Our dedication to art is a practice of spiritual, fundamental, and collective proportions. Art as liberation. The body as a site of vulnerable transgression. Curiosity guides our trajectory, and our work is a disruptive tool to keep digging and opening our sense of belonging together. We disarm and empower our audiences through sound and movement primarily. The scale ranges from 1-1 intimate settings to group public interactions and the full spectrum in between. Forever a work in progress.​

 

"Sharkey" Sara Zalek is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and producer in transition. Rooted in physical investigations of the intersections of personal, ancestral, and cultural trauma, resilience, and collective transformation, their work is intimate, raw, and poetic. They make the lived moment stand at attention through performance, workshops, and the poignant everyday moment to encourage thoughtful interpersonal connection.

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Zalek convenes national and international teaching artists with Chicago art makers across genres in the independent and fringe arenas (including butoh, dance, poetry, film, independent curations, productions & experimental music). We collaborate with artists around the globe to create opportunities for workshops, performances, and conversations about the body, for the body through Butoh Curious Chi.