Swine Ball 

Swine Ball is a new dance-theater performance work that explores the leakiness of civic participation and the yearning to read a queer lifeline into personal and political history. Initially workshopped through the University of Chicago Performance Lab, with direction and choreography by Nora Sharp and playwriting by Hal Cosentino in collaboration with a cast of Chicago dancers, it is expected to premiere in spring 2027.

*Partially supported by the University of Chicago Performance Lab

Artist Bio

Nora Sharp hosts audiences in worlds where language and embodiment merge in unexpected and illuminating ways. A past Queer|Art Fellow and Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist, Nora has had work presented by Links Hall, The Momentary, On the Boards, MR@Judson, Steppenwolf LookOut, New Dance Alliance, Open TV, the Fly Honey Show, Pivot Arts Festival, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Cannonball Festival, Synapse Arts New Works, Midwest RAD Fest, Notes on Masculinity, Salonathon, and on many other stages, pages, and screenings both DIY and institutional across the country. Nora works full-time in social change organizing in addition to their creative practice. Learn more norasharp.com