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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Preview: Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival/Ruth Page Center for the Arts by Sharon Hoyer

RECOMMENDED The creative bounty of autumn is celebrated at the third annual Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival: a cornucopia of companies and solo artists both up-and-coming (like r…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A New Aesthetic: Kota Yamazaki Finds Harmony in Contrast at the Dance Center by Sharon Hoyer

In “(glowing),” Japanese American choreographer Kota Yamazaki finds harmony in contrast, uniting movements from very different traditions in one choreography of subtlety and cele…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Preview: Chicago Repertory Ballet/Ruth Page Center for the Arts by Sharon Hoyer

RECOMMENDED A new local company makes their debut this weekend at the Ruth Page Center. Chicago Repertory Ballet is the brainchild of Wade Schaaf, a hometown boy and former company member of…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Monday, September 17, 2012

Review: Allowances and Occurrences/Zephyr Dance by Sharon Hoyer

RECOMMENDED Things that occurred: a group of girls chatting on the street abruptly realized there was a dancer just two feet behind them softly ruffling her nest of paper behind a showcase …

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:15PM
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Singular Voices: Dance Center Features Independent Female Choreographer from Africa by Sharon Hoyer

By Sharon Hoyer Chicago has, over the last decade, become an epicenter of world-class dance, both as creative incubator for new and established companies and—thanks to a half dozen high-pr…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:00AM

Acts of Aggression: Kate Corby Dances About Genocide by Sharon Hoyer

Kate Corby plumbed the darkest chapters of human history for her evening-length dance “In Whole or in Part,” which takes its title from the UN definition of genocide: “a series of acts…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:30AM

Preview: Imperial Silence/John Jota Leaños by Sharon Hoyer

RECOMMENDED Truth to power comes in many forms. For John Jota Leaños, one subversive medium is children’s animation, where alphabet songs and Western fairy tales become vehicles of satire…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM

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