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Windy City Smokeout opens outside United Center, kicking off summer 2021 music fests for Chicago
Long lines and cloudy skies could not put a damper on the first night of Windy City Smokeout, the summer's first big street fest. Running through Sunday outside United Center,...
The Return of Ballet
After a year away, the Joffrey is back — online — with Bolero.
Chicago dancers cope by staying fit, staying connected and teaching classes via video. ‘What can I give?’
Terence Marling was in Germany when President Trump made his Oval Office address instituting a travel ban from Europe. Marling, a Chicago-based ballet and contemporary dance choreographer and teacher, had...
Chicago dance, accustomed at times to a small scale, struggles to carry on
I went to four shows over a recent weekend. I was saving space for a review of the North American premiere of Qudus Onikeku's "Spirit Child" at the Dance Center...
Review: Which kind of Alvin Ailey fan are you? This storied dance company is back in Chicago
There are two types of audience members who go to see Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Some sit through the show in order to see "Revelations." Others leave at the...
Hubbard Street Dance cancels Italy performances and returns home due to coronavirus
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago abruptly cut short the final portion of its European tour last week due to the coronavirus in northern Italy. The dance company arrived in the Italian...
Review: Chicago’s many fans of Irish dance turn out for Trinity at the Auditorium Theatre
For the second year in a row, the Auditorium Theatre opened its doors to an enthusiastic crowd of Irish dance fans eager to see the Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC)...
Review: Dance works inspired by — if not exactly about — mollusks and bunnies for Same Planet’s return to Dance Center
The thing I miss the most about Same Planet Different World is the name. Faced with the immense challenge of continuing to run a conventional repertory dance company, director Joanna...
Review: The Joffrey’s new ‘Times Are Racing’ is great, except for the fluff piece ‘Commedia’
Remember that scene in the movie "Footloose?" The one where Kevin Bacon drives into a warehouse in his VW bug, pulls a cassette tape out of the glove box, drinks...