LIVE ANIMALS Performance Collective is currently Kate Corby, Tess Dworman and Caitlin Marz. We are independent contemporary choreographers with common aesthetics and values, sharing resources to explore the limitless possibilities of the human body and push the structural boundaries of our form. Equal parts whimsical irreverence and heartbreaking sincerity, frenetic physicality and subtle minimalism, the LIVE ANIMALS are fiercely committed to producing well-crafted and engaging live performance events in an increasingly technology-laden culture. We endeavor to seduce you away from your couches and televisions because we want to hang out with you, show you what we are working on, and chew the fat over a drink afterwards.

The LIVE ANIMALS place dual emphasis on artistic integrity and community development, aspiring to balance our creative research with our dance writing and cross-cultural projects. Currently Chicago-based, we have national and international events on the horizon in collaboration with fellow alumni from the Dance Department of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and artists in all disciplines. Please peruse our video and photo galleries to find out a little more about what we do. Also check out www.liveanimals.typepad.com.

Other than ourselves and our collaborators, there are no animals in the LIVE ANIMALS, but we spend a lot of time at the zoo nonetheless.


Photo: Trevor Johnson
www.trevorjohnsonphotography.c