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Para.Mar dancer Joseph A. Hernandez. Photo by Kelsey McFalls

Para.Mar Dance Theatre’s 'THAWEN' defrosts and reconnects in person

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | May 20, 2021

Sculpture created and photographed by Taimy Ramos Velázquez.

Our Readers Write: Dark from the inside out

Taimy Ramos Velázquez | May 19, 2021

Escultura creada y fotografiada por Taimy Ramos Velázquez.

Nuestros Lectores Escriben: Oscuro de adentro hacia afuera

Taimy Ramos Velázquez | May 19, 2021

Hannah Michal Santistevan (bottom right) and Darling Shear (center top) will premiere new pieces as part of the Co-MISSION Festival of New Works, produced by Links Hall and streamed on YouTube the next two weekends. Image courtesy of Links Hall.

Dancing from a place of love: How two of this year’s Co-MISSIONs artists embraced their pandemic residencies

Vicki Crain | May 18, 2021

Jacinda Ratcliffe performing at Pleasant Home as part of Winifred Haun & Dancers' "Spring in the Garden." Photo by Matthew Gregory Hollis

At Pleasant Home, redundancies shan't weigh down satisfying 'Spring in the Garden'

Tristan Bruns | May 18, 2021

“Abandoned Playground,” by Abby Z and the New Utility, was screened Friday at Daniel Webster Park as part of a joint presentation by the Dance Center and Night Out in the Parks. Photo by Christopher Duggan

The Dance Center celebrates 2021 grads with Abby Z's high-intensity Chicago debut—on film

Emma Elsmo | May 17, 2021

A still from "Beyond the Box, 4.3," featuring performer Yoshinojo Fujima (pictured). Image courtesy of Asian Improv aRts Midwest

Asian Improv aRts Midwest unites and liberates theme and tradition

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | May 17, 2021

A scene from Lorin Sookool's "Prayer Room," part of See Chicago Dance's Screendance Club

Ukuphakamisa Ithemba njengendawo ephefumula, nehlala kalula nge 'Prayer Room' likaLorin Sookool

Thobile Maphanga | May 6, 2021

A scene from Lorin Sookool's "Prayer Room," part of See Chicago Dance's Screendance Club

Proposing Hope as a breathable, liveable space through Lorin Sookool's 'Prayer Room'

Thobile Maphanga | May 5, 2021

Joffrey dancers Amanda Assucena and Alberto Velazquez in Nicolas Blanc's "Under the Trees' Voices," a digital premiere screened April 30. Photo by Matt de la Peña.

Joffrey's 'Under the Trees' an imaginative fairy tale that's just as magical for grown-ups

D'onminique Boyd-Riley | May 3, 2021

Participants of the Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival in a movement workshop. This year, the festival will take place entirely over Zoom. (photo courtesy Maggie Bridger)

Dance for all: Third Inclusive Dance Festival features artists exploring the possibilities of pain

Vicki Crain | Apr 28, 2021

Loyola dance and environmental science double major, Anna Goetz, performing her “Dance Senior Showcase” solo in Palm Court on campus. Photo by Emma Petersen Photography

Loyola’s graduating dancers bid adieu to pandemic-era educations with energy and optimism

Jordan Kunkel | Apr 26, 2021

CRDT Dancer Simone Stevens (foreground) and vocalist Margaret Murphy-Webb performing "Culture Loop," by choreographer Monique Haley. Photo credit: Fernando Rodriguez Photography.

Cerqua Rivera's first outing of the year captures the love language of jazz in 21st century, pandemic style

D'onminique Boyd-Riley | Apr 24, 2021

Richard Driehaus (pictured) receiving the 2016 Distinguished Service to the Dance Field Award at the See Chicago Dance Gala. Driehaus died March 9. (Charles Osgood Photography)

Chicago dance remembers Richard Driehaus

Lauren Warnecke | Apr 13, 2021

Chicago Tap Theatre performing "A Spring in Our Step," available online through April 4. Photo by Philamonjaro

'A Spring in Our Step' is an entertaining, more jovial version of Chicago Tap Theatre's digital formula

Emma Elsmo | Mar 30, 2021

Deez Nuts!: Black Bodies Dancing Defiance (TRAILER)

Radically Casual: Hanging with 'Deez Nuts!'

Gregory King | Mar 30, 2021

A screen shot of Penny Saunders' "In Any Event," performed by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Hubbard Street's 'In Any Event' blends naturalism and theatricality in multi-disciplinary storytelling

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Mar 27, 2021

As CSO piccolo Jennifer Gunn prepared a solo performance of Amanda Harberg's "Hall of Ghosts," she wanted a dancer to be part of it. Hubbard Street dancer Alyssa Allen (pictured) joins Gunn in a digital premiere on CSOtv (photo: Todd Rosenberg)

What does Hubbard Street dancer Alyssa Allen have in common with the piccolo?

Lauren Warnecke | Mar 25, 2021

Tommy Sutton teaching tumbling at Mayfair Academy (handout/Mayfair Performing Company)

The pandemic forced Tommy Sutton's Mayfair Academy to close. Generations of students ensure his legacy is not forgotten

Tristan Bruns | Mar 22, 2021

Pablo Sanchez rehearses his work "¡Viva!" at Joffrey Tower. Photo courtesy Joffrey Ballet.

Joffrey’s 'Winning Works' looks for the silver lining in a pandemic cloud

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Mar 22, 2021

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