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Film festival highlights multi-media dance artists committed to social justice issues
CHICAGO — Five days, 10 events, 24 guest artists. Chicago’s In/Motion International Dance Film Festival brings a distinct group of artists together March 21-25 for…
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…
Northwestern’s ‘Danceworks’ presents 3 world premieres by 3 of Chicago’s strongest female choreographers
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s dance department has presented Danceworks, its annual showcase of contemporary choreography, since the 1980s. A few years ago when Joel Valentín-Martinez…
Review: ‘Just Another Recent Grad Show’ is unpretentious, packed with potential
CHICAGO — What do you do when a broken skull and a scheduling conflict throw a wrench in your dancemaking? Anna Rodimtseva and Karen Yatsko…
Movement Matters: An Interview with A.J. McClenon
Movement Matters is a monthly column by Michael Workman that investigates performers whose work intersects politics, policy, and issues related to the body as the…
Review: Corey Smith’s “New Prairie School” examines the Midwest with humor, nonchalance
CHICAGO — The New Prairie School, an evening-length performance by composer, writer, and performer, Corey Smith, along with fellow performers and collaborators Ethan T. Parcell and…
Review: Lather.Rinse.Repeat | Fall.Climb.Release.
CHICAGO — The vibe was phenomenally good at Links Hall last weekend for Catalyst Movmnt’s first production, Lather.Rinse.Repeat | Fall. Climb. Release. The curatorial project…
Kait’s New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Diet
At age thirteen, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul told me being 5’2 and 115 pounds was overweight (who let them publish this?). My diet…
Movement Matters: An interview with Jeez Loueez
Movement Matters is a monthly column by Michael Workman that investigates performers whose work intersects politics, policy, and issues related to the body as the…
Review: ‘The Making’ exerts power over Pulaski Park
CHICAGO — Last Saturday marked the final performance of The Seldoms’ world premiere of The Making, an evening-length work for the company’s seven ensemble members,…
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