Rennie Harris' new piece, a tribute to Chicago House music and legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles, will appear alongside recent commissions from Hope Boykin, Randy Duncan, and a world premiere fr…
For Ellyzabeth Adler, founder and artistic director, T.S. Eliot's heap of broken images is a longtime literary favorite and the source material for the first dance theater piece she created …
From Frank Lloyd Wright to T.S. Eliot, dance shows its range in May.
"I get to see gay love in a way I've yearned for most of my life and never believed I would see in a ballet context."
Hedwig Dances' sequel to Oskar Schlemmer's 1922 avant-garde ballet is fascinating, playful and downright trippy. Figures parade toward the audience like a Kandinsky come to life.
I wanted to put what I'm into on stage. I've been very into an exploration of meditation and my own spiritually. And I'm very into disco.
April features ABT and an array of leading Chicago companies in full bloom.
"What would it feel like if we did this every day, working with your best friend, laughing and having fun and seeing it as a joy?"
This Saturday, Sleeping Village will become a petri dish for the femme and queer-led performance extravaganza the Fly Honey Show. In the lab will be three mad geniuses of party chemistry.
The ten companies in the new edition of the CBDLP will perform March 25 and 26 in a program entitled "Sans Pareil," celebrating the past and the present of the city.
Hubbard Street Dance, Alvin Ailey and much more pack March's dance calendar.
"When I saw the finished piece, I texted Tre and was like 'are you trying to kill my dancers?'" Yonally says. "It's six minutes of athletic, virtuosic go go go, and it's in five. A not-parti…
"I want people to not be sitting there thinking 'I could have stayed home and read this book or watched this movie.' I just want people to have a good time. It always been sort of tongue in …
Whether you're looking for story ballet or experimental play, dance in February will keep you warm.
Kara Brody never intended to be a curator, but when the opportunity to hand the Steppenwolf 1700 black box theater over to dance makers of her choosing came up, she couldn't say no.
The festival"the only one of its kind in the United States"is in its fifth iteration and has already put Chicago on the map as a destination for the most inventive live performance on the pl…
Like ocean waves, the moods in "Things Hidden" are ever-shifting, a kaleidoscope of ideas that remain stuck on the tip of the tongue.
Polyrhythmic percussive dance!
Black Girls Dance is a project designed to open doors for talented, hard-working, and often overlooked young women of color to pursue dance careers.
Dance reaches new audiences, and sometimes new heights, during the holidays.
Long-running choreographers and dance companies dominate November stages
The season opener, which runs one night only at the Athenaeum, will feature a spectrum of works throughout the company's history.
Carrie Hanson, along with company members Damon Green, Dee Alba and Sarah Gonsiorowski developed dances inspired by the creative practices of sculptor Edra Soto, sound artist Sadie Woods, pa…
"Elevate Chicago Dance" reboots October 13-15, spreading again across the city, with work by thirty artists presented in six venues.
October brings out the big guns: Joffrey, Hubbard Street and Elevate, plus major shows at Harris and the Auditorium