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Fall dance highlights
"It is clear that artists need time, flexibility, process to be supported and not just the end product. I wanted to create a series that took that into account."
Two new pieces open this week on the world's largest canvas for digital art.
It's official: Concert dance is back. September abounds with performances by local, national and international companies.
The showcase concert by the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project marks the beginning of greater visibility and financial support for Black dance companies in Chicago.
CDC celebrates two decades of making high-energy performances that blend hip hop, contemporary dance and storytelling. "Booms Day" follows the adventures of a young girl and her boombox thro…
Summer abounds with free and family-friendly dance.
The "Inside/Out" showcases bring audiences into an intimate setting and allowing artists to share work "at a vulnerable juncture" in the process of creation.
July dance takes place all across the city, indoors and out, on the ground and in the air.
The one-night-only show is part of Muntu's 50th anniversary season, which the company is commemorating with a revival of the DanceAfrica Chicago festival.
Each year, Visceral Dance Chicago invites a group of Chicago-based choreographers to create a solo for each member of the company.
Hold on to your halter little birdie, the Fly Honeys are back!
Chicago dance heats up in June with high-energy rhythms and big, splashy productions.
M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre are coming together to celebrate National Tap Dance Day.
"How can we approach the choreography without assuming something about it? When we assume something, we miss what is really happening."
A performance series and gallery exhibition of individual artists and performance groups.
May dance and performance highlights
Juli is a New-York based performance artist who uses personal aspects of her own life as fodder for her one-woman show.
Dance highlights for April.
Chicago Repertory Ballet celebrates their anniversary with some traditional ballet mixed with a contemporary ballet aesthetic.
Hubbard Street Dance's spring seriesis comprised of two programs running over two weeks. Program A of "RE/CONNECT," was clearly about lifting spirits after a long, dark series of winters.
The program, choreographed by artistic director Julianna Rubio Slager, is heavily inspired by figures in literature and art.
Local and national companies greet the coming of spring on big and mid-sized stages.
Attendees to "The Light Returns" will move through Unity House, the dramatic entryway to Unity Temple, and onto the stage.
