606 stories by "Sharon Hoyer"
The Chicago-centric version of the holiday classic, set the winter before the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, turns ten.
"This piece is being made in the midst of deep questions with the ensemble about where do we go from here? What do we do with the coexistence of these feelings of the desire to be seen? The …
A new evening-length holiday show by South Chicago Dance Theatre founder and director Kia S. Smith is aimed at fostering a sense of audience connection.
The skill of the company is on full display in a stacked program of mic-drop numbers, old and new.
Wade Schaaf's spinoff of "Romeo and Juliet" follows Lord and Lady Capulet, carrying on clandestine affairs of their own.
In a rare Harris Theater appearance, the Joffrey Ballet presents new works by two extraordinary women choreographers: a Chicago-set love story by Chanel DaSilva and a tribute to Frida Kahlo …
"Starting a company of all women is not just about dance. It's about sisterhood. It's about community."
October offers a sweet haul of dance options.
Liam Scarlett's adaptation of the Georges Bizet opera feels timeless in the vein of Hollywood's golden era.
Three performances by Chicago artists this weekend grow joy and find ways through grief via the body, music, ritual and remembrance.
This season marks multiple milestones for the Joffrey Ballet: it's the company's seventieth season and also its thirtieth year since it relocated from New York to the Third Coast. With its t…
Deeply Rooted turns thirty, and Hubbard Street brings more Fosse. Now that's a fall season!
In an age when many dance-based organizations and venues struggle or have gone dark, bright spots remain. One such light in the darkness is Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble which has, as its fou…
Fall arts season kicks off with dance and performance festivals aplenty.
The ten companies comprising the Black Dance Legacy Project demonstrate that Black dance"in its wide ranging diversity of rhythms, moods, modes and aesthetics"truly is American dance.
Showcase performances and free community events celebrate the abundance of great dance in Chicago.
The hive takes one last sweet taste of honey.
The Seldoms remount their hyper-saturated celebration of nature's beauty at a garden in full bloom.
It's beautiful out! Put that phone down, go outside and see some dance.
"A Gallery of Dances" comprises short pieces and excerpts from Mariah Eastman dating back to her early work as a freelance choreographer, along with new short pieces commissioned from Mandy …
Few ballet artists reach the pop status of household name. But if such a celebrity exists in our century it would be Christopher Wheeldon, one of the most sought-after choreographers in ball…
"It's a continual practice that benefits myself and those around me, and it's rooted in love."
For those in Chicago's dance, performance art, puppetry, experimental and cross-disciplinary performance worlds"pretty much any theater of the non-kitchen-sink variety"the name Links Hall ne…
June brings many premieres, including the U.S. debut of Christopher Wheeldon's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" at Joffrey.
This year, Trinity Irish Dance Company celebrates thirty-five years as the world's only Irish dance organization committed to artistic exploration and expansion of the form. I spoke with Tri…
