Influences from kabuki and karate inform choreographer Rika Lin's boundary-crossing body of dance work. Black hair. A jilted woman.…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 01:15PMFour choreographers use images by Chicago artist Sergio Gomez to create a series of dance films in Still Inspired (?). A figure in black caresses a length of pap…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 03:45PMYoshihisa Arai choreographs a world premiere for Maurice Ravel's hugely popular composition. Winter in a pandemic. The roads obstructed with snow.…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 02:00PMShe's the first company alum to head the 43-year-old ensemble. On February 4, after a yearlong search, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago announced the appointment of …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 04:30PMSAIC's grad students control (and explode) the frame in an online performance festival. The performance department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 01:05PMLocal and international luminaries provide a "microcosm" of CDHP's archival mission. Chicago Dance History Project commemorates five years of collecting oral his…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 05:20PMA community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation. On January 7, one day after Georgia’s runoff election resulted in its first Black…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 05:45PMIn a year of loss, artists found momentum and took care. The view is divided by screens and mirrors in Jane Jerardi's delicate hold. Fragmentation by the frame c…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00PMA new recorded site-specific production meets the challenges of this COVID year. Every winter it comes: the tunes, the tinsel, the toys—and the tale of Clara, …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 04:50PMThe company's new dance film project captures the "sea change" of precarious times. Jacqueline Burnett, statuesque, iconic. She stands, as if chiseled into the a…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 04:40PMThe trials of being hapa in America get the callout treatment in this new digital play. “You and I both know that if you leave here and talk shit about this pl…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 12:00PMThe Uruguayan-born choreographer and visual artist connects with undocumented women in Pilsen and Little Village for a new work. In a year of minimal mobility, …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 05:15PMCommunity, inclusion, and diversity form the connective tissue for Nick Pupillo's vision. “My dream was to have a company. My dream was to create a space that …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 12:00PMThe 'tragic Asian' love story disappears in this new gay rom-com. Zac Efron: two-time winner of the MTV Movie Award for “best shirtless performance,” four-ti…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 06:20PMThe company celebrates "possibilities for renewal" in an anniversary concert. Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT), founded in 1995, has been transitioning for ove…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 12:50PMGoing online opens more opportunities in this year's festival. “I’ve been a dancer all my life,” says CounterBalance founder Ginger Lane. Trained primarily…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 04:00PMRigoberto Saura's new piece for Hedwig Dances documents our current disorientation. “I woke up—I took my costume, I took a bath. That day we were ready.…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 12:30PMTheatre Y turns Young Jean Lee's play into an elliptical but moving film project. There’s a video of Young Jean Lee performing her 2011 play We’re Gonna Die …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 07:10PMA livestreamed multidisciplinary festival crosses a wishlist with a treasure hunt. Along with every other performance venue in town, Links Hall went dark in Marc…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 04:00PMJenn Freeman (aka Po'Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film. Small-town girl finds adventure, fame, and love in the big cit…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 12:30PMIn an industry decimated by distancing, dancers discover steps forward. When theaters closed their doors for COVID-19 in March, it looked like curtains for perf…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 12:00PMThe company offers an online 'retrospectacular' of four previous shows. “The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 10:00AMChicago’s 21c Museum Hotel reopens with “This We Believe.” A stone's throw from the kitsch and luxe of the Magnificent Mile, in a north-facing window on O…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 11:50AMSocial distancing can't stop the beat for this beloved Chicago festival. Summer in the city usually means sultry nights of outdoor picnics, plays and concerts ga…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 01:30PMSpace, perspective, and introversion feature thematically in new online dance pieces. On March 12, the dancers of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago were onstage prepa…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 06:30PMDancing Under Quarantine honors resilience and creativity. Founded five years ago and recipient of a 2019 Ruth Page Award, the Chicago Dance History Project has …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 06:45PMTwo Reader critics talk about digital dance and theater—and other COVID-19 challenges. On April 8, several organizations came together for a "Chicago Performin…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 04:15PMDancers figure out how to create in isolation. Dances are made in time and space, a minute or an hour in a dancer’s life never to be seen again. Dances do not …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 08:25PMHubbard Street's management blames COVID-19, but Conte and others raise questions. A studio, in its essence, is nothing more than an empty room.…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 09:35AMTennessee Williams's oft-revised story delivers to arresting effect with Theatre L'Acadie. "Having the necessary arrogance to assume that a failed production of …
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00PMGift Theatre brings a dark fable to life. Once upon a time, in a room that looked like a fifth-grade classroom after a firebombing followed by an era of mildew, …
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