Embedded Writers 2024

The Embedded Writers Program was originally created by Ginger Farley, former executive director of the Chicago Dancemakers Forum. As a decades-long member of the Chicago dance / performance communities, Ginger recognized a need for deep engagement between dance makers and writers in Chicago. This program is an initiative towards that goal whereby Performance Response Journal and Chicago Dancemakers Forum pairs a writer—who is also a practicing artist, curator, cultural producer, and/or all of the above—with a dance maker while they are in the process of making a new work. Together they share space, process, dialogue, reflection, and creation.

The 2024 embedded writers were chosen by dance / performance makers—Maggie Bridger and SJ Swiley— in collaboration with Performance Response Journal and Chicago Dancemakers Forum. Their time together was made possible by CDF’s production residencies in partnership with Links Hall and The Dance Center of Columbia College. This program is made possible through Chicago Dancemakers Forum’s funding from Walder Foundation.