Best Chicago dance of 2013: A resplendent year
Chicago's resplendent 2013 dance scene ranged from little jewels to blockbusters, from bleak moods to sunny, and from classical to contemporary to the experimental. Here's a sampling of the tasty...
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Hubbard Street welcomes back its lucent, Chagall-inspired work
Imagine you're a sleepy child being read a picture book at bedtime. Magical images from a unique world tell a story, characters appear and disappear. As you fade in and...
Hubbard Street welcomes back its lucent, Chagall-inspired work
Imagine you're a sleepy child being read a picture book at bedtime. Magical images from a unique world tell a story, characters appear and disappear. As you fade in and...
Salt Creek’s ‘Nutcracker’ appeals especially to younger audiences
Salt Creek's "Nutcracker" is a real treat Who are "Nutcrackers" for? Given the ubiquitous productions here and nationwide, it's tempting to say they must be for everyone. Yet as any...
Salt Creek’s ‘Nutcracker’ appeals especially to younger audiences
Salt Creek's "Nutcracker" is a real treat Who are "Nutcrackers" for? Given the ubiquitous productions here and nationwide, it's tempting to say they must be for everyone. Yet as any...
For ‘Nutcracker,’ the Joffrey’s own Mother Ginger grooms her 118 kids
"Let's go over the pas de chat," says the lanky adult to a studio full of little girls. "I mean, 'the pas de mouse.'" Katie Garwood Kirwan, the kids' rehearsal...
Dance Card: Family ties bind Salt Creek Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’
Performances of "The Nutcracker" tend to be family affairs, as audience members who've found themselves awash in tiny fans decked out in velvet, lace and miniature plaid bow ties can...
Nejla Yatkin provides storybook view of Middle East
What Americans don't know about the Middle East would probably fill several hundred books. The need to know is urgent, yet the mountain of Middle Eastern history and national, ethnic,...
Nejla Yatkin provides storybook view of Middle East
What Americans don't know about the Middle East would probably fill several hundred books. The need to know is urgent, yet the mountain of Middle Eastern history and national, ethnic,...
Bill T. Jones lays out feast in ‘Story/Time’
Imagine trying to squeeze your entire life and everyone in it — family, lovers, verbally abusive strangers, porn actors on the Internet — into 70 minutes of storytelling, structured into...