21 stories by "Alyssa Motter"
A smorgasbord of workshops, residencies and online performances dispatched Chicago-based dance artists to the Dance Center's national and international audience while deepening the connectio…
Red Clay Dance partners deploys art and activism to build self-agency and effect positive change with residents of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
Boris Eifman reimagines this antiquated tale through his unique, sensationalistic style of psychological ballet theater that philosophizes about the complex, emotional realities of human ex…
Kia Smith's young company has built a vibrant dance community that extends far beyond Chicago's city limits.
Synapse's program provides essential resources, professional development and mentorship to unique artists at a crucial moment along their artistic path.
A mixed-repertoire bill from three Israeli choreographers does not disappoint.
Annie Dorsen's performance sparks a line of ontological inquiry about the nature of how our digital and corporeal existences dovetail begets more and more questions.
The iconic company celebrates its sixtieth anniversary with three unique programs featuring classic works and world premieres.
This biennial festival celebrates dancemakers whose work is grounded in African and African Diasporic forms and provides presentation and professional development opportunities for this hist…
Akram Khan's highly collaborative and unorthodox reimagining of the classic ballet has yielded a modern masterpiece.
A temporary reprieve from the bleakness of February.
For their tenth anniversary, RE|Dance offers two works that together are a spectral musing on what it means to be civically engaged in today's complex sociopolitical climate.
This multidisciplinary performance at the MCA's off-site warehouse space addresses issues of race, opposition, hostility, identity and disappearance, bringing into question what it means to …
Christopher Wheeldon's well-crafted choreography is framed by theatrical sets which, while minimalistic in design, use projection and lighting to conjure a sense of depth and scale that is b…
For the first time, three of the most influential pioneers of experimental dance will meet on stage to reflect and project about life, dance and everything in between in real time, and we're…
Tere O'Connor's new work finds its thematic roots in complexity, and tenders a paired down, aesthetic sparsity that concurrently riles and calms through carefully cultivated structures and f…
Hubbard Street's Fall Series is a composite of interwoven movement styles from across the expansive mycelial web that is contemporary dance.
The MCA's after-hours gathering served as an affirmation of our need for human connection when our social interactions and pubic debates move increasingly online.
South Chicago Dance Theatre's gala debut will be a celebration of diversity in dance, and create a context of inclusion and empowerment.
"In a Rhythm" offers a broad cross section of our cultural moment cut by the critical empathy of Miller and her collaborators. The effect is a powerful artistic experience that leaves the au…
Shanahan and Mad Shak dancers, Kristina Fluty, Jeff Hancock and Megan Klein generate an innovative movement vocabulary that defies convention and stretches aesthetical constructs.