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Hubbard Street Dance’s Water Tower studio After a string of bad luck, including the loss of its storied building on West Jackson Boulevard, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago built out a...
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Black Crowes reopen Ravinia in Highland Park with a concert from ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ — it’s strange how much it felt like healing
"How you doin', Highland Park?" said singer Carson Macc at Ravinia Festival. Macc, frontman for the up-and-coming Detroit rockers Mac Saturn, strutted on stage in a denim jump suit with...
Respect tradition, go forward: Tap dance in Chicago doesn’t want to stay still, and Rhythm World is the place to see it this summer
Chicago has long been a breeding ground for tap dance, and the city's flagship summer festival, Rhythm World, is back. Now in his second year on the job, director Jumaane...
‘Flamenco Passion’: Ensemble Español shows how Spain is the middle, not the beginning, of flamenco’s story
Driving up Interstate 55 on my way to visit Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater last month, my GPS flashed a notification: Tornado warning. Like an on/off switch, torrential storms battered...
Morton Arboretum and Botanic Garden both celebrate big, outdoor birthdays this summer — with a few party extras for visitors
Art and nature go together like peanut butter and jelly — each delicious on its own but exponentially better together. As the Chicago area's two most popular green spaces celebrate...
With ‘Don Quixote’ at the Lyric, Joffrey makes good on a 2-year-old promise
One of the first signs that the pandemic would impose serious consequences on Chicago dance was when the Joffrey Ballet postponed "Don Quixote," originally slated for late April 2020. It...
Dance Top 10 for summer 2022: Joffrey to tap, flamenco to Dance for Life, and a few of our top picks are free
Until a few years ago, summers were relatively sparse dance-wise, with just a few festivals and galas peppering the hot months. When the pandemic forced more dancers to get moving...
South Chicago Dance Theatre will debut at the Harris: Ambition, grit and grace are this company’s special sauce
Ask a little girl what she wants to be when she grows up, and you'll get a variety of answers. Some may say they dream of being a ballerina. Others...
Review: The Joffrey brings ‘Of Mice and Men’ to the ballet stage in a world premiere; plus Balanchine’s ‘Serenade’
"But first, a school." Words mythically attributed to Georgiy Balanchivadze — George Balanchine — upon coming to the United States to build what would become an American empire of ballet....
Wheelchair aerial dance at center of ‘Wired’ at the MCA, a performance that centers disability
Alice Sheppard does not shy away from a challenge. In devising her latest dance, "Wired," she and her Bay Area disability arts company Kinetic Light had to first write the...