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With ‘Anna Karenina,’ Joffrey unveils a modern classic at the Auditorium

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

As the overture to composer Ilya Demutsky’s glorious score swelled under the baton of Maestro Scott Speck on Wednesday, haze filled the house of the Auditorium Theatre and billowed across...

Dame Libby Komaiko, founder of the Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater at Northeastern Illinois University in 2013.

Dame Libby Komaiko, fearless founder of Ensemble Espanol in Chicago, dies at 69

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

Dame Libby Komaiko, the founding artistic director of Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater, died Saturday at Chicago’s Illinois Masonic Hospital of pneumonia, according to Ensemble Espanol executive director Jorge Perez....

Move over, Michael Flatley: Trinity Irish Dance packs the house at the Auditorium in Chicago

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

For the company’s first full evening at home in a decade, the Trinity Irish Dance Company commanded the Auditorium Theatre’s big, beautiful stage on Saturday. The engagement is the second...

50 Things to Do in Chicago in February

July 2, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

Cher, Chicago Winter Ale Fest, doomy cold wave, and more ways to stay busy this month

Joffrey dancers Alberto Velazquez and Victoria Jaiani during a rehearsal for "Anna Karenina.

Joffrey has created a rare, new story ballet ‘Anna Karenina,’ a ‘dream come true’ for dancer Victoria Jaiani

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

It was in 2013, with the addition of Stanton Welch’s “La Bayadere” and Lar Lubovitch’s “Othello” to the repertoire of the Joffrey Ballet, that I began to notice a concerted...

In Harris Theater debut, Ragamala Dance shows the metaphor and mythology in a board game — and is pure fun to watch

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

Founded in 1992, the Twin Cities-based Ragamala Dance Company made its Harris Theater debut Friday with the company’s 25th anniversary performance “Written in Water.” The hour-long work is a multi-disciplinary...

RE | Dance at Hamlin Park: There’s puffy white clouds but also a wall as 10th anniversary show goes political

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

When going to a RE | Dance Group show, there are a couple things you can usually count on: 1) unapologetically long passages of pretty dancing; 2) poetry woven into...

Dance in Chicago in 2019: Must-sees this winter include Akram Khan’s ‘Giselle’ and something brand new at Joffrey

May 22, 2019 at 9:57 a.m.

Winter used to be a rather dormant time for dance, but in 2019 the colder months bring some of the most exciting dance events of the year. Winter is typically...

Claire Bataille, founding member of Hubbard Street Dance, dies at 66

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

Claire Anne Bataille, founding member of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and director of the Lou Conte Dance Studio, died Sunday morning with her two sons at her side, according to...

Nan Giordano, of the Chicago jazz dance company Giordano Dance Chicago, in the company's new home on the North Side.

Chicagoan of the Year: Nan Giordano stays behind the scenes in her all-out dance company

May 22, 2019 at 9:57 a.m.

Nan Giordano doesn’t like the spotlight. She’d rather not give curtain speeches, preferring to greet her guests from Row R at the Harris Theater, across the aisle from R1, a...

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