Ishti employs their unique blend of classical Indian dance, Indian folk and tribal dance, martial arts and contemporary Western dance to investigate what aspects of our human nature have bro…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:30PMClub and street dance styles, experimental dance and a response to surveillance, race and cultural violence all happen this fall.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMNewcity dance's three most anticipated performances of the 2018 fall season.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMNejla Yatkin's free participatory performance seeks to open the senses amidst the natural beauty of the Burnham Wildlife Corridor.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMThe natural world, internal landscapes and political spheres collide this month in dance.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMWith seven companies whose specialties range from pointe to head spins, the "Dance For Life" program promises to be not only a worthy fundraiser, but one of the most eclectic dance concerts …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:24PMDance moves outdoors for the summer, from Dance Downs in the Parks to performances on the MCA grounds.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:20PMThe annual tap festival is a chance to see the boundary-pushing work of CHRP's first ever artist in residence Dani Borak.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:05PMDancers take to the air in a show about freedom, potential and flight.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PMJapanese Taiko, aerial artistry and an annual tap festival take the stage in July.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMThe longstanding, wildly popular partner-dance series has evolved into a festival that ties together social dance, live music, spectatorship and professional performances.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMA romance that follows an immigrant girl and her suitor on a journey through Chicago neighborhoods.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:32PMThe grand finale to the Chicago Human Rhythm Project's annual festival was a foot-pounding celebration of both diversity and the intersection of cultural traditions we all share.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:23PMHigh-octane dance abounds in June, from The Seldoms' "Marchland" to Chicago Tap Theatre's dedication to divas to Hubbard Street's full length rendition of "Minus 16."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMKhecari creates a customized experience in their one hundred sixty-eight hour performance "The Retreat: One Week."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMEkman’s ode to Scandinavian solstice is a triumph of vision, imagination and masterful stagecraft.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:01AMWhy don’t we take control of the conversation instead of letting the conversation steer us?
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:27AMThe dance shows to see in May from intimate activist performances to large scale story ballets.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMThe wildly witty and inquisitive company presents two reimagined shorter works: an expanded riff on a short piece created for Hubbard Street last year and a mashup of memorable moments from …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:30AMOkwui Okpokwasili's new work, inspired by protest movements of Nigerian women, asks the audience to open up the layers of sensing and awareness we use to make our world.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:30AMIt's Chicago Dance Month and picking just five is near impossible. We made sure to put some free shows in the mix.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMAn ancient Underwood typewriter, a dress form, stacks of books and Victorian-inspired garb set the scene for intimate character development and a tinge of claustrophobia.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:27AMHubbard Street Dance's 40th anniversary season and the Auditorium Theatre's "Made in Chicago" series intersect with a special program dedicated to Hubbard Street's first and only resident ch…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AMSensuality and disgust drip through the opening of "Lie Through My Skin," setting an ambivalent tone that becomes increasingly surreal as the piece unfolds.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:24PMFernandes’s show, an installation and performance project in collaboration with design firm Norman Kelley and the Joffrey Ballet Academy is a quietly elegant look at the pleasure of pain i…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:44AMSo much great dance in Chicago in March. Here's a few of our recommendations.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:45AMThe dancers move with an impossibly subtle, inwardly-generated fluidity and power, on stages transformed into vast, timeless landscapes. Cloud Gate performances are truly as much mediations …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM"I really believe in the honesty of being on stage—the word 'being' being key. If there’s a character to imbue that it is at the very heart of the performer as opposed to something place…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMIt's a big month for ballet with Balanchine, Baryshnikov, and ABT gracing Chicago stages.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AMDance highlights to kick off the new year.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMJanuary at Links Hall is an intensive course in the complexity of our American identity.
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