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Fernando Duarte, left, who plays Platée, and Valentino Moneglia Zamora, who plays Jupiter, rehearse on Nov. 3, 2022 in Chicago.

Mozart, dancing frogs and a message of inclusion in rare Joffrey Ballet/CSO collaboration

November 8, 2022 at 5:45 a.m.

It's rare to see the Joffrey Ballet and Chicago Symphony Orchestra on stage together, but that is not the only reason to head to Symphony Center this weekend as the...

Review: ‘Rite of Spring’ and ‘common ground[s]’ unearth beauty and tragedy, danced at the Harris on a stage of dirt

October 28, 2022 at 11:25 a.m.

You know that smell when spring is coming? An earthy mustiness hangs over the city in March and April as the cold begins to crack and pops of green push...

Cesar Salinas, named as Giordano Dance Chicago's associate artistic director, is choreographing his first world premiere for the company.

From the brink of closure, Giordano Dance Chicago roars back for 60th season celebration at the Harris

October 17, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Gus Giordano launched his dance company in 1963. It was called Dance Incorporated Chicago; three years later, the company rebranded as the Giordano Dance Company. Hubbed at Giordano's storied studios...

Review: Joffrey Ballet’s fall opener ‘Beyond Borders’ has bold moves and an Arpino tribute

October 13, 2022 at 11:55 a.m.

The theme "Beyond Borders," harnessing a trio of works for the Joffrey Ballet's season opener, is not about physical borders. Rather, the creative voices making up the fall program are...

$Review: Hubbard Street Dance opens the fall with new faces, fresh versatility and ‘Refraction’$

Review: Hubbard Street Dance opens the fall with new faces, fresh versatility and ‘Refraction’

September 30, 2022 at 12:12 p.m.

From its humble beginnings with four dancers tap dancing in senior living communities, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago became one of this nation's best contemporary dance companies. In her curtain speech...

Experience a Multicultural Twist on The Rite of Spring

July 2, 2026 at 12:51 p.m.

Vaslav Nijinsky’s The Rite of Spring might be the most successful failure of all time. Based on a pagan ritual sacrifice, the ballet asked dancers to assume inelegant postures and...

Dance for fall 2022: Ballet, out-of-town visitors and a milestone season for Seldoms, Hubbard Street and Giordano Dance

September 8, 2022 at 5:45 a.m.

Three Chicago companies mark big milestones this year, with The Seldoms, Hubbard Street and Giordano Dance Chicago celebrating platinum, sapphire and diamond anniversaries. Milestones alone are not necessarily reasons to...

Princess Mhoon is the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project program manager at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.

‘Reclamation: Spirit of Black Dance in Chicago’ will be a Year of Dance event in Millennium Park you won’t want to miss

August 22, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

It's the Year of Chicago Dance — a yearlong initiative led by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events — and these days, you can find dance tucked into...

Joffrey Ballet launches first-of-its-kind contemporary ballet training program

August 16, 2022 at 7:00 a.m.

A new program at the Joffrey Ballet Academy of Dance aims to diversify job training for professional dancers on the rise. This fall, approximately 10 dancers will be the first...

In the Year of Chicago Dance, the city marks 30 years of Dancing for Life

August 11, 2022 at 12:38 p.m.

In 1992, a group of Chicago dancers put on a concert to raise money for HIV/AIDS. Their friends were dying; an underwhelming public health response to the AIDS crisis brought...

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