The long game of elevating Chicago dance

CHICAGO — Elevate Chicago Dance came and went in October, and here I find myself near the end of November and still mulling over it….

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Movement Matters: An Interview with Jacinda Ratcliffe

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…

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Carefully crafted, contained Salty Lark splits a bill with Philly’s Naked Stark

CHICAGO —This past weekend Madeleine Reber and her company Salty Lark Dance shared a split bill called 664 Miles with Philadelphia-based choreographer Katherine Kiefer Stark’s…

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Pas de Queer: A gender neutral grand allegro

A few months ago, something cool happened in ballet class. TEACHER: “After the pirouette, ladies: tombé, pas de bourree, glissade, jeté. Men: tombé pas de…

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Pas de Queer: So, what’s your type?

Editor‘s Note: I’m so delighted to introduce Kaitlyn Dessoffy as a contributor to Art Intercepts, writing a new column called “Pas de Queer”. Kaitlyn will be…

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Movement Matters: An Interview with ALEXA GRÆ

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…

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Movement Matters: An interview with Kiam Marcelo Junio

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…

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Movement Matters: An Interview with Joshua Ishmon

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…

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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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