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Chicago dance heats up in June with high-energy rhythms and big, splashy productions.
M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre are coming together to celebrate National Tap Dance Day.
"How can we approach the choreography without assuming something about it? When we assume something, we miss what is really happening."
A performance series and gallery exhibition of individual artists and performance groups.
May dance and performance highlights
Juli is a New-York based performance artist who uses personal aspects of her own life as fodder for her one-woman show.
Dance highlights for April.
Chicago Repertory Ballet celebrates their anniversary with some traditional ballet mixed with a contemporary ballet aesthetic.
Hubbard Street Dance's spring seriesis comprised of two programs running over two weeks. Program A of "RE/CONNECT," was clearly about lifting spirits after a long, dark series of winters.
The program, choreographed by artistic director Julianna Rubio Slager, is heavily inspired by figures in literature and art.
Local and national companies greet the coming of spring on big and mid-sized stages.
Attendees to "The Light Returns" will move through Unity House, the dramatic entryway to Unity Temple, and onto the stage.
Power is center stage in "Creature," though Khan is occupied with the harms caused by ego"male ego in particular, and how it seems to be pointing humanity toward apocalypse.
The February calendar is packed with thrilling dance spanning cultures and traditions.
The tap dance organization's move to Calumet Heights will continue nurturing youth and professional dancers while honoring the legacy of an influential family of artists.
Highlights of 2021
Audiences will see an overall familiar "Nutcracker" ballet, which also includes some contemporary takes and welcome updates. Nine choreographers contribute to the updated HPSD rendition.
It's that time again. This holiday season offers up more family-friendly ballet than you can shake a Nutcracker at.
The split bill between Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble and RE|Dance Group is a gentle reminder of what's been missing from our storytelling diets.
"I'm feeling like: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue," Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell tells me when I ask how she approached curating "Re/turn," running November …
Highlights of dance for November
The Seldoms new work explores how turf grass and cannabis have each been commodified, weaponized, and used as moral indicators.
Lights up, curtains up! With any luck, feet will once again hit the boards of stages large and small this month.
"There's a bit of nostalgia, a bit of pride, a lot of love," Kyle Abraham says of his new piece, set to the music of D'Angelo.
Fall highlights.
