Nestled into an overwhelmingly busy weekend of big premieres leading into a hectic Chicago Dance Month, Winifred Haun & Dancers chose to look backward. Lovingly and carefully restored for the company’s spring concert at the Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts, the 2009 “Promise” is a dance inspired by John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden,” the great American novel that, admittedly, I’ve never read.
One of the best things about The Seldoms’ “Power Goes” (Museum of Contemporary Art, March 20-29) is that its intelligence is so thoroughly organic, not an easy thing to carry off when you’re dancing about Lyndon Baines Johnson! But dance they do, with bold, decisive strokes that form a perfect physical anchor for their inquiry into the nature of power. “Power Goes” works--as dance, as multi-disciplinary art, and as social commentary, something to which many aspire but few succeed.
Thodos Dance Chicago celebrates 15 years of dance creation at "New Dances 2015" !
Dance professionals – don’t miss this special opportunity to learn about audience building from dance colleagues from around the country!
Ringling Brothers may have live animals--minus the elephants--but they have nothing on “Carlucci’s Marvelous Exotic Extraordinary Big Top Universe of Renown,” otherwise known as Chicago Tap Theatre, for thrills and chills, and plenty of laughs.
What defines a ballet company? Repertoire, style, women en pointe? These days, there’s so much cross-over between ballet, modern dance and jazz idioms, you’re likely to see a blend of these genres in the choreography presented by any company performing contemporary work today.
Open Doors: a series of exclusive FREE events that highlight Chicago dance companies in famous landmark buildings throughout the Loop. Locations include everything from hotels to furniture stores, and churches.
Join Duncan Dance Chicago/Classical Modern at the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple on Wednesday, April 22 for an afternoon lovely historical dance.
Open Doors: a series of exclusive FREE events that highlight Chicago dance companies in famous landmark buildings throughout the Loop. Locations include everything from hotels to furniture stores, and churches.
An evening of inspiring dance with Hope Goldman, Ashley Deran and Dropshift Dance.
Pre-reception at 5pm, Performance at 6pm.