Knockout
2025
A fierce duet between two women, Knockout is a self-possessed, ever-morphing cinematic dance work contending with the nature of the liminal : a provocative study of the space between desire, intimacy, strength, and survival.
Erin Kilmurray + Kara Brody’s choreographic collage novel jump-cuts through a thrill-ride of fight sequences, self defense training, toothful camp, odd obsessions, and partnerships that sidestep tidy categorization. TKO, baby.
WORLD PREMIERE:
Jan 24-Feb 2, 2025
Steppenwolf 1700 Theater
presented by Lucky Plush Productions
Chicago, IL
Directed by Erin Kilmurray + Katrina Dion
Choreographed + Performed by Erin Kilmurray + Kara Brody
Sound Design by Corey Smith
Lighting Design by Liz Gomez
Dramaturgy by Katrina Dion
Costume Design by Mary Williamson
Production Stage Management by Bran Moorhead
PRESENTATIONS
PREMIERE: Steppenwolf 1700 ; January 24 - February 2 2025
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago ; April 2024
Work In Process Showings — Watershed Art & Ecology; May 2023
Detroit Dance Festival — Detroit Institute of the Arts; September 2021
Global Women’s Performing Arts Festival - Busan, South Korea - Live Stream - 2021
Postock Music Festival — Wisconsin; August 2021
Holding Common Ground : Pathways to Cultural Exchange in Vietnam- Live Stream Performance - April 2021
Chicago Dances; The Cambrian’s — January 2020 (initial commission)
PRESS
‘Knockout’ dance duet at Steppenwolf is a knockout — 10 out of 10
Chicago Tribune 2025
by Lauren Warnecke
Erin Kilmurray + Kara Brody in Knockout
the Dance Enthusiast 2025
by elena rose light
‘Knockout’ at Steppenwolf begins LookOut series with a bang!
See Chicago Dance 2025
by Isabel Campisteguy
Performance Response Journal 2024
by Ryan Adelsheim
Sixty Inches from Center
by Rachel Lindsay-Snow
“It’s nothing short of an adrenaline rush”
See Chicago Dance
by Megan Kudla