Big Changes at the Dance Center for 2015-16

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago announced its 42nd presenting season last Tuesday, and at first glance nothing looks especially different. Many of the usual…

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Giordano Dance Chicago ignites the Harris Theater (Review)

Ok, maybe it’s too soon for a pun about fire at the Harris, but in the last moments of the electrifying Sabroso I swear I…

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Giordano Promises Passion, Energy, Unbridled Enthusiasm – and Delivers

If he was still here today, Gus Giordano would have been exceedingly proud of his company’s 51st season opener. In a one-night-only repertory offering of…

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Lizzie MacKenzie Pontarelli voted Chicago’s Top Dance Teacher!

Happy National Dance Week! I have a big week planned on the blog in celebration of National Dance Week and the close of Chicago Dance…

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Jazz Hands + Tamales = Winning

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance may be trying to reinvent itself in its Eat to the Beat, a series of casual, lunchtime performances…

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