OnEdge plays in the periphery

CHICAGO — Working as an arts presenter is a hard job, and though I don’t know for certain, I would imagine that working for the…

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‘Yellow Towel’ breaks all the rules — or maybe writes new ones

CHICAGO — As the audience piled into Chicago’s Storefront Theater for Dana Michel’s one-night engagement, the ordinarily dark space was dressed in sterile white drops…

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Adam Rose’s ‘Against Being’ is a Dance About Nothing

“Well, we haven’t talked about philosophy,” said Adam Rose, when asked, “Is there anything else?” toward the end of our interview about his latest work,…

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Review: Loosen Up, LinkUP (or maybe don’t)…

CHICAGO — Walking into Studio A at Links Hall on Saturday night, the room seemed not quite ready. An orange A-frame ladder remained out near…

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Ginger Krebs’ Soft Parade works hard, plays hard

The day after Giordano Dance Chicago closed its spring season, I went to a studio showing of Ginger Krebs’ Soft Parade, premiering this weekend in…

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After two years, ATOM-r’s THE OPERATURE culminates

The Operature is a dance show scattered amongst the masses of other spring dance shows. Ok, not really. Running two weekends in March, the 90…

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