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‘Whipped Cream’ at the Auditorium: This is ballet as sugar rush, with daffy furbies and dancing vodka — I fell for it

May 22, 2019 at 9:59 a.m.

Once upon a time, a boy and his cronies go to celebrate their first holy communion at a candy shop in town. The boy gets a belly ache and falls...

American Ballet Theatre returns to Chicago with ‘Whipped Cream’: Expect candy, bobbleheads and ‘imagination gone wild’

May 22, 2019 at 9:59 a.m.

As word traveled that American Ballet Theatre (ABT) was making a new ballet based on Richard Strauss’ “Whipped Cream,” I think my reaction was similar to most everyone else: Wait,...

‘That was mega’: A trio of dances from Israel in Gauthier’s Chicago debut at the Harris

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 a.m.

A timeline of Western dance history usually starts in France, with the royal courts of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Russia is a key stakeholder, credited with the classical aesthetic...

Chicago Repertory Ballet’s ‘Macbeth’ has only deepened — this is clearly no longer the ‘undanceable Shakespeare’

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 a.m.

Ordinarily, I wouldn’t call William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” particularly timeless — important, obviously, but a bit of a relic. Modern adaptations of the 400-year-old play contextualize its lessons and morals for...

Dancer Talia Koylass works on contemporary dance titled "Open."

La Femme Dance is (just) for women with work about their African-diasporic heritage. And the stronger for it.

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 a.m.

Dancer, choreographer and vocalist Jasmin Williams is moving. The 23-year-old Chicago native has lived in Los Angeles, New York and various places in Europe. Hyde Park is home, but she’s...

Street dance, a mock lynching, a rousing curtain call: ‘Lazarus’ is Alvin Ailey Dance’s way of looking back

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 a.m.

The cornerstone of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 60th anniversary season is “Lazarus,” the company’s first two-act work in its history, created by choreographer-in-residence Rennie Harris. The Auditorium Theatre, which...

A stunning ‘Giselle’ at the Harris: Plenty of dance companies remake the classics — none quite like this

March 4, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

When "Giselle" premiered in Paris in 1841, it was an immediate success, part of a trend revitalizing ballet for everyday socialites by abandoning the Greek legends preferred by the French...

A forward-looking hip-hop ballet — just the thing to celebrate Alvin Ailey Dance’s 50th in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 a.m.

The first time Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed at the Auditorium Theatre was Feb. 11, 1969. “Mr. Ailey is right up with the times,” wrote Tribune critic Thomas Willis...

English National Ballet’s transformed ‘Giselle’ is crossing the pond for a timely U.S. exclusive at the Harris

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 a.m.

Few productions at the Harris Theater have been more highly anticipated than the North American premiere of English National Ballet’s “Giselle.” Running Feb. 28-Mar. 2, the tour of this first...

Girl power message comes in more loud than clear with Ananya at the Dance Center

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 a.m.

Sometimes, a dance can be greater than the sum of its parts. I came away from “Shyamali: Sprouting Words” – through Saturday at the Dance Center by Minneapolis-based Ananya Dance...

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