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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Critical Community: The Dance Center of Columbia College’s “Dance Buffet” Series Finds Collective Connection in Quarantine by Alyssa Motter

A smorgasbord of workshops, residencies and online performances dispatched Chicago-based dance artists to the Dance Center’s national and international audience while deepening the connect…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Making An Artivist: Red Clay Dance Moves Chicago’s Incarcerated Youth by Alyssa Motter

Red Clay Dance partners deploys art and activism to build self-agency and effect positive change with residents of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AM
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Perception Is Reality: A Preview of the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg’s “The Pygmalion Effect” at the Auditorium Theatre by Alyssa Motter

Boris Eifman reimagines this antiquated tale through his unique, sensationalistic style of psychological ballet theater that philosophizes about the complex, emotional realities of human ex…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:30AM
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

From Washington Heights to Seoul, Korea: A Preview of South Chicago Dance Theatre’s “Dancing Beyond the Borderline” by Alyssa Motter

Kia Smith's young company has built a vibrant dance community that extends far beyond Chicago’s city limits.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:00PM
Monday, April 15, 2019

Chicago’s Up and Coming: A Preview of Synapse Arts’ “New Works” at the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse by Alyssa Motter

Synapse's program provides essential resources, professional development and mentorship to unique artists at a crucial moment along their artistic path.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:53PM
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Exploring the Digital Wilderness: A Review of Annie Dorsen’s “The Great Outdoors” at the Museum of Contemporary Art by Alyssa Motter

Annie Dorsen's performance sparks a line of ontological inquiry about the nature of how our digital and corporeal existences dovetail begets more and more questions.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:29PM
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Unfading Spirit, Enduring Impact: A Preview of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Sixtieth Anniversary at the Auditorium Theatre by Alyssa Motter

The iconic company celebrates its sixtieth anniversary with three unique programs featuring classic works and world premieres.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:30AM
Friday, March 1, 2019

A Glocal Celebration: Red Clay Dance Company presents La Femme Dance Festival at the Green Line Performing Arts Center by Alyssa Motter

This biennial festival celebrates dancemakers whose work is grounded in African and African Diasporic forms and provides presentation and professional development opportunities for this hist…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Modern Masterpiece: A Preview of English National Ballet in Akram Khan’s “Giselle” at the Harris Theater by Alyssa Motter

Akram Khan's highly collaborative and unorthodox reimagining of the classic ballet has yielded a modern masterpiece.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:41AM
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Glimmer in the Grey: A Preview of Ingri Fiksdal at the MCA Chicago by Alyssa Motter

A temporary reprieve from the bleakness of February.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:30AM
Monday, January 7, 2019

Ten Years in the Making: A Preview of RE|dance group’s Decennial Season Kickoff at the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater by Alyssa Motter

For their tenth anniversary, RE|Dance offers two works that together are a spectral musing on what it means to be civically engaged in today’s complex sociopolitical climate.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:14PM
Thursday, December 6, 2018

Seen, Unseen: A Preview of “What Remains” at the MCA Warehouse by Alyssa Motter

This multidisciplinary performance at the MCA's off-site warehouse space addresses issues of race, opposition, hostility, identity and disappearance, bringing into question what it means to …

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:56PM
Monday, December 3, 2018

Tradition Reimagined: A Review of the Joffrey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” at the Auditorium Theater by Alyssa Motter

Christopher Wheeldon’s well-crafted choreography is framed by theatrical sets which, while minimalistic in design, use projection and lighting to conjure a sense of depth and scale that is…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PM
Monday, October 29, 2018

History Manifests in the Moment: A Preview of Relations at the MCA Stage by Alyssa Motter

For the first time, three of the most influential pioneers of experimental dance will meet on stage to reflect and project about life, dance and everything in between in real time, and we’…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:44PM
Monday, October 15, 2018

Complexity is God: A Preview of “Long Run” at the Dance Center of Columbia College by Alyssa Motter

Tere O'Connor's new work finds its thematic roots in complexity, and tenders a paired down, aesthetic sparsity that concurrently riles and calms through carefully cultivated structures and f…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:27PM
Monday, September 24, 2018

Mycelium as Metaphor: A Preview of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s “Season 41 Fall Series” at the Harris by Alyssa Motter

Hubbard Street's Fall Series is a composite of interwoven movement styles from across the expansive mycelial web that is contemporary dance.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:00PM
Monday, September 17, 2018

Our Future is Human: A Review of “Prime Time: #FutureSelf” at the MCA by Alyssa Motter

The MCA's after-hours gathering served as an affirmation of our need for human connection when our social interactions and pubic debates move increasingly online.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:34PM
Monday, May 14, 2018

A Grand Entrance: A Preview of South Chicago Dance Theatre’s Inaugural Gala at University of Chicago’s Mandel Hall by Alyssa Motter

South Chicago Dance Theatre's gala debut will be a celebration of diversity in dance, and create a context of inclusion and empowerment.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:07PM
Friday, April 6, 2018

Everything is Available, Everything is Here: A Review of In a Rhythm by Bebe Miller by Alyssa Motter

“In a Rhythm” offers a broad cross section of our cultural moment cut by the critical empathy of Miller and her collaborators. The effect is a powerful artistic experience that leaves th…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:29PM
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Collective Memory from Collated Pasts: A Preview of Of Whales, Time and Your Last Attempt to Reach Me by Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak by Alyssa Motter

Shanahan and Mad Shak dancers, Kristina Fluty, Jeff Hancock and Megan Klein generate an innovative movement vocabulary that defies convention and stretches aesthetical constructs.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards