Category: Chicago
Movement Matters: The Uses of Vulgarity
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…
Shared bill between Esoteric Dance and Project Bound is an exercise in restraint
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
“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…
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…
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