politic). Over the course of the evening, the show featured dancing from such diverse locations as Indonesia, India, Argentina, Turkey, France, and Spain. The performance was divided into linked 25-minute segments that could be viewed individually or as a continuous whole.

The show in its entirety is presented here in three parts. For video of the art installation pieces that accompanied the show and were on display in the two large adjoining rooms of the Cultural Center, please see the other video on this channel entitled "'You Are Here' - Art Installation by H. Peter Steeves, Chicago Cultural Center, 2008."

Many thanks to the incredible dancers and actors who made this evening possible!



On Stage Performers:
Laura Mahler
Pete Parsons


Dances and Dancers (in order of appearance):


Bharatanatyam:
Nileen Clark

Yoga:
Tommy Truong

Argentine Tango:
Dinah Grossman and Mariusz Falkus
(who appear courtesy of Ritz Tango Café and Tango 21; www.ritztangocafe.com)

Turkish Bellydance:
Danielle Meijer, Nileen Clark

Flamenco:
Michelle Nascimento (www.flamencotriana.com)

Modern:
Maryse Meijer

Ballet:
Maryse Meijer

Javanese:
Danielle Meijer (www.alephdance.com)

Robots:
Danielle Meijer and Maryse Meijer

Breakdancing:
The Brickheadz (www.brickheadzdance.com)




Filmed and Edited by:
Austin Pruett



Special Thanks to:
Danielle Meijer
Maryse Meijer
Dolores Wilber
Julie Laffin
Claire Geall Sutton
Jess Mott
Clark Hayes
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
Matthew Girson
Jesús Pando
Lesandre Ayrey
Monika Lozinska-Lee (www.monikalozinskalee.com),
Jim Brenner (www.chicagosculptureworks.com)
Lynda Garza
Dinah D'Antoni-Niedas
Jorge Niedas
Dilek Huseyinzadegan
Jeremy Bell
Alice
and the ever-present spirit of Andy Kaufman.