“Urban Bush Women are a noisy, outspoken bunch.” --Chicago Tribune
“...the company brings us to our feet with joy and recognition. UBW has a long and wonderful history at the Dance Center and it looks like their streak will continue...” -- Chicago Stage Standard
“...fun, energetic and technically dazzling – par for the course with Giordano.” -- Art Intercepts
“Every second is polished to a brilliant shine.” -- SeeChicagoDance
Camille A. Brown...just might become the next Katherine Dunham, bridging the gap between art and academia, between American and African American worlds, between politics and artistic expression, exposing the good, the bad and ugly with humor, gusto and grace. -- The DANCE Journal
“Triumphant – an enticing mixture of restraint and abundance."
-- The New York Times
"...scintillating abstract dance...insanely complex and changeful rhythms...shifting back and forth between deep, soulful truths and American vernacular...” -- Chicago Tribune
In an epic tale from ancient texts, Manu, the first man, survives a great flood. Left without emotion, thought or action, he journeys to recover himself and restore balance to the world.
A special one night only celebrate of Chicago jazz dance, Inaside Chicago Presents an evening of entertaining music and movement at the Athenaeum Theatre on October 16th, 2015 at 8pm.
Featuring Inaside Repertory Favorites:
The Ruth Page Festival of Dance opened at Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall with Concert Dance, Inc. in a musically diverse program of four works by CDI artistic director, Venetia Stiffler. The concerts September 1st and 2nd mark the farewell performances of CDI dancers Victor Alexander and Maray Gutierrez, a sad loss for the company, as they are the strongest and artistically most mature among the six who danced Tuesday night.
The Audience Architects Gala celebrates the 10th Anniversary of SeeChicagoDance.com and honors Sarah Solotaroff Mirkin with the presentation of the inaugural Distinguished Service to the Dance Field Award.
Monday, September 21, 2015: 6pm-10pm
Location: Greenhouse Loft, 2545 W. Diversey
http://greenhouseloft.com/
Individual Tickets: $225
Sponsor a dancer packages available
A human braid as thick as a traffic jam on the Kennedy roped off the sidewalk in front of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance Tuesday night, causing any casual observer to wonder if the Harris had suddenly started booking rock stars into their high-brow venue, typically reserved for classical music, opera, and concert dance. But guess again. The overflow crowd of hopefuls that night seemed to migrate en masse night after night to whichever box office held coveted ticket turn-backs for The Chicago Dancing Festival, Jay Franke and Lar Lubovitch’s gift to Chicago.
See Chicago Dance! It may change your life. You never know, when you witness a live dance performance, when it’s going to make an imprint that fires your muscles, rearranges your neurons, and emblazons new sensory perception on your whole system.
September ushers in opportunities to experience just that, with exciting new performing seasons for many Chicago dance companies.