Minimalism and her: Talking to Twyla Tharp about upcoming premiere at the MCA
Twyla Tharp views her career as a linear one, starting at the beginning and following a path up to now. That path includes more than 160 credits in dance, film,...
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The mixed feelings of ‘In the Presence of Chasms’
On tap through Friday at Hamlin Park, “In the Presence of Chasms” presents five dance tidbits by choreographers Megan Rhyme and Tanniqua-Kay Buchanan. Producer Rhyme’s original spark for the show...
58 Things to Do in Chicago in December
Chicago Elite Classic Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai Dec. 1 Rock Bitchin Bajas Lake View After an extended stint working on collaborative albums (one with Joshua Abrams’s Natural Information Society and...
Chicago Dance Crash celebrates 15 years with its edgy, hip-hop kind of class
In 2002, an actor, a dancer and a martial artist started a fusion hip-hop contemporary dance company. It sounds like the setup for a bad joke, but one’s got to...
‘Golden Celebration of Dance’ celebrates Auditorium Theatre’s 50th — and echoes a big night in 1967
Halloween night of 1967 was a special day in Chicago, the highly anticipated grand reopening of the Auditorium Theatre after a 26-year absence from public programming. The theater closed at...
Milwaukee Ballet’s ‘La Boheme’ makes the passionate Paris story the star
I first interviewed Milwaukee Ballet artistic director Michael Pink in 2014, and he said, “If we can get you through the doors, we can a have lasting impact.” Pink has...
69 Things to Do in Chicago in November
Faith Wilding’s Tree of Life Photo: Courtesy of artist and Western Exhibitions Nov. 1–19 Theater School of Rock Loop Can a struggling-musician-turned-substitute-teacher transform a group of nerdy overachievers into a...
What’s masculinity? COCo. Dance makes its Chicago debut with ‘Virago-Man Dem’
Virago is a term typically used to describe women — heroic, strong and courageous to some; shrewd and overbearing to others. In either interpretation, the word implies a transgression of...
Giordano Dance pushes to the future in season opener
Giordano Dance Chicago’s two-night fall series at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance opened over the weekend with the 2005 “Giordano Moves.” Created just three years before founder Gus...
Joffrey Ballet sets aside its modern lines and embraces ‘Giselle’
It's a classic, but not classical. "Giselle" premiered in Paris in 1841, created for the ballerina Carlotta Grisi by choreographers Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot and set to a magnificent...