Sunday, 12 April 2026 13:40
The Auditorium proudly presents the return of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER for Four Performances Only, April 24-26
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World renowned ambassadors of Dance and Culture, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to its Chicago home – The Auditorium, Chicago’s Landmark stage at 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive – with four dynamic performances debuting six new works, April 24-26, 2026. Marking its 57th Chicago engagement at The Auditorium,…
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Monday, 13 April 2026 11:52
Giordano’s Ignite the Soul Dance Concert a Study in Topflight Versatility
Written by Mitchell Oldham
It’s no secret every new dance season is filled with its own undercurrent of anticipation. Regardless of the company, audiences who follow them silently wonder what will be the prevailing theme that will dominate a troupe’s next major performance. What attributes will signal growth and maturity. What kind of insights…
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Wednesday, 08 April 2026 14:02
Chicago Repertory Ballet's 2026 Spring Series features two boundary-breaking World Premieres and immersive revival of The Rite of Spring, one weekend only, May 29 - 31, 2026
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Chicago Repertory Ballet (CRB) is proud to present an exhilarating Spring Series that celebrates reinvention and bold new voices with two World Premieres and the revival of Founding Artistic Director Wade Schaaf's The Rite of Spring, set to Igor Stravinsky's watershed score. Since its establishment in 2011, CRB has championed blending classical ballet…
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Tuesday, 31 March 2026 10:07
South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT) presents An Evening with South Chicago Dance Theatre May 1st
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South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT) presents its ninth annual home season performance, An Evening with South Chicago Dance Theatre, featuring three electric world premieres by award-winning choreographers Natasha Adorlee, David Dorfman, and SCDT Founder and Director of Vision and Strategy and Resident Choreographer Kia S. Smith. The four-part mixed repertory program opens with a powerful work…
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Friday, 13 March 2026 20:57
A Winning Combination: Winning Works at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Written by Kendall Royzen
It was the flippant statement heard round the humanities. An errant comment, a sweeping generalization, and another dismissive remark towards the arts. While the internet might have lambasted the commentator, the commentary at its core is the erroneous belief or misunderstanding that the arts are a relic of a bygone…
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Tuesday, 03 March 2026 11:53
THE JOFFREY BALLET ANNOUNCES 2026–2027 SEASON AT LYRIC OPERA HOUSE
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Ashley Wheater MBE, The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, today announces the Joffrey's 2026-2027 season at Lyric Opera House, featuring the North American premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's The Sleeping Beauty, set to Tchaikovsky's greatest score, and the Chicago premiere of John Neumeier's landmark narrative ballet Liliom. The Joffrey will…
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Friday, 20 February 2026 13:57
Seventy Years in Motion: The Joffrey Ballet’s American Icons
Written by Bree Samani
Marking 70 years of bold, expressive movement, American Icons from The Joffrey Ballet shines as a vibrant salute to the choreographers who shaped American ballet and helped define the company’s enduring legacy. Presented at the stunning Lyric Opera House in the heart of downtown Chicago, the program unfolds under the…
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Sunday, 25 January 2026 13:58
A Century in Motion: Martha Graham’s Legacy Reborn
Written by Wesley David
At the Auditorium Theatre, a building that itself carries the muscle memory of American performance history, the Martha Graham Dance Company marked its 100th anniversary with an evening that felt less like a retrospective than a living argument for why Graham still matters. This was not modern dance preserved in…
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Wednesday, 21 January 2026 12:32
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to The Auditorium April 24-26
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World renowned ambassadors of Dance and Culture, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to its Chicago home – The Auditorium, Chicago's Landmark stage at 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive – with four dynamic performances debuting six new works, April 24-26, 2026. Marking its 57th Chicago engagement at The Auditorium, the company will perform two distinct programs, each…
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Saturday, 06 December 2025 11:19
Chicago Christmas Magic: The Nutcracker Celebrates 10 years of Magic at The Lyric Opera
Written by Kendall Royzen
At this time of year, when Christmas lights begin to twinkle and colors of green and red illuminate throughout the city, I am nostalgically drawn to the ballet. To me, there is nothing so quintessentially magical as The Nutcracker ballet at Christmas time. I can hum, and chair compose the…
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Sunday, 16 November 2025 13:31
Review: Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at Auditorium Theatre
Written by Bree Samani
The Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater’s 50th Anniversary Celebration was a gorgeous tribute to the history, culture and romance of Spanish dance. From the moment the dancers stepped onstage I was immediately drawn in by the burst of color, the pulse of the music and the intricate, lightning-fast footwork. The…
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Sunday, 09 November 2025 14:24
Review: Chicago Repertory Ballet's The Capulets at Ruth Page Center for the Arts
Sarz Maxwell
I’ll cut right to the chase and say THE CAPULETS by Chicago Repertory Ballet may be the finest dance show I’ve seen since I saw the Joffrey dance Christopher Wheeldon’s iconic adaptation of Nutcracker. I had the delight of speaking both before & after the show with Wade Schaaf, founder…
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Monday, 20 October 2025 15:51
Giordano Dance Chicago’s Ignite the Soul: red, black and vibrant
Written by Susan Lieberman
Many decades ago, my mother enrolled me in ballet classes, hoping the classical training would somehow turn her rotund preteen into a graceful swan. On my way to those tortuous lessons on Davis Street in Evanston, I passed another door marked “Gus Giordano Studio.” The typeface was cooler than the…
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