Courtney Mackedanz is a transdisciplinary artist living and working in Chicago. Her practice incorporates critical research, creative writing, collaborative dancemaking, and visual art experimentation to explore how expanded notions of the choreographic might structure, steer, catalyze, and constrain potentials in movement. Mackedanz's performances explore the themes of embodied resistance and care within the context of received and embedded choreographic conditions (such as algorithmic surveillance, or states of the nervous system).
Mackedanz earned her BFA in Performance and Visual Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 and has since presented her work at The Arts Club of Chicago, Roman Susan Gallery, and ACRE Projects amongst others. Mackedanz has attended residencies including ImPact at Impulstanz, Landing 3.0 at the Gibney Dance Center, Nave Proyecto, and Lijiang Studio Residency among others and will be artist in residence with the Monira Foundation Chicago in 2024.
Image 1: Courtney Mackedanz. Photo credit: Elaine Suzanne Miller
Image 2-5: Metal, silicone and ice touch. Stills from studio research.
