Common Conservatory

Returning to Fasseas Hall for one night only…Former COMMON conservatory dancer Jenna Weatherbie. Come watch her perform Saturday night at 7:30 at COMMON. Ticket link in bio.

Jenna Weatherbie is a chicago-based artist from Austin, Texas. She is a recent graduate from the University of Texas at Austin where she received her BFA in Dance and a pre-physician assistant certificate. Over the past year, Jenna has been training and performing with COMMON Conservatory in their 2022-2023 season. She has worked with an abundance of renowned choreographers such as Robyn Mineko Williams, Jesse Zarrit, Charles O. Anderson, Erica Gionfriddo, Drew Lewis, Noelle Kayser, Katlin Bourgeois, Andy Noble, and Justin Giles. Jenna has attended intensives with ACDA, NobleMotion Dance, SoulEscape, and COMMON Canvas. Her most recent performances have been with Texas Theatre and Dance, ARCOS Dance, and COMMON Conservatory. She looks forward to continuing her artistic pursuits in Chicago.

Come watch Caitlin dance in a new work by Noelle Kayser this Saturday at 7:30. This is COMMON’s last performance. Tickets are going quickly. Get your space now! Link in bio.

Caitlin Howland (Massachusetts) is an artist based in Chicago. She graduated cm laude from DePaul University with a B.A. in English and a Double Minor in Performance Studies and Philosophy. Caitlin fell in love with dance at age three, training across Massachusetts and New York. Interested in different genres of movement, she trained in hand balancing and aerial arts with New York based Streb Inc. Further intent on exploring her path with dance, she went on to attend summer sessions with DanceWorks Chicago and Hubbard Street. Caitlin joined COMMON conservatory in January of 2022 diving headfirst into the realm of contemporary dance and its many forms. She performed at Navy Pier Chicago LIVE! and Harvest Contemporary Dance Festival featuring works by Terrence Marling and Project Bound Dance respectively. She’s eager to see where dance takes her next.

YES, IT’S TRUE… as of July 29th COMMON will no longer be in operation. THANK YOU! COMMON conservatory has spent the last four years creating over 50 new dance works and launching several professional dance careers. It has been a creative lab for choreographers and teaching artists as well as an important part of their livelihood putting over $200,000 into the community. It has provided dancers with free classes when the pandemic hit. It has provided a hub for the dance community in Chicago through COMMON canvas and open classes. Thank you for being a part of it! I am humbled and honored to have done this work.

I am entering a new phase in my life and retooling how I apply my energies to dance. While I intend to continue teaching and making choreography, I must carve a new path for myself from this point forward. I want to focus my efforts on my family, the advancement of my creative voice and other aspects of design and implementation. I am, and always will be driven by the desire to create. Follow me .terry.dance and terencemarling.com to stay on top of class announcements and creative project work. Thank you immensely for spreading the joy of dance! After this next weekend’s performance, this channel will look backward on the achievements of those artists who were involved with COMMON. We made beautiful things.

You have ONE MORE CHANCE to come enjoy a performance at COMMON. Two choreographers that I wholeheartedly believe in, Noelle Kayser and Drew Lewis will be presenting a program of new work on July 29th at 7:30pm. Tickets are free/pay-what-you-can. These new works will be danced by a group of artists who have participated in the Create + Perform – Session 3 program this summer. Drop in, see some new work and let COMMON give you a big hug goodbye. Link in the bio.

With love always,
T