Movement Matters: The Uses of Vulgarity
Guest Contributors CHICAGO —I’ve been told by lay dancers many a time that I shouldn’t call myself a choreographer, that they respect that word too much to use it in such a…
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Shared bill between Esoteric Dance and Project Bound is an exercise in restraint
Lauren Warnecke CHICAGO — At a cozy 119 seats, the Edgewater neighborhood’s new Edge Theater fills a much-needed gap in the dance community. It provides a critical step up between 50-seat DIY…
Civic Orchestra’s centennial season kicks off with ‘Concert for Chicago,’ played side-by-side with CSO
CHICAGO — A summery breeze swirled through the Jay Priztker Pavilion Thursday evening, tempering an unseasonably warm day in Chicago and part of a picture-perfect evening in Millennium Park. Joining…
‘Fly Honey’ gets bigger every year. Could we funnel some of that body positivity elsewhere?
CHICAGO — First, a couple of admissions: Until last night, I had never attended the Fly Honey Show. And I only made it through the first half. A swarm of…
CDF 15th anniversary highlights include SHareOUT at the MCA, second Elevate
CHICAGO — Two upcoming weekends at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) highlight former Chicago Dancemakers Forum (CDF) Lab Artists in a mini-festival called SHareOUT. For 15 years, CDF…
Pas de Queer: Am I (Midsummer Night) Dreaming?
CHICAGO — In April, my partner and I attended the Joffrey Ballet’s performance of Alexander Ekman’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. We loved it. Neither of us have seen Joffrey take on…
From Chicago to Lima to Antananarivo: ‘Dancing Around the World’ with Nejla Yatkin
CHICAGO — World Dance Day is not merely an annual event to Chicago-based choreographer Nejla Yatkin. After growing up in Berlin with familial roots in Turkey, Yatkin has spent the…
Three days in dance month affirm off-Loop concert dance’s place in #chidance
CHICAGO — We’re in the home stretch of Chicago Dance Month, a celebration of the breadth and depth of dance in the Windy City. For me, that has included a…
“wood bone mill” has Bryan Saner and Matty Davis climbing trees in Saner’s backyard
CHICAGO — As I’ve lately been on something of a hiatus from writing previews or reviews of dance, in order to finish writing a book that includes it as a…
Making Visible: An interview with Okwui Okpokwasili
NEW YORK / CHICAGO — I saw Okwui Okpokwasili’s piece Poor People’s TV Room when it premiered at New York Lives Arts last spring and was struck by its richly…