Chicago Dance Crash presents "Ghost Play" July 21, 2006

CHICAGO- Chicago Dance Crash is proud to continue its 2006 season from July 20th thru the 30th with an ambitious evening length ballet conceived and choreographed by Artistic Director Christopher McCray. Ghost Play continues Dance Crashes? tradition of ?unapologetic? athleticism while also revisiting the idea of story through movement. Following last summer?s successful run of Tribulation and the Demolition Squad, The Crash family has prepared to spare no expense, adding high fashion and a smoking hot soundtrack to its successful history of innovative dance theatre.
In Ghost Play, Death is Passé

Artistic Director Christopher McCray?s new evening length ballet offers a fusion of the combative and unapologetic technique of Dance Crash with a flashy and explosive storytelling aesthetic that delivers to audiences a true movement play. With a strong layering of dance, combat, and theatre and a stiff shot of human psychology, CDC will continue its tradition of turning the modern dance movement into a challenging, experimental, AND accessible art form.

Ghost Play combines lofty fashion and indulgent form to tell a timeless story of man?s struggle through movement. When a Neo-Victorian society is rocked by a destructive and elaborate fight for power, one man is caught in a game of chess where the only way to protect the people is to protect the King. In an artificial utopia molded from timeless struggles and seminal imagery, Death and drugs take on human forms while a sexy, intoxicating and invisible emcee provides a sonic commentary about on post-apocalyptic royalty. McCray uses every convention physically and aesthetically to prove that dance is capable of successfully telling a significant and emotionally complex story.

Chicago Dance Crash continues its 2006 season with Ghost Play, July 21-23 and 28-30 at Theatre Building Chicago on 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30PM and Sunday matinees are at 3PM. Tickets are $15 with advanced reservation and $18 at the door. Groups of 10+ can purchase tickets for $13. For more information and reservations, call the Theatre Building box office at 773-327-5252 or visit theatrebuildingchicago.org or chicagodancecrash.com. The Dance Crash family continues to provide audiences with an energizing and unique fusion of the arts.

Official Website: http://www.chicagodancecrash.com