Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Founders Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, armed with a rich Alvin Ailey lineage and a cadre of 16 spectacular dancers, have re-envisioned ballet through technical precision, athletic prowess, and sheer passion. Complexions’ blockbuster hit, STAR DUST: From Bach to Bowie, honors two musical icons in a high-octane performance with a pair of pieces choreographed by Rhoden: Hissy Fits, showcasing selections by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Star Dust, sure to rock audiences with a soundtrack celebrating David Bowie classics, including “Young Americans,” “Heroes,” and “Space Oddity.”

Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker

An exhilarating story told in dance, SUGAR HILL is set to the music of the genre-defying collaboration between jazz icons Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn in a captivating way that has never been done before. SUGAR HILL reveals the glamour of the 1930s as seen through the lens of the nonconformist daughter of a high-society Black family in Manhattan and her fantastic dreamworld in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem.

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater

Chicago’s Deeply Rooted Dance Theater reimagines and diversifies the aesthetics of contemporary dance by uniting modern, classical, American, and African American traditions in dance and storytelling. Deeply Rooted collaborates with nationally renowned choreographers, across the spectrum of modern, ballet, and African dance, to reflect contemporary voices.

The Seldoms celebrate 20 years with “Superbloom” at the Harris Theatre

This Summer, pistils meet epistemology as The Seldoms dance company celebrates their 20th anniversary by asking, “Why is a flower beautiful?” The more you think of the question the more elusive the answer seems to be.

Perhaps spoken language is not fit for such metaphysical quandaries. Instead, perhaps the language of dance can succeed where spoken words fail.

Ballet Chicago Dazzles in the Afterglow of George Balanchine in "Balanchine and Beyond, Treasures Past and Present"

 

Ballet Chicago’s new season of “Balanchine and Beyond” brought an old favorite, a genre-changing Balanchine classic, and two exciting new works to Chicago’s Harris Theater for two performances last Saturday, May 13.

Chicago Dance Month Toolkit - NOW AVAILABLE!

Are you celebrating Chicago Dance Month with us?  We've put together a toolkit to make promoting your Chicago Dance Month events as easy as possible!  The toolkit, which contains email, social media text, graphics, and more, contains everything you need to communicate your own events and Chicago Dance Month as a whole. 

Even though we promote Chicago Dance Month in a number of ways, by far the most impactful Chicago Dance Month promotions come from you, See Chicago Dance's members and friends.