Thursday, 24 April 2025 13:28
THE JOFFREY BALLET CLOSES 69TH SEASON WITH EXTENDED RUN OF CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON'S ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
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The Joffrey Ballet concludes its 69th season with two-time Tony Award®-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon's enchanting and family-friendly Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Set to Joby Talbot's hallucinatory sound world of sweeping melodies and ticking clocks, the production features vibrant stagecraft and puppetry by Tony Award®-winning designer Bob Crowley, transforming Lewis Carroll's classic tale with…
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Wednesday, 16 April 2025 13:32
THE LOVE OF THREE KINGS Returns and Kicks Off the Opera Festival of Chicago, May 9 and 11
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The Opera Festival of Chicago announces the cast and creative team for The Love of Three Kings (L’Amore dei tre Re), with music by Italo Montemezzi, a libretto by Sam Benelli, directed by Sasha Gerritson, conducted by Uff. Emanuele Andrizzi with a cast of more than 40 performers and an orchestra of 39 musicians. Performances are Friday, May 9 at…
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Wednesday, 16 April 2025 13:29
See Chicago Dance Announces the Return of Chicago Dance Month, May 31 - June 28, 2025
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See Chicago Dance, the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, will return May 31 - June 28. Now in its 12th year, Chicago Dance Month provides numerous opportunities for artists and companies to celebrate the myriad talents…
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Monday, 07 April 2025 12:19
GDC Spring Program Eloquently Distills the Vagaries and Splendor of Life Through Dance
Written by Mitchell Oldham
Dance performances can often be moving events but rarely do they hold the density, breadth and depth of emotions Giordano Dance Chicago’s (GDC) Spring engagement encompassed Friday night at the Harris Theater. Part tribute, part commemoration of a milestone, and a total celebration of life, Soaring: Life, Light and Legacy…
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Monday, 31 March 2025 15:56
IDENTITY PERFORMING ARTS: Spring Concert 2025 - 'Instinct' at Ann Barzel Theater (April 26-27)
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IDENTITY PERFORMING ARTS Presents Spring Concert 2025 “Instinct” A captivating performance of four distinct works on April 26 & 27 Ann Barzel Theater Visceral Dance Center, 3121 N Rockwell St, Chicago IL 60619 Tickets $30 Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 at 7 pm Tickets…
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Monday, 10 March 2025 20:22
Red Clay Dance Company’s 16 centers perseverance and legacy in Vershawn Sanders-Ward Revival and Bebe Miller Premiere
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The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago announces 16 by Red Clay Dance Company for three performances only, April 17-19, 2025, featuring Founding Artistic Director and CEO Vershawn Sanders-Ward (‘02)’s new staging of Written on the Flesh and a premiere by Bebe Miller—commissioned and set on Red Clay Dance Company dancers including Columbia alumni Amaya Arroyo (‘23) and Celeste Brace (‘23). For…
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Saturday, 08 March 2025 00:41
Auditorium Theatre’s Presentation of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Company Soars and Astounds
Written by Lauren Katz
Two dancers stand center stage. The traditional, spiritual music begins to play as they start to move. Very much in unison, and slowly in time with the rhythm. We are in the first segment of Revelations - “Pilgrim of Sorrow.” The first two segments were larger group numbers, but this…
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Monday, 25 November 2024 13:29
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's 'Season 47 Fall Series' is Sexy Romantic and Powerful
Written by Kimberly Katz
Steppenwolf's cozy downstairs theater provided the ideal setting for an evening of outstanding and expressive dance by the highly acclaimed Season 47 Fall Series by Hubbard Street Dance Company. The performance began with Aszure Barton's “return to patience,” featuring the entire company uniformly dressed in simple, gray and pale blue…
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Tuesday, 29 October 2024 13:19
Review: Giordano Dance's 'Soaring' at Harris Theater - Recommended!
Sarz Maxwell
I’m actually not a dance critic. I don’t know enough about dance; I‘m not fluent in the language of dance; I have limited experience with dance. But whenever GIORDANO DANCE COMPANY performs, I put my name in, purely because I love their work! GIORDANO DANCE COMPANY’s 62nd Season, SOARING, is…
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Wednesday, 03 July 2024 13:38
Review: CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? THE QUEER TAP DANCE REVOLUTION at The Edge Theatre
Sarz Maxwell
With CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? Chicago Tap Theatre presents an original show directed by Molly Smith. CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? featured a series of original choreography from CTT dancers inspired by, referencing, and in honor of historical figures in tap dance and jazz music history from the LGBTQIA+…
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Wednesday, 12 June 2024 13:34
Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater’s 'Flamenco Passion' is absolutely magnificent!
Written by Kimberly Katz
I was thoroughly captivated by the remarkable dancers and musicians brought together by Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater’s Artistic Director, Irma Suarez Ruiz, and Executive Director, Jorge Perez in their latest production Flamenco Passion at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. The entire company of dancers were of the…
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Monday, 20 May 2024 16:31
Review: Hubbard Street Dance's Spring Series: OF JOY at Harris Theatre
Sarz Maxwell
There are no words. Well, obviously that’s not true cos I’m about to say a whole bunch of words – they can pretty much all be found in the thesaurus under glorious, magnificent, gorgeous … you get the idea. The only bad news is that it’s a short run, just…
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Thursday, 02 May 2024 16:55
Panther In the Sky – “A Moving Tapestry of Grief and Hope"
Written by Wesley David
In "Panther in the Sky," playwright Lani T. Montreal masterfully weaves a tapestry of grief, resilience, and redemption through the intertwined narratives of four culturally diverse mothers who have tragically lost their teenage sons to the relentless grip of gun violence on the streets of Chicago. With exquisite sensitivity and…
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