Rebecca Pappas

Parade2017, presented at Garfield Park in collaboration with No Exit Theater investigated the physical structure of the parade and its unifying social function. Parade2017 is informed by the display of civic pride and personal histories that make up a parade, the metaphor and physical reality of constant forward motion, as well as the history of Parade(1917) a collaborative ballet created in by Leonide Massine, Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, and Jean Cocteau for the Ballet Russes. Original Performers: Rachel Newbrough, Lauren Curry, Tanner Hronek, Melanie Schreiber, Justin Sears-Watson, Evan Miller, Rob Funkhouser, Elliot Reilend, Rachael Wieczorek, Josie Meiss. Original Score: Rob Funkhauser. Photos: Trisha Borowicz/ANC Movies.