Laura Molzahn

Who decreed that dance must be serious? Dance artists, ignoring comedy at their own peril, need to lighten up sometimes. Yet comic dance is rare. Admittedly, it's hard to pull...

Choreographer John Neumeier certainly set himself a task with "Sylvia," combining a 16th-century pastoral drama, complete with rustics and gods, with a well-loved 19th-century score (created for the universally despised...

Picture 14 dancers vaulting or sliding over (or under) 20 steel tables, set close together in a 4-by-5 table grid. The sound design resembles the sporadic bursts of action-flick noise...

The face of the future, Visceral Dance Chicago is young, brave, ambitious, tasteful. Founded just two years ago by Nick Pupillo, the company was good to go right out of...

It's mind-bending just to contemplate the logistics of "AYA, An Aerial Ballet," much less to wrangle the planning, rehearsals, and performances, coming up Saturday and Oct. 17 at the Athenaeum....

The evening began and ended with a party. But two more distinctive parties couldn't be imagined. While the first was a tea ceremony, the last was an audience-friendly dance bash,...

Reverence for cultural and family history has always propelled Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, founded by Amalia Hernandez in 1952 to preserve the folk dances of her native country and now...

Nicole Gifford and Melissa Mallinson, the producer-curators of the Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, have come up with a winning sixth incarnation, at least for the first of its two...

The Joffrey Ballet steps up with the ambitious "Millennials" program, challenging its ensemble — now 10 new members stronger — with two brand-new works and a company premiere. Though all...