Knockout
Knockout is a fierce contemporary dance duet created + performed by Erin Kilmurray + Kara Brody. Inspired by film editing techniques that manipulate time and perspective, Knockout lives in the messy space between attraction and danger, strength and survival, family and friendship, action and inertia.
The work propels audiences through a cinematic thrill ride of femme fight sequences, lush sonic landscapes, late night cruising. toothy camp, 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
UPCOMING:
Red Eye Theater; Minneapolis
July 11-12 2026
Steppenwolf 1700 ; January 24 - February 2 2025 (premiere)
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