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Associate artistic director and dancer Chelsea Hoy performs a leap during rehearsal at Roosevelt University.

Trinity Irish Dance Company is back and kicking after a pandemic absence — and the troupe on stage looks a little different

February 3, 2022 at 1:29 p.m.

The Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) is just emerging from its pandemic slumber, performing at the Auditorium Theatre as part of a seven-city national tour. The popular hometown heroes of...

Anita Nicole Brown, left, and Valentine Azbelle, both of Chicago, dance at the year's first SummerDance event in Grant Park's Spirit of Music Garden in Chicago on June 23, 2017.

2022 will be the Year of Chicago Dance, with robust programs planned for summer

January 21, 2022 at 10:47 a.m.

Chicagoans can expect an uptick in dance events this year. Announced Friday, 2022 is officially the Year of Chicago Dance, a citywide, yearlong initiative led by the Department of Cultural...

Chester Banowski, an usher at Chicago Symphony Center, checks audience members' vaccination cards and identification inside the lobby of the Chicago Symphony Center prior to a performance on Dec. 9, 2021.

CSO ushers report from the front lines, checking vaccine cards and welcoming audiences glad to be back

January 18, 2022 at 5:15 a.m.

When Colleen Mraz headed home from her job at Symphony Center one March evening in 2020, she took a red usher's blazer with her. "I stayed late to help out...

The comic Lisa Beasley is seen at home in Chicago on Jan. 10, 2022. She has a trending TikTok impersonation of Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and an upcoming event at Laugh Factory titled "Lisa Beasley's Teachers' Appreciation Comedy Show."

Chicago comic Lisa Beasley turns her viral TikTok imitation of Lightfoot into a show for teachers at Laugh Factory

January 13, 2022 at 7:18 p.m.

Bronzeville's Lisa Beasley is a familiar face in Chicago TV, theater and stand-up comedy, but the whole city sat up when she began posting her Mayor Lightfoot impression online. Beasley's...

Dance Top 10 in Chicago: Among the don’t-misses are Trinity Irish Dance, ‘Don Quixote’ and a return of the stunning English National Ballet

January 5, 2022 at 5:45 a.m.

It is with some trepidation that I gaze upon the 2022 dance calendar. As the omicron variant rips through the performing arts scene, COVID-19 rears its ugly head (again), forcing...

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The Unsung Heroes of Tap Dance Live Here

July 2, 2026 at 1:08 p.m.

You know of Gene Kelly and Gregory Hines. Maybe Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and the Nicholas Brothers ring a bell? Savion Glover might be on your radar. What about Star Dixon,...

The musician Angel Bat Dawid is seen at the performance space Elastic Arts in Chicago.

Dance Chicagoan of the Year: Ginger Farley of Chicago Dancemakers Forum has helped bring dance to a new level

December 21, 2021 at 11:36 a.m.

When theaters began shutting down in March 2020, the Chicago Dancemakers Forum (CDF) stepped up, not simply continuing but accelerating its efforts to keep Chicago dancing. Helmed by Ginger Farley,...

Alexandria Best and Adam McGaw rehearse "The Seen," part of Hubbard Street Dance's "Re/Turn" at their rehearsal space at C5 Studios in Chicago on Nov. 10, 2021.

Top 10 moments for dance in Chicago in 2021: Live, on a screen and behind the scenes, Chicago dance forged ahead

December 9, 2021 at 5:44 p.m.

Chicago's dance companies have pressed ahead through the pandemic, exploring new modes of distribution and audience formats, and even daring to grow organizational capacity. Like most things in 2021, our...

Review: Joffrey Ballet’s magical ‘Nutcracker’ is now at the Lyric and better than ever

December 5, 2021 at 12:55 p.m.

For those who make "The Nutcracker" an annual pilgrimage, 2020 threw yet another curveball as ballet companies nationwide were forced to cancel their beloved holiday tradition. So, a particularly palpable...

Andrew Murdock during rehearsal for "Busk", part of Hubbard Street Dance's "Re/Turn" at their rehearsal space at C5 Studios in Chicago on Nov. 10, 2021.

Hubbard Street’s ‘RE/TURN’ to live dance has something old, something new and Barton’s tour de force ‘Busk’

November 17, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.

"I need more groove," said artistic director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell to the company members of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She's referring to the tiny, improvised dance parties injected into the powerful...

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