Khecari’s dance creator likes messing with your head
Think terrifying and wonderful, as in one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small. But no pills were involved in the dizzying shifts in audience perspective of...
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Dance | Fall 2015: A turn toward the contemporary
Contemporary dance — that smooth (or chunky) blend of ballet and modern, with various optional admixtures — is huge this fall. Look too for the occasional detour into Mexico, Spain...
Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Millennials’: Catch it before it’s gone
"I've been traveling a lot lately," says choreographer Myles Thatcher, "which is great but also plucks you out of your comfortable environment — strips away all the little things that...
Dance review: ‘Supreme Love’ hits on all cylinders
Reverence for the past and hope for the future drive the thrilling, sometimes ecstatic "Supreme Love," presented by Tapman Productions and performed by M.A.D.D. Rhythms. Thankfully, that earnestness never interferes...
Wet Chicago Dancing Festival finale still manages to shine
It was a drippy night at the Pritzker Pavilion on Saturday: The last performance of this year's Chicago Dancing Festival pretty much laid to rest the notion that a free...
Opening night of Chicago Dancing Festival a mixed bag
How easy to read should dance be? Intentionally or not, the Chicago Dancing Festival's opening night, Tuesday at the Harris Theater, investigated that perennial question, presenting five works by four...
Dance critic’s guide to burlesque: Naughty, lively, but is it art?
Seated in the front row, we were spattered with little, wet strands of Silly String, courtesy of a randy hand puppet. Later, we were showered with sparks: Think the workshop...
Chicago Dancing Festival: A free ticket to top dancers
"I've always been bothered by the ballet 'Sleeping Beauty' — irritated by it, really, because no story ever gets told," says choreographer Lar Lubovitch. That thought fathered his most recent...
Dance for Life 2015: laughs, tears and dance
We laughed, we cried. We laughed again, whenever emcees Joey Bland and Tim Mason came back onstage, cracking wise or introducing projected videos of themselves "auditioning" or taking orders from...
Frank Chaves will retire as artistic director of River North Dance Chicago
River North Dance Chicago has announced Monday that Frank Chaves will retire in fall 2015 after 23 years as artistic director of the 25-year-old company. Former Hubbard Street performer Chaves...