Laura Molzahn

In the coming months Chicago will host all kinds of dance artists, from international companies to little jewels of the local scene. Among the more unusual offerings: Batsheva Dance Company,...

Molly Shanahan has a way of making you question the fundamentals of dance. Is movement conscious or unconscious, voluntary or involuntary? A matter of muscles or mind? Why do different...

"We're looking to make sure we deliver on the promise of a new venue," says Mark Yonally. This weekend, for the first time, he brings Chicago Tap Theatre's "Tidings of...

An unusual quantity and quality of vintage dance graced Chicago this year. To name just a few items: the Joffrey's reprises of Sir Frederick Ashton's "Cinderella" and Jiri Kylian's "Forgotten...

It's obvious, in a way, that there's a relationship between sex and dance. But what is it? Certainly some choreographers exploit it, often with a wink. Almost all, even when...

Chicago Dance Crash excels at having fun, at playing. Which isn't as easy as it might sound: To let go and yet venture beyond the silly requires a bit of...

With its fall series, Hubbard Street — Chicago's repository of contemporary dance, old and new, American and European — burgeons yet again. And though it sometimes seems all contemporary dance...