Beyond fairytale formula: Milwaukee Ballet presents Michael Pink’s ‘Mirror Mirror’

“Who’s the fairest of them all?” MILWAUKEE — Jealousy, vanity, the quest for attractiveness – common enough. But what happens when these things become all…

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Movement Matters: An Interview with Kia Smith

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 locus…

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Review: Anna Martine Whitehead’s S P R E A D at Links Hall

CHICAGO — Few dancers in Chicago have broken out as distinctly as Anna Martine Whitehead did in her LinkUP residency-ending performance at Links Hall March…

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Letter to the Editor: Harris Theater Announces Choreographer-in-Residence Brian Brooks

Note: The following is an anonymous response to a recent announcement by Chicago’s Harris Theater for Music and Dance granting $600,000 over the course of…

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