Architecture of Memory

PHOTOGRAPHY · CHICAGO DANZTHEATRE ENSEMBLE · 2026

I photographed Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s Architecture of Memory, a production about memory, connection and the people who shape our lives.

A performer sweeps a length of pale fabric across a stage washed in blue and violet light.
Fabric in motion.
A dancer in a red dress turns beneath warm stage lighting.
A turn in warm light.
Three performers lean together inside a wooden house-shaped frame under red lighting.
Three performers within the frame.
A performer balances against a wooden frame during a movement sequence.
Balancing against a frame.
A performer poses within a series of wooden frames lit in pink and purple.
Frames within frames.
A seated performer and an open box cast a long shadow across an amber-lit floor.
An open box and a long shadow.
A performer bends toward a small object on the floor in a pool of warm light.
A pool of light.
Performers leap while lifting red and white fabric through the air.
Red and white fabric in the air.
Two performers pause beside a stage under blue lighting.
A pause in blue light.
Five cast members pose inside wooden frames under purple stage lighting.
The cast onstage.

Published photographs

Photographs from this work appeared in Newcity Stage and the Chicago Reader in May 2026.

Five performers stand, crouch and lean through wooden frames under warm stage lighting, with a red suitcase at the right.
Architecture of Memory, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble. Photograph published by Newcity Stage in May 2026.
Six performers reach toward and support a tall tower of colorful blocks under warm stage lighting.
Architecture of Memory, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble. Photograph published by Newcity Stage in May 2026.
Ellyzabeth Adler sits on steps inside a wooden house frame, with five cast members standing and leaning around her.
Ellyzabeth Adler and the cast of Architecture of Memory. Photography for Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, published by the Chicago Reader in May 2026.
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