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As part of the JOMBA! "Legacy" platform, Ijodee Dance Company (Lagos, Nigeria) and Flatfoot Dance Company (Durban, South Africa) presented "Aya Asan." The festival runs through Sept. 6 online. Photo by Val Adamson

Jarring 'Aye Asan' questions the definition of and need for humanity

Emma Elsmo | Aug 30, 2020

A livestream version of "Delicate Hold" (pictured above) is the conclusion of Jane Jerardi's lab year as a Chicago Dancemakers Forum artist.

A gentle touch in Dancemakers Forum broadcast of ‘Delicate Hold’

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Aug 29, 2020

Gregory Maqoma (foreground) in his work "Exit/Exist," presented as part of the 2020 JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. Photo courtesy of the artist

'Exit/Exist' ruminates on body/voice in JOMBA!'s third day

Gregory King | Aug 29, 2020

"Goshen" (2019), by Deeply Rooted Dance, gospel artist Donald Lawrence and South African choreographer Tshediso Kabulu was one of the pieces on view at JOMBA! 2020. Author Felicia Holman reviewed a digital screening for the SCD fellowship. Photo: Ken Carl

Deeply Rooted at JOMBA! 2020: Legacy and memory meet online

Felicia Holman | Aug 27, 2020

A screen shot from "Time," by Sandile Mkhize. Mkhize is one of nine artists based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa commissioned to create dance films on the theme of isolation for the 22nd JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

22nd annual JOMBA! festival archives the times in a genuine collaboration between film and dance

Jordan Kunkel | Aug 26, 2020

Parallel Lives (above) is one of three works presented by Deeply Rooted Dance Theater as part of the Digital JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. Deeply Rooted was the first American company to appear in JOMBA! Photo by Michelle Reid

Returning to JOMBA! A look at Deeply Rooted Dance Theater’s relationship with the premier South African dance festival

Emma Elsmo | Aug 25, 2020

"Fall for the Outdoors," is an outdoor summer series with three new works by Ballet 5:8. The company shifted plans when the coronavirus pandemic closed their studios this March. Pictured: "Mercy" by Julianna Slager, photo credit: Lana Kozol

Ballet 5:8 changes plans and shoes to make the most of what's left of a very different Chicago summer

Lauren Warnecke | Aug 24, 2020

Natya Dance Theatre in "Inai: The Connection," performed Nov. 2019 at the Dance Center of Columbia College. Photo by Ravi Ganapathy.

We asked Natya Dance Theatre: What are you doing and how are you doing it?

Vicki Crain | Aug 22, 2020

Some students at the Hyde Park School of Dance returned to the studio under the phase 3 guidelines, while others take class from home on Zoom. We talked to director August Tye about how they're making it work. Photo by Aislinn McGhee Hassrick

We asked Hyde Park School of Dance: What are you doing and how are you doing it?

Vicki Crain | Aug 13, 2020

Nejla Yatkin's "The Other Witch" is one of two presentations by the Dance Center this fall. With a renewed focus on local artists, Yatkin and tapper Jumaane Taylor will participate in creative residencies at the venue. Photo of Yatkin by Enki Andrews

Playing the past on repeat is cathartic for now—not a long-term strategy

Lauren Warnecke | Aug 9, 2020

Academy students performing in the Senior-Choreographed Dance Concert in Jan. 2020. Photo courtesy of the Chicago Academy for the Arts

We asked The Chicago Academy for the Arts: What are you doing and how are you doing it?

Vicki Crain | Aug 6, 2020

CTT dancer Sterling Harris performed and choreographed in '30 Feet Together, 6 Feet Apart.' Photo by Kristie Kahns

Chicago Tap Theatre taps into virtual performances with live-streamed show, '30 Feet Together, 6 Feet Apart'

Emma Elsmo | Jul 28, 2020

The Space Movement Project performing "Bottoms Edge" at Pritzker Pavilion in 2015. The company celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Photo credit, Michael Jackson

15 years in, The Space Movement Project is navigating new spaces—at home and online

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Jul 27, 2020

Dancers Sam Crouch, Timothy Tsang and Katy Fedrigon in Ashley Deran and Emily Loar’s piece “This Dance is for the Parks.” Their film is part of a digital 2020 season for Dance in the Parks

Dance in the Parks gets to work with new season of digital premieres

Jordan Kunkel | Jul 20, 2020

Cerqua Rivera dancers Briana Arthur and Fernando Rodriguez performing Wilfredo Rivera's "American Catracho" in 2019, excerpted for a live-streamed fall series that continues next month (photo provided).

We thought the pandemic would be over by now. What potential lies within the possibility that arts organizations might have to start over?

Lauren Warnecke | Jul 10, 2020

Dancer Imani Williams in a still from "Finding Henry," by Joe Musiel

Review: Cinematic ‘New Dances’ embraces the choreographic constraints of COVID

Lauren Warnecke | Jun 21, 2020

A scene from Nasty, Brutish & Short, a serial puppet cabaret produced by Rough House and Links Hall. The series returns in a digital format on June 29. Photo Credit: Evan Barr

Small and nimble Links Hall takes an extraordinary year in stride

Emma Elsmo | Jun 12, 2020

Ameya Performing Arts performs as part of the Mandala Makers Festival. Photo by Shawn Kinney

Mandala Makers Festival takes a contemporary approach to classical traditions, bringing awareness to new and emerging South Asian artists

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Jun 10, 2020

A protester at 38th Street and S. Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis on May 26 after the death of George Floyd. Photo by Lorie Shaull/Creative Commons

The performance of protest / When performers protest

Lauren Warnecke | Jun 8, 2020

Red Clay Dance was to show sections from its 2019 production called "Art of Resilience" at the 2020 Pivot Arts Festival. On June 5, the company will launch a virtual version of this piece, shown above, online from the dancers' homes. Photo: Raymond Jerome

Pivot Arts to shift festival online in support of artistic discourse and virtual experimentation

Jordan Kunkel | Jun 3, 2020

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