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JUBA! serves haute cuisine of tap dance on Chinet plates (review)
Wednesday’s curtain speech for JUBA! was a tag team of Peter Taub and Lane Alexander (of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) and Chicago Human…
RE|Dance celebrates five years with ‘The Long and Forgotten Winter’
If you’re friends with Lucy Riner on Facebook, then you’ve heard about this show. With Riner and co-Artistic Director Michael Estanich at the helm, RE|Dance…
That’s (not just) Entertainment: Dance as a tool for cultural dialogue and social change
In 2013, Chicago-based Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) became the first American dance company to appear in the 15th annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience in Durban, South…
Thodos Celebrates 14 Years of New Dances
Meeting Thodos Dance Chicago (TDC) company member Diana Winfree in the art room at the Menomonee Club for Boys and Girls, she apologized about the…
The Musicophilia of Chicago Tap Theatre (review)
CHICAGO — It seems a natural partnership – live music and tap dancing – and yet Chicago Tap Theatre (CTT) seems to have settled in…
Skate Dance Dream unites skating and dance, kids and pros
My first contact with Parker Pennington was when I accidentally tweeted him good luck in Sochi. Thinking he was Jason Brown by looking at…
Dizzy Feet’s Nigel Lythgoe and Jenna Elfman pop in for a visit at Hubbard Street
After a SYTYCD audition stop in Chicago, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe stopped in for a visit to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s studios to observe a…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago
Twenty-five years after his death, the legacy and impact of Alvin Ailey on American contemporary dance cannot be disputed. His dances are ones that never…
Join me for a #chidance tweet chat!
I’ve had the pleasure of hosting a workshop on press and PR for small dance companies at Outerspace Studios on Saturday mornings for the last…
Review: Esoteric Dance Project’s Shift/ed at Links Hall
CHICAGO — Husband and wife team Christopher Tucker and Brenna Pierson-Tucker created Esoteric Dance Project in 2010, and with a group of strong dancers in…
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