Circle of Apathy is a collaborative performance project by Chicago-based dance ensemble House of DOV and music group Family Junket. This two-act devised ensemble work is an environmental study that explores the cycles of growth and disintegration intrinsic to nature. Through creative process, we’ve sought to understand our own place within the greater ecology of our landscape, and to experience the human body as a metaphor and microcosm of the natural world.
“You don’t live on Earth, you are the Earth; you don’t live on the landscape, you are the landscape.”
*approx 90 min.
The creation of Circle of Apathy was made possible by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with funding from the Walder Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support has come from The Ragdale Foundation, The Morrison-Shearer Foundation and The Arts Club of Chicago.
House of DOV is a movement-based performance ensemble from Chicago, IL Since our inaugural performance at the Adler Planetarium (Finalist for the Chicago Reader’s Best of 2021) House of DOV has performed throughout Chicago including at Fulton Street Collective, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, and Navy Pier. In 2023, we received commissions for original works from The Steppenwolf Theatre and The Arts Club of Chicago. In 2024 we were a Resident Artist at the Chicago Cultural Center and the inaugural Company in Residence at Ragdale. Most recently, I was awarded a two-year Fellowship by the Arts Club of Chicago for 2025-2026, marking the first time in history a dance artist has been awarded this role.
Family Junket is the collective voice of Chicago-based musicians Alejandro Gallardo, Clarence Young, Rahila Coats, Scott Daniel, Hasani Cannon, and brothers Zach, Jonah, and Max Lazarus. They are social workers, teachers, dancers, writers, painters, photographers, performance artists, and engineers coming together to create healing spaces, community, and parties. Melding flutes, saxophones, trumpets, and violins, with unique vocal compositions, layered percussion, and wavy electronic production, the band creates music best listened to with the family.
