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Miriam-Rose LeDuc and Django Allegretti in CRB artistic director Wade Schaaf’s “Grand Pianola Music." Photo: Topher Alexander

Chicago Rep's 'Refresh' quenches thirst for the theater with reboots and two new dance films

Tristan Bruns | Mar 20, 2021

From left, Ballet 5:8 dancers Libby Dennen, Samuel Opsal, Lezlie Gray and Lorianne Robertson in "Reckless" (photo courtesy Ballet 5:8)

Ballet 5:8's 'Reckless' puts biblical figure Gomer at the center of her story

Lauren Warnecke | Mar 14, 2021

Still of Rigoberto Fernandez Saura sitting on his windowsill in “Home: A Place Within.” Photo courtesy of Hedwig Dances

Hedwig Dances' innovative media tactics and international connections keep the topic of 'home' fresh—a year into the pandemic

Jordan Kunkel | Mar 8, 2021

Dancer Summer Smith (foreground) and Winifred Haun & Dancers lean their foreheads against a white wall in Links Hall. The company presented their newest dance film. Photo by Matthew Gregory Hollis

In Winifred Haun's 'Press on, Regardless,' Links Hall's swinging door is fertile ground for images of resilience and sticktoitiveness

D'onminique Boyd-Riley | Mar 7, 2021

The Joffrey Ballet's Anais Bueno (center) with Jonathan Dole, Blake Kessler, Jose Pablo Castro Cuevas and Hyuma Kiyosawa in "Bolero" (photo courtesy Joffrey Ballet)

Joffrey’s 'Bolero': A new spin on familiar Ravel tune

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Mar 1, 2021

Eight dance organizations form CBDLP: Ayodele Drum & Dance, Chicago Multiculural Dance Company, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Forward Momentum Chicago, Joel Hall Dancers & Center, Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, Najwa Dance Corp and Red Clay Dance Company

Legacy Project companies lean on each other to preserve and advocate for Black dance in Chicago

Tristan Bruns | Feb 27, 2021

A scene from Ballet Chicago's "Hansel & Gretel," presented as part of a seven-week series of digital programs available for free this spring. Photo by Ron McKinney Photography

This spring, virtual audiences can time travel through 20 years with Ballet Chicago

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Feb 25, 2021

South Chicago Dance Theatre presented its third annual Black History Month performance virtually, with strong performances anchored by text from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Langston Hughes. (photo by Michelle Reid)

South Chicago Dance takes worthy risks working with words of Dr. King, Langston Hughes

Tristan Bruns | Feb 21, 2021

Photo Credit: Left: Anjal Chande, photo by Samir Mirza. Right: Craig Black, photo by Todd Rosenberg

It’s the magic of the unknown that inspires artists of the '10x10 Crossbody Collaborations' to connect and create

Jordan Kunkel | Feb 8, 2021

A still from “Kaduna,” featuring The Ebinum Brothers. “Kaduna” opens the Films.Dance series, streaming through May 3 on the Harris Theater's Virtual Stage. Photo courtesy of the Harris Theater.

Real Connections: Films.Dance launch brings awareness of our mutualities with people, place and things

D'onminique Boyd-Riley | Feb 4, 2021

Ten dance artists, pictured above, were recently selected by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum to develop new dance works that use digital, online, mobile and/or virtual technologies.

Chicago dance has had a long love affair with process. Doubling down, are their audiences on board?

Lauren Warnecke | Feb 2, 2021

Actor, designer, costumer and caretaker Rebecca Shouse (right) posing with Michael Montgomery of Alonzo King LINES Ballet. (courtesy Shouse)

Art, joy and care for the dancer have been costumer Rebecca Shouse's top priorities

Vicki Crain | Feb 1, 2021

A still from “Kaduna,” featuring The Ebinum Brothers. “Kaduna” opens the Films.Dance series, streaming through May 3 on the Harris Theater's Virtual Stage. Photo courtesy of the Harris Theater.

More than 150 people from 25 countries came together to 'make something' during the pandemic. The result: Films.Dance

Jordan Kunkel | Jan 21, 2021

Swiss dancer and choreographer Flavia Devonas Hoffmann, pictured, presents "Human Habitat," a short film set in the Actic and presented as part of the 8th In/Motion International Dance Film Festival.

In new partnership with the Harris Theater, In/Motion honors dance on screen—as it always has

Emma Elsmo | Jan 19, 2021

Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones, center, as Ozone in 'Breakin'. The Chicago native, who rose to fame and brought popularity to street dance in popular culture, died Dec. 30. Credit: MGM

Chicago's street dance community mourns 'Shabba Doo' Quiñones

Felicia Holman | Jan 18, 2021

Theatre artist Thaddeus Phillips (pictured) presents his solo show "Zoo Motel" live from his home in Colombia. This immersive, digital performance is presented by Links Hall to Chicago audiences through Jan. 24. Publicity image courtesy Thaddeus Phillips

See Chicago Dance sees theatre: 'Zoo Motel' a fanciful flight to realms mystical and magical

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Jan 17, 2021

A mob of Trump supporters pushing against police forces on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Blink O'fanaye on Flickr, via Creative Commons.

Rage and riot at the Capitol: What can dance do for America in 2021?

Lauren Warnecke | Jan 11, 2021

Composer and playwright Derek McPhatter, pictured, presents new songs from "Water Riot in Beta: A Cyberpunk Rock Opera," part of an Afrosurrealist musical inspired by sociopolitical implications of water scarcity in the Midwest. Photo by Jaclyn Simpson

Artists share their pandemic era works-in-progress at the MCA's 'Dreamscape'

Felicia Holman | Jan 10, 2021

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing in Jamar Roberts' "Ode," part of the company's March presentation at the Auditorium Theatre. Photo by Paul Kolnik

Best dance of 2020: What we gained in a year filled with loss

See Chicago Dance | Dec 28, 2020

From left, Mark Yonally, Kirsten Uttich, Kurt Schweitz and Jennifer Yonally in Chicago Tap Theatre's "Tidings of Tap." Photo by David Harmantas

'Tidings of Tap' rescues light and joy from a pandemic season of darkness

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Dec 18, 2020

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