Category: Performance Art
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…
‘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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…