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anna sapozhnikov's
good house keep
created in collaboration with
Alexandra Barbier
Jan Erkert
Nicole Marini
Roxane d'Orléans Juste
documentation
Laura Chiaramonte
projections
Matt Harsh
sound
Elliot Reza Emadian
the development of this work is generously sponsored by
The Office of Arts Integration at the University of Illinois
DanceChance, presented by the Chicago Dancemaker's Forum
The City of Urbana, IL Fine Arts Grants
2023
Sapozhnikov finds a record, published in 1959 by Good
Housekeeping and Columbia Records.
"Plan for Reducing the Sporting Way" includes 14
guided tracks for a housewife who aims to keep
her ass toned.
Inception
Chance and Fortune
photos by Kristie Kahns
2024
DanceChance, sponsored by the Chicago Dance Maker's Forum, commissions Sapozhnikov to create a new work for the Chicago Cultural Center.
Sapozhnikov recruits collaborators Nicole Marini and Roxane d'Orléans Juste to originate movement. Elliot Reza Emadian is commissioned to create an original sound composition.
Modern and Midcentury
2024
Sapozhnikov begins touring Good House Keep through Midcentury Modern architectures in the Urbana-Champaign, IL region.
Beginning in the lobby of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, the tour juxtaposes the function and form of the architectural period with the function and form of the woman's body in the domestic space.
Sttin
video by Elliot Reza Emadian
Links and Bonds
2024
video courtesy of Links Hall
While developing an extended version of the work for performance at the Krannert Art Museum in Champaign, IL, Sapozhnikov and company tour the performance to Links Hall (Chicago, IL) to perform in the Dance at Illinois Alumni performance in November.
Full-length Premiere
2025
May 1
In conjunction with "Making Space for the Arts at Home"Sapozhnikov premieres an evening of original choreography and sound in collaboration with performers Alexandra Barbier, Jan Erkert, Roxane d'Orléans Juste, and Nicole Pinchott Marini, as well as video artist Laura Chiaramonte and sound artist Elliot Reza Emadian.
photos by Natalie Fiol
videos by Laura Chiaramonte
Erlanger After Dark
2025
After the premiere, Sapozhnikov collaborates with projection designer Matt Harsh at the Erlanger house in Urbana, IL to create a digital installation as part of Krannert Art Museum's summer in the park series.
photos by Fred Zwicky
Replinger House
video by Laura Chiaramonte
2025
Following the success of the premiere, Sapozhnikov and collaborators were invited to document excerpts from the work in the Erlanger House, the Jack Baker lofts, and the Replinger house -- Midcentury modern staples in the Champaign-Urbana community.
SpaceStation
photos by Carly Vanderheyden
2026
In 2025, Sapozhnikov was awarded an Arts Integration grant from the University of Illinois to continue developing the work and began collaborating with additional venues.
The SpaceStation Dance Residency in St. Louis, MO presented an excerpt in January 2026 at Chapel of the Arts, Hope UCC. Read the review here.
Hessel Park Church
2026
February 25
Sapozhnikov premieres an evening of multimedia/embodied installation at the
Hessel Park Church, which was redesigned by architect Jack Baker in Champaign, IL.
photos by Natalie Fiol and Elliot Reza Emadian
video by Laura Chiaramonte
Midcentury Modern Tour
Sapozhnikov was invited by the Champaign County History Museum to present a version of Good House Keep at the First Presbyterian Church as part of the 2026 MCM Architecture tour.
2026
photo by Natalie Fiol
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