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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham performed the world premiere of "An Untitled Love" Thursday and Friday at the Dance Center (Photo by Carrie Schneider)

Love is in the air for Abraham's latest at the Dance Center

D'onminique Boyd-Riley | Sep 20, 2021

2021 Critical Dance Writing Fellow D.S. Knowlton is out there in the audience, wanting to love you (Denise Jans/Unsplashed)

A love note to choreographers from the guy sitting in section C, row 13, on the aisle

D. S. Knowlton | Sep 14, 2021

A scene from "Abismo," part of Aida Colmenero Diaz' dance film series, "She Poems"

Seven small windows: Writings inspired by ‘She Poems’

Jennifer Passios | Sep 11, 2021

A scene from "Abismo," part of Aida Colmenero Diaz' dance film series, "She Poems"

'She Poems' a befitting end to the 23rd JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

Catherine Meredith | Sep 11, 2021

Barat College's grounds are now a garden, owned by Woodlands Academy. The only building that remains is the library. Old Main's cupola has been preserved to mark the spot where the campus once stood. (Maura Fitzgerald/Facebook)

So begins a fall dance season like all the others and also like no other

Lauren Warnecke | Sep 11, 2021

A scene from "Abismo," part of Aida Colmenero Diaz' dance film series, "She Poems"

Poetry and dance not a novel idea but lush 'She Poems' makes this old form new again

Morgan Rondinelli | Sep 10, 2021

Mellon Artist in Residence Yaseen Manuel working with Flatfoot Dance Company. Manuel's two new dance films premiered at the 23rd JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. Photo: Val Adamson.

Matters of the mind and spirit: Yaseen Manuel’s 'Al-Kitab' and 'UNHINGED' premiere in JOMBA!

Sophie Allen | Sep 7, 2021

A scene from "Same Sky" presented Aug. 25 at See Chicago Dance's Screendance Club. Artists from the film conversed with moderator and curator Jean Louise Osberger

Dance film 'Same Sky' invites viewers to lean on one another

Jean Louise Osberger | Sep 6, 2021

A scene from Hannah Ma's "Onda," on view at the 23rd JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. (Handout/courtesy Hannahmadance)

Can we scream in the undertow? Navigating the waves in Hannah Ma’s 'ONDA'

Carmen Gorsuch | Sep 4, 2021

A scene from Hannah Ma's "Onda," on view at the 23rd JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. (Handout/courtesy Hannahmadance)

Dualities anchor 'Onda,' a dance film dangling between analog and digital mediums

Jennifer Passios | Sep 4, 2021

A still from Swedish company Cullberg's dance film "On Earth I'm Done: Mountains" (Handout)

Collisions of nature and culture in Cullberg's 'On Earth I'm Done'

Angelina DiFranco | Sep 3, 2021

Chicago Dance Crash performing on the rooftop of Lakeshore Sport & Fitness (Handout)

Crash returns to live in Chicago with a show so energy-packed you can literally feel it

Lauren Warnecke | Sep 2, 2021

A scene from Marcel Gbeffa's "In my mind," a short dance film part of the "African Crossings" platform in the 2021 JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. (Handout)

African Crossings: Where vulnerability and resilience meet

Sophie Allen | Sep 1, 2021

Phyllis Wills with accompanist Mrs. Sloan

Remembering Miss Wills: "The good, the true, the beautiful"

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Sep 1, 2021

Robert Ssempijia in a scene from his dance film, "Alienation." The premiere is part of the "African Crossings" platform on the 23rd JOMBA! Contermporary Dance Experience. (Handout)

JOMBA! 'African Crossings' poses questions best left for dance to answer

Morgan Rondinelli | Sep 1, 2021

Sizakele Mdi in a screen shot from the dance film "Dust to Dust," presented as part of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

Man vs. self or man vs. nature: JOMBA! South African 'Crossings' embarks on two distinct journeys of discovery

Catherine Meredith | Aug 31, 2021

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On Location: JOMBA! Open Horizons short films uncover importance of place

Jennifer Passios | Aug 31, 2021

Garage Dance Ensemble in ”Gat innie Grond, Wond in My Siel (Hole in the Ground, Wound in my Soul)” by choreographer Byron Klassen. (Handout)

Like dust in the wind, a South African village faces its ephemerality in Garage Dance Ensemble's latest film

Joel Solari | Aug 29, 2021

Limon Dance Company rehearsing at Kaatsbaan. Photo by Kelly Puleio.

Then-and-Now: An exploration of the Limón Dance Company’s social activism through performance

Emma Elsmo | Aug 27, 2021

The piece "TEN," by Birmingham-based ACE Music and Dance, was presented on the second day of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. (Handout)

José Agudo’s ‘TEN' a ritualistic gaze at internal and external demons

Rachel Schmidt | Aug 26, 2021

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