Madison Ballet to close season with “Rise,” artistic director W. Earle Smith’s final program with the company

MADISON, WI — Madison Ballet’s Rise will mark the end of the company’s season and the end of an era as artistic director W. Earle…

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Pursuit Productions tackles difficult dance theatre with ‘THEM’

Pursuit Productions is the collective effort of director Kacie Smith and dancer/choreographer Ahmad Simmons. As co-Artistic Directors, the two have produced a wide range of works in…

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Christopher Preissing Looks to his Past in “The Four Attic Windows”

Shortly after his excellent collaboration with Kristina Isabelle in The Floating City last year, composer Christopher Preissing did not take any time to rest. Four antique maps inspired…

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Tap star Savion Glover in a one-nighter at the Harris Theater (Preview)

As the premiere tapper of his generation, Tony-award winner Savion Glover brings his latest project STePz to Chicago in a one-night engagement at the Harris Theater for…

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DMTs Show Artistry and Collaboration in the Third Annual MOVED Concert (preview)

MOVED is a student run organization in the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling (DMT & C) program at Columbia College Chicago. With a mission of advocacy for…

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Opposites Attract in Paige Caldarella’s ‘Off Center’

CHICAGO — Can different genres of dance co-exist in a performance space? The question isn’t new, but each attempt at an answer produces widely different…

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A “Monument”al Weekend with The Seldoms (preview)

I’ve always admired The Seldoms, but for me the turning point happened when I Prancercized with them in a cold basement while waiting out a…

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