dropshift dance looks to the feminine for ‘FloatBrilliance’

CHICAGO — FloatBrilliance, premiering this weekend at Links Hall, is the third installment of what Artistic Director Andrea Cerniglia calls the Imposter Series, a multi-year…

Continue Reading dropshift dance looks to the feminine for ‘FloatBrilliance’

Robyn Mineko Williams goes UNDER(cover) at Links

CHICAGO — Robyn Mineko Williams, fast becoming one of the most recognizable names in Chicago dance, premieres a new episode of UNDER(cover) this weekend at…

Continue Reading Robyn Mineko Williams goes UNDER(cover) at Links

Urban Bush Women Celebrate Coltrane, Embody Jazz (review)

CHICAGO — Jazz music and contemporary dance: misunderstood genres which often operate ahead of their time. It isn’t until years, or even decades later that audiences…

Continue Reading Urban Bush Women Celebrate Coltrane, Embody Jazz (review)

Lucky Plush Breaks Into the Harris

My first thought upon walking into the house of the Lucky Plush Productions’ Mix at Six and seeing a bunch of strangers was: “Why isn’t every…

Continue Reading Lucky Plush Breaks Into the Harris

The Cronus Land Seduces the Senses (review)

Are dances made for artists or audiences? Yes. There is a delicate balance between art for art’s sake and pure entertainment. On the one hand,…

Continue Reading The Cronus Land Seduces the Senses (review)

‘The Salts’ really know how to party

The Salts is the latest show put on by The Inconvenience, marking the first time that the ultra-hip multi-disciplinary performance collective has dedicated a full…

Continue Reading ‘The Salts’ really know how to party

The ‘Carpenter COLEctive’ is greater than the sum of its parts

CHICAGO — Margi Cole and Peter Carpenter have been courting for awhile (artistically, that is). Cole has joined Carpenter as a dancer for the last…

Continue Reading The ‘Carpenter COLEctive’ is greater than the sum of its parts

Montom Mixes and Mingles at Mana

Visiting Mana Contemporary at its relatively new Chicago location nestled in a weird, barren block of Pilsen is becoming a more frequent occasion, and it seems likely…

Continue Reading Montom Mixes and Mingles at Mana

Nexus Redux

Does Chicago need another new dance company? No. Does Chicago need another new dance studio? Probably not. And yet, it felt so exciting walking into…

Continue Reading Nexus Redux

Khecari’s ‘Oubliette’ will soon be gone, but not forgotten

The feeling one gets entering Khecari’s latest performance environment must be how Mary Lennox felt when she first encountered the soggy and dead secret garden on the…

Continue Reading Khecari’s ‘Oubliette’ will soon be gone, but not forgotten