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# MCA Chicago Presents On Stage: Frictions
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/mca-chicago-presents-on-stage-frictions/
- Published: 2023-03-23T18:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:05:22.000Z
- Description: Will Rawls, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, and Barak adé Soleil explore Blackness, queerness, movement, and dance in performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
- Author: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Tags: Announcement, Chicago, Event Announcement, Exhibition Announcement, Illinois, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:29 (2023, 2024, part 1)

This year’s *On Stage* series at the [Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago](http://bit.ly/3lreGvM?ref=hyperallergic.com) focuses on the frictions that exist in a society shaped by race — and the transformative power of productive resistance.

Opening April 6, [*On Stage: Frictions*](http://bit.ly/3nbKlSk?ref=hyperallergic.com) presents performances by three artists — Will Rawls, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, and Barak adé Soleil — who aim to defy and explore conventional notions of Blackness, queerness, movement, and dance. Their works engage themes of queer intimacy; disabled bodies in motion and at rest; and the relationship between animation, race, and history.

Tickets are limited, [book yours now](http://bit.ly/3yTd6WQ?ref=hyperallergic.com)! Save 20% when you book tickets to all three *On Stage: Frictions* performances.

### Performance Schedule

- April 6–8: Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, [*Touch of RED*](http://bit.ly/3ZTLyMI?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- April 27–30: Will Rawls, [*\[siccer\]*](http://bit.ly/3TwCsTW?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- May 6: Barak adé Soleil, [*SHIFT*](http://bit.ly/407ghpJ?ref=hyperallergic.com)

**To learn more and get tickets, visit** [**mcachicago.org/frictions**](http://bit.ly/3nbKlSk?ref=hyperallergic.com)**.**