Interviews On Dance: Elysia Banks
This post is the first in a series cataloging and responding to interviews I’m having with people across Chicago (artists, non artists, art enthusiasts, art…
Queer Dancer Profiles: A. Raheim White
CHICAGO — This post is part of a series of conversations with trans/genderqueer dancers to give you a broader idea of where we come from,…
At Physical Theater Festival, Aura CuriAtlas’s acrobats act out Steven Hawking’s story
CHICAGO — Two festivals which ran simultaneously this month — the Pivot Arts Festival in Uptown and Edgewater and the Physical Theater Festival in Lakeview…
First weekend of Pivot Arts Fest challenges Euro-centrism with multidisciplinary forays
CHICAGO — Summer is just beginning, and Chicago is itching to hit the beach. Last Sunday was sunny, but deceptively cold. The chill in the…
Tap bookends ballet and Hubbard Street in 2019 Spring to Dance finale
ST. LOUIS, MO — On National Tap Dance Day, tappers opened and closed the final evening of Spring to Dance, capping three full days of…
Musical monotony needn’t be the rule, but at Spring to Dance, it’s a trend
ST. LOUIS, MO — It’s not a new trend. Contemporary dance has shared a kinship with minimalistic music for decades. As an undergraduate dance major…
Contemporary is king on first night of Spring to Dance
ST. LOUIS, MO — With nightly performances through Saturday at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, the annual Spring to Dance festival is slowly building to…
International dancewear brand Wear Moi finds a home in Chicago
CHICAGO — Since its humble beginnings in 1992, husband and wife business owners Christophe Ridet and Elisabeth Miegge-Ridet built their line of dance apparel called Wear Moi, going from custom orders…
Raising the standards for inclusive dance training: A profile on Ashaand Simone
CHICAGO — This post is part of a series of conversations with other trans/genderqueer dancers to give you a broader idea of where we come…
Opposites attract in Hedwig’s ‘Sea Level’ at Ruth Page
CHICAGO — The two pieces which make up Hedwig Dances’s spring series are positioned as opposites. The evening, called Sea Level: Above and Below, boasts…
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