Tuesday, September 17, 2013
RECOMMENDED Since the advent of MTV, music videos have been the primary source for our common dance language and YouTube just made it easier for audiences to gain fluency. Now one could lear…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMWednesday, September 11, 2013
RECOMMENDED The Joffrey calls upon all their considerable resources to stage massive, demanding works by three Russian greats. The centerpiece of the evening is the company’s authoritative…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:27PMMonday, August 19, 2013
RECOMMENDED The free, weeklong festival that has made Chicago a national dance destination even in the off-season now “sells out” its three indoor events in minutes. But don’t worry; t…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMFriday, August 2, 2013
RECOMMENDED This publication has categorized performances by Marc Bamuthi Joseph (this is the third I’ve had the pleasure to preview) as “dance.” Bamuthi Joseph is a dancer and movemen…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMFriday, July 26, 2013
RECOMMENDED Although the performances are just about to open, CHRP’s Rhythm World festivities have been in full swing for more than a week. The event is a global magnet for students and te…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:21PMWednesday, July 17, 2013
RECOMMENDED One of the most surprising and diverse Chicago dance events happens each summer, when Melissa Thodos provides an in-house choreographic incubator to her company members, giving t…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMThursday, June 20, 2013
RECOMMENDED This shared program between hometown Hedwig Dances and DanzAbierta from Havana, Cuba marks the beginning of an extended collaboration and cultural exchange. The two companies are…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMTuesday, June 18, 2013
And not just sex: elation, camaraderie, play and, of course, mindlessness, frustration and blind rage. The herds explored in BONEdanse’s “bully.punk.riot.” are unquestionably aggressiv…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMWednesday, June 5, 2013
RECOMMENDED Thank heaven for Links Hall. The organization (now housed at the new Constellation space, formerly the Viaduct Theater on Western) provides the kind of support for new and off-Lo…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMTuesday, June 4, 2013
RECOMMENDED Hubbard Street presents their annual showcase of new works by emerging choreographic talent within the company. Some of the pieces may even make it into Hubbard Street’s regula…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMFriday, May 31, 2013
RECOMMENDED The Dance Center of Columbia College partners with Links Hall for this celebration of cutting-edge, unscripted dance. Artists from across the country gather to perform, teach wor…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMWednesday, May 22, 2013
Annie Beserra and Striding Lion Performance Group present an hour-long dance theater piece inspired by the work of German expressionist performer Valeska Gert. Gert was a provocateur, a rene…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMThursday, May 16, 2013
RECOMMENDED Boris Eifman is the writer’s choreographer; his muse is the figure of the artist, the genius, the madman. His theatrical ballets have emerged from the real and imagined psyches…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMTuesday, May 14, 2013
RECOMMENDED NEXT is an annual showcase of new works by recipients of the Mordine & Co choreographic mentorship—a long-standing tradition of the forty-four-year-old company. This year�…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMFriday, May 10, 2013
RECOMMENDED One of the most diverse dance programs this year will take place in the Loop, on the stage of the Auditorium Theatre. The Movement + Music Showcase is a collection of all new pie…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMThursday, May 2, 2013
RECOMMENDED There’s no better home for Michael Estanich and Lucy Riner’s “Homeland” than the Old Town School of Folk Music. The creative partnership behind RE|Da…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:00AMTuesday, April 23, 2013
RECOMMENDED The Joffrey reprises Lar Lubovitch’s evening-length interpretation of the famous tale—a theme of Chicago stages this year; the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Lyric Opera are…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMWednesday, April 17, 2013
By Sharon Hoyer Since the advent of the nuclear family and the relegation of our nation’s elderly to nursing homes, we rarely see multiple generations in the same room, much less on the sa…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMFriday, April 12, 2013
RECOMMENDED Detroit’s leading contemporary dance company visits the Auditorium Theatre for the first time, representing D-town through the music that made the city famous. “Motown in Mot…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMThursday, April 11, 2013
RECOMMENDED Frank Chaves was born in Cuba, but left as a very young child, well before he could form distinct memories of his birthplace. When Chaves, founder and artistic director of River …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMTuesday, April 9, 2013
RECOMMENDED During the intemperate months, the stage of the Pritzker Pavilion is protected from the elements by massive windows spanning the entire proscenium. It allows park visitors to gaz…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMTuesday, March 19, 2013
RECOMMENDED The MCA Stage invites back Montreal-based Compagnie Marie Chouinard to perform two pieces: Chouinard’s 1993 version of “Rite of Spring” and “Henri Michaux: Mouvements,”…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:15AMRECOMMENDED It’s a big year for Giordano: a golden anniversary, a move to the beautiful new American Rhythm Center in the Loop, and the March cover story in Dance Magazine. How better to c…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMMonday, March 11, 2013
RECOMMENDED Two extraordinary companies—San Francisco’s Alonzo King LINES Ballet (ethereal, neoclassical) and Chicago’s own Hubbard Street (grounded, contemporary)—merge into a super…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMThursday, March 7, 2013
RECOMMENDED The world-renowned Ailey company will stop in Chicago for a rigorous week-and-a-half of performances, allotting them time to showcase old and new, American and European, contempo…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMWednesday, March 6, 2013
RECOMMENDED Two Spanish choreographers fill the Luna Negra Spring program with passionate dancing and theatrical sets: Fernando Hernando Magadan, who treated us to his elegant, athletic and …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMTuesday, March 5, 2013
RECOMMENDED Stephen Petronio’s subterranean revel begins with a cinematic prologue: a descent into the underworld, intercut with black-and-white video of crumbling buildings and other sign…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMFriday, February 22, 2013
Which dance forms are prioritized, most visible and access more of the pool—or rather puddle—of arts funding is bound up in our national narrative of race and culture. What are the color…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
RECOMMENDED Wife-husband team Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey use a visually lush blend of choreography and video to explore the spaces between: before/after, action/reaction, conscious/uncon…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMMonday, February 11, 2013
RECOMMENDED The Joffrey Ballet winter program features work by four American choreographers, representing three generations and four decades of repertory. The company revives Jerome Robbins�…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMWednesday, January 23, 2013
By Sharon Hoyer Miguel Gutierrez is a Brooklyn-based dance theater artist whose new work, “And lose the name of action,” comes to the MCA next weekend. Gutierrez spoke with me about the …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM 
