Disability is what enables Heidi Latsky Dance
"Having people with disabilities is like having a new color as a painter to add to your palette," says choreographer Heidi Latsky. "How does that change the art, make it...
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REVIEW: ‘Holding Ground’ by Dance COLEctive
Sometimes very good things come in small packages. The Dance COLEctive's unassuming but decidedly artful "Holding Ground" is a short program of three short works. They lay it on the...
All Blacks’ pregame dance: Ballet before the bruising
If you've ever seen the New Zealand All Blacks' pre-game "haka," you'd probably call it a war dance. But it's not. At least not technically. Sure, the 15 rugby starters...
REVIEW: ‘Wild Grass’ by Beijing Dance Theater
Making its Chicago debut, Beijing Dance Theater offers proof positive that good dancing doesn't necessarily mean good dance. Chinese dancers are famously trained, and the 16 performers of "Wild Grass"...
REVIEW: ‘come, been and gone’ at MCA Chicago ★★★
I was whipsawed by "come, been and gone," performed Saturday by the London-based rogue ballet troupe Michael Clark Company in its Chicago debut. A tribute to David Bowie and his...
REVIEW: Giordano Dance Chicago ★★★
A bit of blissed-out Americana, of escapist fantasy, goes down pretty easy these days. And that's what Giordano Dance Chicago delivers with Ray Leeper's new "Feelin' Good Sweet." A former...
REVIEW: ‘Swan Lake’ by the Joffrey Ballet
At what point does the animal turn into the human? Fear into love? The everyday into magic? The brilliance of choreographer Christopher Wheeldon's re-imagined "Swan Lake" is to bring into...
Joffrey’s ‘Swan Lake’ is set to take wing
"You know, Degas was groundbreaking," says choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. "He painted ballet rehearsal the way it really is: The girls are sweaty, they have a bad back, they're leaning over....
REVIEW: ‘Trade Winds’ by Hedwig Dances / DanzAbierta ★★★
Cheerful, misshapen, Hedwig Dances' shared, evening-length work with Cuba's DanzAbierta is a Frankenstein baby, too charming to be a monster but nevertheless sutured together. Part travelogue, part joint storytelling, part...
REVIEW: River North Dance Chicago ★★★½
After 25 years, River North Dance Chicago looks stronger than ever — virtuosic, yes, but with even greater heart. Wednesday's gala program, packed with terrific music and lit to the...