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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

takemehome

takemehome, choreographed by Dimitri Chamblas in collaboration with Kim Gordon.

November 5, 2023
Av Constitución 1337, Zona Centro, 22000 Tijuana, B.C., Mexico

Given that the Sonic Youth frontwoman Kim Gordon is involved, does it even matter that her collaborator for the touring performance piece takemehome has his own illustrious history of artful disturbance? Dimitri Chamblas, CalArts’ inaugural Dean of Dance, is known for planting pieces where you least expect them—like, for example, in a California maximum-security prison, with the lifers doing the honors as choreographer-dancers. takemehome unfolds in a more traditional setting—a theater—but it does not stick to the stage. The nine dancers infiltrate the audience while strumming on electric guitars, turning up the knobs on amplifiers, and invoking the elderly, the homeless, the incarcerated, and the otherwise “unproductive, neglected, indecisive.” This month, takemehome goes on the road, making stops in Tijuana, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. —Apollinaire Scherr

Photo: © Josh Rose