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Deeply Rooted Dance Theater: New ‘Parallel Lives’ and others are added to older works like ‘Heaven’
Since Deeply Rooted Dance Theater kicked off its “Generations” program in 2013, the company has been consciously digging into its archives, pairing new works with old ones to create programming...
Best in Chicago dance in 2018: Bold moves, Baryshnikov and old moves made new
This year, Chicago’s dance stages were filled with bold, ambitious programming, stunning revivals and work which responded to the present by reflecting on the past. It goes without saying that...
It’s the dancing that saves ‘Tidings of Tap’ at the North Shore Center for the Arts
Returning to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, Chicago Tap Theatre (CTT) once again delighted Skokie’s dance audiences with the company’s annual holiday special, “Tidings of Tap.”...
It’s not a poetry reading or a typical dance, and ‘What Remains’ wasn’t made for Chicago — but it feels like it was
The MCA Warehouse is off the beaten path, in a nondescript industrial area of the city that, unlike the now-swanky West Loop, is still rather industrial. Watching a performance on...
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How the Joffrey’s new ‘Nutcracker’ chose Chicago’s World’s Fair for its setting
It was a nearly impossible feat, a glorious White City, the size and scale of which is almost unimaginable, glistening at the heart of a city that, 20 years earlier,...
Combine dance companies Ate9, Visceral, Deeply Rooted with the drummer from Wilco — and it mostly works
They’re calling it “3-1-2,” this season, a revamp of the Auditorium Theatre’s “Made in Chicago” series, which for several years has provided a platform for local dance companies to perform...
Childish Gambino song tells you what Red Clay’s ‘Ekili Munda’ is about — but it’s also more complicated
Through Saturday at the Dance Center, “Eliki Munda | What Lies Within” has been a decade in the making. Shortly before Vershawn Sanders-Ward formed her Red Clay Dance Company on...
Miami City Ballet at the Harris review: Two-thirds nostalgia, one-third choreographer Brian Brooks
“It’s our birthday!” said Patricia Barretto, president and CEO of the Harris Theater, in her Thursday night curtain speech. It was 15 years to the day since the underground marvel...