There is enough wonderful dance happening in Chicago to keep you on your toes almost every night throughout the month of March. Local and touring companies from out of town grace stages small and large throughout the city. The town is fairly bursting with new, creative collaborations between choreographers, dancers, musicians, filmmakers, videographers, actors, poets and more.
Nomi closes out their tenth anniversary season with a performance like no other!
Game Changers
February 17, 2017
“Game Changers” is a great name for Joffrey Ballet’s February season (February 15-26, Auditorium Theatre), and it may help audiences to wrap their minds around ballet that pushes the envelope, but that’s nothing new for the Joffrey.
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater’s “Aspects of Love,” is a valentine that packs a punch, shining a fresh light on a topic you might not necessarily associate with Civil Rights, HIV/AIDS, Greed, or Feminism. And yet, all of these issues found their place on a program that also addressed love’s more traditional landscape of sensuality, intimacy, and mutual attraction.
This year’s annual dance showcase entitled “Current Rhythms” will feature exciting and innovative choreography that displays an entertaining and thought-provoking range of choreographic styles and techniques. Invited guest choreographers include Eduardo Vilaro, artistic director of New York City’s acclaimed Ballet Hispanico, and Onye Ozuzu, a performing artist, and current dance faculty and Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Columbia College Chicago. The show will also include two new works by faculty members Jeff Hancock and Joel Valentín-Martínez.
Now that February is upon us, the new year is off and running with a jam-packed roster of exciting and varied dance events. Genre lines blur as modern meets tradition, with Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre’s modern dance Valentine and Thodos Dance Chicago’s “Timeless Motion” at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. The Shen Yun Show highlights ancient Chinese tradition the Harris, while challenging programming from The Joffrey Ballet’s “Game Changers” sends us to the cutting edge in contemporary ballet at the Auditorium Theatre.