Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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 01:15PMTuesday, March 23, 2021
Four 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 03:45PMMonday, February 22, 2021
Yoshihisa 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 02:00PMThursday, February 11, 2021
She'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 04:30PMTuesday, February 9, 2021
SAIC'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 01:05PMMonday, January 25, 2021
Local 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 05:20PMTuesday, January 12, 2021
A 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 05:45PMFriday, December 18, 2020
In 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 07:00PMTuesday, December 8, 2020
A 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 04:50PMTuesday, December 1, 2020
The 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 04:40PMWednesday, November 18, 2020
The 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 12:00PMMonday, November 16, 2020
The 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 05:15PMTuesday, November 10, 2020
Community, 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 12:00PMMonday, November 9, 2020
The '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 06:20PMWednesday, October 14, 2020
The 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 12:50PMWednesday, September 30, 2020
Going 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 04:00PMTuesday, September 22, 2020
Rigoberto 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 12:30PMTuesday, September 15, 2020
Theatre 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 07:10PMWednesday, September 9, 2020
A 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 04:00PMWednesday, August 12, 2020
Jenn 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 12:30PMTuesday, July 28, 2020
In 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 12:00PMWednesday, July 22, 2020
The 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 10:00AMFriday, July 3, 2020
Chicago’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 11:50AMThursday, July 2, 2020
Social 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 01:30PMMonday, May 18, 2020
Space, 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 06:30PMTuesday, May 5, 2020
Dancing 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 06:45PMThursday, April 23, 2020
Two 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 04:15PMThursday, April 2, 2020
Dancers 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 08:25PMMonday, March 30, 2020
Hubbard 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 09:35AMTuesday, March 17, 2020
Tennessee 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 07:00PMTuesday, March 3, 2020
Gift 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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