‘Slow Dance’ show at the MCA is an invitation to just ‘be.’ Don’t mind the live bodies.

Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2026

A new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art poses the question of how it feels to sit still.

“What is the exhibition space actually for?” asked artist Gordon Hall, whose work is part of “Slow Dance” at the MCA. “It’s a place to be, to look and to think.”

“Slow Dance’s” six works explore various states of anticipation, preparation and idleness. Nearly all include some sort of performance activation, so depending on when you come, you could find dancers draped across the architecture at some point along the circular journey through the Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Galleries.

 

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