606 stories by "Sharon Hoyer"
In Chicago, the epitome of influence in modern dance has got to be Shirley Mordine.
May dance and performance from ballet to butoh.
Chicago dance month is packed with performances from companies near and far.
Chicago is one of the great global centers of dance.
Miranda Davis' new piece about hope in the face of adversity is the latest in a series of commissions intended to push the company's boundaries and explore the intersections of jazz, modern …
Ginger Krebs' new hourlong performance shows us a game in which the current winner is the moneyed, narrative-owning powers that be, but the underdog team, though skittish and sustaining dama…
English National Ballet returns to Chicago for the first time in over thirty years with a real stunner.
The four day festival at Links Hall looks at how we confront, arm ourselves against, appropriate and perhaps move beyond violence.
Dance and performance beat the February blues with festivals and performance that range from multidisciplinary to classical.
They are descending on Chicago from around the globe to relate these stories.
Puppetry, dance and performance in January.
Collaboration, in an age when funding for the arts has thinned to a pitiful trickle, turned out to be a font of creative abundance.
It's the story of artists.
Co-founders Kevin Iega Jeff and Gary Abbott have been making and presenting dances that celebrate community.
December Dance offerings.
The Studebaker provides unique stage for A&A's vision: one large enough to put up a spectacle of scenic design and a massive cast, while intimate enough a house to afford every audience…
The collaboration between Chicago's Red Clay Dance and Kampala-based Keiga Dance Company explores how personal and cultural history rest in the body.
A showcase for the talents of a gifted ensemble, but also of an experimental spirit, a willingness to place dancers who perform on the Harris stage in more raw contexts
Ate9 Dance Company explores the wonder of human connection and interaction. We are all really different, but we have secrets that are mutual.
November dance highlights visiting and Chicago-based companies; often in the same night.
The most arresting moments in "Odeon" were the most intimate, with direct play between the music and movement.
