Finding the Light: Dance at Pleasant Home & Mills Park

Winifred Haun & Dancers presents an outdoor, in person, site specific dance event, Finding the Light, in and around the grounds surrounding Pleasant Home, an historic mansion maintained by the Park District of Oak Park. The event will feature works by Elysia Banks, Irene Hsiao, Amanda Milligan, Summer Smith, Vernon Gooden, Crystal Gurrola, Quint Lattimore, Summer Smith, and Winifred Haun.

The event will include a group work by Winifred Haun, "Spring in the Garden"; Lady, a solo for a dancer and a dozen balloons, choreographed by Company Dancer and Assistant Choreographer; Disquiet, a solo choreographed by Elysia Banks for Banks Performance Project Company dancer, Natalie Dellutri; and a new solo created and performed by Irene Hsiao.

The event is approximately 1 hour. Dress for the weather. The walk around the garden and grounds to view the dances will be about a half mile.

There is street parking available near Pleasant Home.

COVID precautions:

Your safety is important to us! The audience will be limited to 60 and will be split into three groups of 20. Each audience group will visit five “stations” set up around Pleasant Home and Mills Park (the grounds surrounding Pleasant Home). The event will conclude with a group work presented in the center of the garden, with audience members seated in a socially distanced fashion. Audience members and performers will wear masks at all times, and maintain a social distance of at least 8-10 feet.