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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Brighter Days Ahead: A Preview of Winifred Haun & Dancers “The Light Returns” at Unity Temple by Sharon Hoyer

Attendees to “The Light Returns” will move through Unity House, the dramatic entryway to Unity Temple, and onto the stage.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Dancing Dark Times: English National Ballet Returns with Akram Khan’s “Creature” by Sharon Hoyer

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.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:30AM
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Dance Top 5: February 2022 by Sharon Hoyer

The February calendar is packed with thrilling dance spanning cultures and traditions.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:55AM
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Kismet: Chicago Human Rhythm Project Preserves the Sutton Legacy with the Mayfair Arts Center by Sharon Hoyer

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.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Monday, December 27, 2021

Dance Top 5 of 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

Highlights of 2021

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Tradition and Fresh Takes: Hyde Park School of Dance Brings An Updated Nutcracker Back to Mandel Hall by Sharon Hoyer

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.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Dance Top 5: December 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

It's that time again. This holiday season offers up more family-friendly ballet than you can shake a Nutcracker at.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Comfort and Confinement: A Review of The Yellow Wallpaper and The Attic Room at Ebenezer Lutheran Church by Sharon Hoyer

The split bill between Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble and RE|Dance Group is a gentle reminder of what’s been missing from our storytelling diets.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, November 3, 2021

New Angles: Hubbard Street Dance is Back on Stage in “Re/turn” by Sharon Hoyer

“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…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Dance Top 5: November 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

Highlights of dance for November

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Turfs Up: The Seldoms Take a Close Look at Two Leafy Greens in GRASS by Sharon Hoyer

The Seldoms new work explores how turf grass and cannabis have each been commodified, weaponized, and used as moral indicators.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Dance Top 5: October 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

Lights up, curtains up! With any luck, feet will once again hit the boards of stages large and small this month.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Ease, Freedom and Joy: A Preview of An Untitled Love by A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham at the Dance Center of Columbia College by Sharon Hoyer

"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.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
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Cultivating Community: Red Clay Plants a Seed in Woodlawn (Fall Arts Preview 2021) by Sharon Hoyer

Commercial corridor revitalization can aspire to more than shops and restaurants, and it's exciting to see an arts organization anchor a block.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Planetary Movements: Films.Dance Comes to a Very Big Screen by Sharon Hoyer

Jacob Jonas the Company reached a widening web of collaborators across the globe. The result is a collection of three-to-ten minute finely tuned gems, visually arresting with gorgeous musica…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Stages of Healing: Nicole Clarke-Springer Guides Deeply Rooted Through a Pandemic to the Pritzker Pavilion by Sharon Hoyer

"It felt like a black hole and I was slowly maneuvering my way inch by inch. But it allowed me to have space to learn what happened in the past. We’ve been here twenty-five years and it’…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Stage Top 5: August 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

Chicago theaters throw open their doors this month. Here's what to catch indoors and out.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Museum Piece: A Preview of Leave It to the Little Ladies by Sharon Hoyer

Journalist Eddie Arruza's hard-boiled radio drama is a well-crafted love-letter to the genre, but feels out of touch with the times.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Returning to Ritual: A Preview of Sea Change at Brndhaus Pl-zen by Sharon Hoyer

The outdoor performance promises to make up for a year-plus of constrained and isolated living with larger-than-life pomp and spectacle.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Stage Top 5: July 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

Dance and drama in July.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Redrawing the Map: A Preview of “Cartography of Peace” by South Chicago Dance Theatre by Sharon Hoyer

A new show that blends surrealist poetry, improvisatory opera techniques, new music and dance.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Occupation and Conflict: A Review of “Scenes From 73* Years” by Medina Theater Collective by Sharon Hoyer

Medina Theater Collective’s inaugural production about daily life in Palestine is smart, tender, at times funny and a consistently compassionate script.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Multiplayer Mode: The Map of Now Gamifies the Virtual Performance Festival by Sharon Hoyer

"The thought about doing something that maps the richness, the ecology of our performing arts field—and literally with the geography on the map—began to excite me.”

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Stage Top 5: June 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

Theater and dance performances to experience in June

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Always Look: A Preview of Beyond the Box 4.3—Black Hair E{m}urge at Links Hall by Sharon Hoyer

Yoshinojo Fujima and puppeteers Tom Lee and Ryugyoku Nishikawa each developed separate performances based on a popular classic Kabuki scene of young heartache, focusing on what Fujima calls …

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Stage Top 5: May 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

May brings flowers and the first buds of live performance in over a year.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Vulnerability and Redemption in the Room: Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre’s Season Kicks Off In Front of a Live, Limited Audience by Sharon Hoyer

The company’s season kickoff is one of the first live, in-person performances under a roof in more than thirteen months.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Moving Forward with a Wink and a Nod: Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell Takes the Helm of Hubbard Street Dance Company by Sharon Hoyer

"In the essence of contemporary dance and contemporary meaning, now, there are a lot of voices out there that maybe we haven’t explored. There are choreographers who haven’t had the oppo…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Stage Top 5: April 2021 by Sharon Hoyer

Chicago theater greets spring with imaginative performance spaces, from parking garages to auditory realms.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM

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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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