Hamburg Ballet brings ‘Nijinsky’ home
Choreographers often take opening-night bows, always a special moment, a chance for audience and artist to commune and revel in a bit of star-studded bonhomie. But it will be unusually...
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Miguel Gutierrez wants to connect dance to people in the seats
Brooklyn-based Miguel Gutierrez is quite up to date in his approach to dance presentation, eschewing the idea of his own year-round troupe and instead shifting from project to project, assembling...
Miguel Gutierrez wants to connect dance to people in the seats
Brooklyn-based Miguel Gutierrez is quite up to date in his approach to dance presentation, eschewing the idea of his own year-round troupe and instead shifting from project to project, assembling...
Winter dance preview: Special engagements liven scene
Special projects by hometown favorites and some intriguing visitors distinguish themselves in a busy calendar in dance as this season continues. Here are 10 engagements worth anticipating: Mummenschanz: The one-of-a-kind...
Director Gustavo Ramirez Sansano’s risks pay off for Luna Negra
If you're going to mount a dance inspired by the opera "Carmen," naturally you people it with a heroine in gypsy garb and colorful toreadors, right? Well, no, not if...
Director Gustavo Ramirez Sansano’s risks pay off for Luna Negra
If you're going to mount a dance inspired by the opera "Carmen," naturally you people it with a heroine in gypsy garb and colorful toreadors, right? Well, no, not if...
‘Sita Ram’ full of sweep, power, dazzle
"A cast of thousands" was the old Hollywood advertising cliche employed to sell movies with big budgets and large crowd scenes. There's a reason it often succeeded: Spectacle wows. For...
Tapping into the holiday spirit
"Tidings of Tap" is back for its annual Yuletide outing, this year part of the 10th-anniverary season of Chicago Tap Theatre, the troupe that performs it. This hodge podge of...
A lively trip back through time from Muntu
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago's program "The Journey" is very much a live, up-to-the-minute event, the dancers all but crashing through the floor with their animated footwork, ending with an...
Dances from 2012 that linger in memory
Dance achievement covered a wide spectrum of sizes and styles in 2012, with major anniversaries duly celebrated, worthwhile visitors warmly welcomed and local performances ranging from the world-class to the...