Sid Smith

In "Incantations," his new piece for the Joffrey Ballet, Val Caniparoli conjures up an exhilarating spectacle as a visual take-away to the exhilarating rush of Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky's score of the...

There was a time when Chicagoans regularly saw Val Caniparoli on stage, as a dancer, visiting with the San Francisco Ballet during its stints at the Ravinia Festival. That was...

Four works make up "Vanishing Points," Hedwig Dances' program now at Stage 773, each sporting strengths and shortcomings, but all boasting distinct visual elements. Minimalist conceptual art thus shares the...

The Chicago premiere of a work by innovative Swedish choreographer Mats Ek is among the offerings on tap for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's 2012-13 35th-anniversary season. Similar to this season,...

"What I've sought to do, for my first season, was not just bring in things that are new to the company for the sake of being new," Robert Battle, now...

Just as "Carmen," the opera, is a clash of towering personalities, "Carmen.maquia," Luna Negra Dance Theater's terrific new choreographic homage, is a collision of artistic schools. Choreographer Gustavo Ramirez Sansano...

American Ballet Theatre's mounting of "Giselle" is one of the troupe's more redoubtable offerings, reliably popular and a regular visitor here for years. Some argue it's too regular. Its choice...

New York-based Ballet Hispanico is devoted to Latin heritage and dance, but, in the case of a new work, "Espiritu Vivo," guest choreographer Ronald K. Brown is tossing in some...

"Little mortal jump," Alejandro Cerrudo's 10th work for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, begins with a daredevil special effect, a kind of mock suicide with circus dazzle, only then to meander...

The phenomenon of the ballet partnership is close to unique, unlike just about anything else in the arts. Actors play romantic duos for one movie or so, or for a...