WEALTHcare: "an episode"
She’s been handed medication as if it were candy and combinations as if they were cocktails. But this isn’t Halloween and certainly not “Happy Hour.” Every day for 40 years she’s had to navigate a tricky path to wellness, with plenty of bumps along the way…all because of the one on her head. From encountering red tape to balancing her checkbook, the only system she’s forced to depend on is one that often fails her. Somebody call an ambulance! Because we definitely have a health emergency on our hands. 

WEALTHcare: “an episode” is Chapter 1 of an ongoing series of dance theater works reflecting on the individual and collective experiences navigating wellness. 
Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre's WEALTHcare: "an episode" will be premiering in a shared evening with Project Bound Dance Chicago: Side Effects & Smoking Meat.  It's a tale of two cities, this evening will be performed in both Chicago and Milwaukee. Visit this link to purchase tickets (see "events") and/or make a tax-deductible donation:
February 21st-23rd
The Color Club
(Chicago, IL)
March 8th & 9th 
Danceworks Studio Theatre
​(Milwaukee, WI)

THE Company

​Kelly Anderson is the Artistic Director of Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre--a performance company whose work is inspired by humor, theater and pop culture. KADT creates relatable work driven by complicated topics. “Seamlessly weaving movement and dialogue,” Anderson strives to bridge the gap between artist and non-artist through comedy “filtered perfectly throughout a series of serious moments.” Kelly has been a recipient of Chicago’s Links Hall CoMission Summer Residency and her work has been performed/commissioned in Chicago, NYC, Milwaukee, Detroit, Minneapolis and Portland, OR. “A master of comedic timing… Anderson proves that dance doesn’t have to be dead serious.” Anderson is the founder and artistic director of Door County's Death's Door Dance Festival.
*Credits- Lauren Warnecke (Chicago Magazine) and Kristin Vasilakos (Performance Response Journal)
Cheryl Cornacchione holds a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi. Upon graduating, Cheryl moved to Chicago where she has performed with BONEdanse, CORE Dance Project, Hope Goldman, We Stand Sideways Dance, Erin Kilmurray, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, and was an artistic collaborator with The Runaways Lab Theatre. Cheryl has been performing and collaborating for Laboratory Dancers since 2013, she has been a company member of REIdance Group since 2022, and she has been a core company member of Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre since 2014. 
Danielle Gilmore, a Chicago based artist since 2004, received her BFA from the University of Arizona, studying ballet, modern, jazz and dance injury. Danielle has been dancing with Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre(KADT) since 2014. Gilmore has performed original work with KADT at Steppenwolf Dance Theater, Detroit Dance Festival, Links Hall, Harvest Contemporary Dance Festival and Death Door Dance Festival. Danielle performed with Mordine and Company Dance Theater from 2011-2020. Danielle has premiered choreography under the mentorship of Mordine and Ayako Kato. She continues to create dance on and off camera and was recently part of the Short Stack Film Festival, in the One Hour Project and “Better Without You” Hitchen’s music video. ​
Sarah Morimoto is a Chicago performer. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2016 with degrees in dance and chemistry. Throughout her training, Sarah has worked with and performed works by several Chicago artists including Jeff Hancock, Lizzie Leopold, Laura Wade, Maray Gutierrez, Robyn Mineko Williams, Joseph Caruana, and Riccardo Battaglia. Professionally, Sarah has worked with Joel Hall and Hanna Brictson and Dancers. Sarah is a company member with Project Bound Dance and is excited to be working with KADT! ​
Michael O’Neill graduated magna cum laude with a BFA in Performance and Choreography from Ohio University’s School of Dance. He currently resides in Chicago, IL where he has danced over the past decade with companies such as We Stand Sideways, Mordine & Company Dance Theater, RE|dance Group, Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre and Same Planet Performance Project. Although recently taking time away from dance to pursue other adventures, Michael is super excited to be back in the Chicago dance scene performing again with Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre!

artistic contributions

Ryan Cappleman is a performer, musician, teaching artist, director, and retired choreographer based in Milwaukee. As a performer, he just made his Equity debut in the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Lumberjacks In Love as Dirty Bob. Other favorite roles include Woof in Hair, Scarecrow in Oz, Pooh-Bah in The Hot Mikado (all at Skylight Music Theater), Cornelius in Hello, Dolly! (Forte Theater), and Jake in Waiting...a Song Cycle (Off Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theater). As a musician, Ryan has tickled the ivories as a music director, arranger, composer, and collaborated with Tony nominee Christopher Jackson, Grammy winner Kurt Ollmann, and is a former member of the Irish band Tallymoore. As a teaching artist, Ryan has been on faculty at UW Parkside and UW Milwaukee, and been a guest artist all over the country. He will be directing The Secret Garden this spring with Forte Theater, and returning to his home away from home, Door County, for the summer and fall seasons with Northern Sky Theater. Proud dog dad to Dolly, the black mouth cur. 
Rae Zimmerli (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, and photographer raised in Overland Park, Kansas and living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a BFA in contemporary performance and choreography and is currently freelance artist and artistic director of Fable Dance Company. Her choreographic work has been presented at Milwaukee Fringe Festival, American College Dance Association, Danceworks MKE, Camping Dance Festival (Paris, FR), Chicago Danztheatre, and more. She has performed work by Kia Smith, Katy Pyle, YNOT, Simone Ferro, Dawn Springer, Maria Gillespie, Dan Schuchart, Gina Laurenzi, Jaclyn Brown, and others. As a photographer, Rae specializes in dance photography and portraiture and has been hired by Danceworks MKE, Wild Space Dance Company, Wisconsin Dance Council, dance competitions and others. Her fine-art photography has been featured at Leenhouts Art Gallery, Focus Art Gallery, La Gente Art Gallery, the Tim Murphy Art Gallery, and UWM's Union Art Gallery where her piece She Who Shows the Way (photography version) was purchased for UWM's permanent collection.
*Rae Zimmerli participated in the creative process of WEALTHcare: "an episode" as part of Kelly Anderson's residency in Alumni Space Incubator program at UW-Milwaukee 
Company Photos: A. Deran Photography