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Ballet Nacional de Cuba’s ‘Don Quixote’ is unapologetically unrefreshed — and the dancing is glorious

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

The last time Ballet Nacional de Cuba came to Chicago was 2003. Prima ballerina Viengsay Valdes was 26 at the time. Her performance at the Auditorium Theatre was anticipated by...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Moving Company’s ‘Dance Shelter’ always defies expectations; sometimes, it works

May 31, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

When visiting Hamlin Park Theater for the annual Dance Shelter series, it's important to know a couple things: 1) This is an iconic modern dance space, developed by Chicago Moving...

‘Art in Response’ uses tanztheater, or dance, to ignite conversation about social justice

May 31, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

Tanztheater, or "dance theater," is a post-World War I expressionist art form originating in Germany and Austria which blends dance and theatrical techniques. Ellyzabeth Adler studied tanztheater as a graduate...

Lucky Plush triple threats are smart and funny, but these works don’t work on the Harris stage

May 31, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

The Harris Theater's main curtain opened Thursday to a cast of familiar characters swaying their hips back and forth and bopping to the beat of their own tunes. If you...

Joffrey’s North American premiere of ‘Midsummer’ is a ‘Joy.’ That’s its only problem.

May 31, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

"Think Shakespeare? Think again," says the Joffrey's Ballet advertising campaign for the North American premiere of Alexander Ekman's "Midsummer Night's Dream," the final home engagement of the company's 62nd season....

60 Things to Do in Chicago in May

July 2, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

Beer Under Glass in the Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago's finest food trucks at Lincoln Park Zoo, Macbeth at Chicago Shakes, and more.

Zephyr Dance Wants to Put Architecture and Dance on Equal Footing

July 2, 2026 at 3:21 p.m.

The experimental dance company performs on stage … and on windows, on stairs, and anywhere it can.

‘Poor People’s TV Room’ mixes Boko Haram history with Oprah — and is a tough, tough piece to unpack

May 31, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

"There was a time, way, way back, when Oprah was a human being," said Thuli Dumakude near the beginning of Okwui Okpokwasili's "Poor People's TV Room," running through Sunday at...

‘In a Rhythm’: Choreographer Bebe Miller talks a lot, the music includes a Nelly hit — it’s a fascinating, atypical approach to dance

May 31, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

In 1955, a 14-year-old African-American boy was kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. His name was Emmett Till. Till's mother insisted on a glass topped casket for his funeral. The story...

64 Things to Do in Chicago in April

July 2, 2026 at 3:21 p.m.

Apr. 2 New Music Savior Loop For its new-music series MusicNow, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra produces the world premiere of composer Amy Beth Kirsten’s chamber opera Savior with her vocal-theater...

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