SpinOff Series:: blue fish III - reveal - by Ayako Kato/Art Union Humanscape & To Be Two by Megan Young | MegLouise

In this split bill, two artists present works-in-progress at a special evening on the closed-door stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. With the help of the audience, Ayako Kato performs bluefish part III –reveal-, tracing the eroding, yet transformative relationship between humans and nature. Megan Young | MegLouise considers the boundaries and binaries of intimate relationships in To Be Two, and immersive movement experience constructed by the audience with the performer. Reservations are not necessary for this event.

Moving Dialogs: Women in the Director's Chair

Moving Dialogs: Women in the Director’s Chair 
Wednesday, November 2 
Conversation: 6-7:30pm 
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St
4th Floor Garland Room
Chicago, IL 60602
FREE: $5.00 Suggested Donation 

RSVP HERE

Artists:

Nejla Yatkin: Choreographer, Dancer, and Artistic Director of NY2Dance 

JoAnna Mendl Shaw: Choreographer, Dance Educator, and Artistic Director of The Equus Projects

Live Music Moves Toward Innovation

Oct 4, 2016 | By Lynn Colburn Shapiro

 

 

Experimentation with process is an essential component of creating a new work for any artist, but few dance companies can devote the kind of resources Cerqua Rivera Dance Theater has brought together to develop four new works, premiered this past weekend at Links Hall.  The company’s fall season was the culmination of CRDT’s innovative “Inside/Out” initiative, with residencies at Old Town School of Folk Music, Stage 773, and High Concept Labs over the past seven months.  

 

Lucky Plush’s Corporate Heroes

Oct 1, 2016 | By Lynn Colburn Shapiro

 

 

Corporate buzz words abound as a disparate collection of out of work comic book superheroes tries to reinvent itself into a corporate entity for today’s marketplace in Lucky Plush Productions’ “Trip The Light Fantastic: The Making of SuperStrip,” presented at The Dance Center, Columbia College September 29-October 1.

 

October's Political Stage

Sep 27, 2016 | By Lynn Colburn Shapiro

Heated politics take the stage in October, but the presidential debates aren’t the only arena for political discourse. Dance theater offers graphic interpretation of a variety of highly-charged political issues in several major productions this month, from Joffrey’s production of Krzysztof Pastor’s reimagining of Romeo and Juliet to The Seldoms' hackstory, “The Fifth,”  Natya’s investigation of cultural miscommunication at the root of discord, and Nora Chipaumire’s examination of black maleness. 

 

OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS:

 

A History Lesson, Told in Butoh

Sep 22, 2016 | By Lauren Warnecke

The 43rd season opener at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, a one-night-only performance Sept. 17 of solo artist Tadashi Endo, ended with a heartfelt speech by the man, flowers strewn at his feet, describing in poetic English the experience of witnessing a catastophe unfold at home from an unreachably far distance.

 

Harvest Festival Features New Faces, Old Friends

Sep 22, 2016 | By Lauren Warnecke

 

 

The annual Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival has become a staple in the fall calendar, presenting a wide variety of local and regional artists at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. The first of the festival’s two weekends of programs Sept. 16 and 17 introduced Harvest audiences to some new groups, and also brought some familiar faces back to the stage.