COLEctive Notions Plays with Memory, Femininity, and Nostalgia (review)

The Drucker Center can be a challenging space (speaking from much personal experience), but the interplay between a “casual Sunday night get-together” and the refined…

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Bill T. Jones Returns to the Dance Center with “Story/Time” (preview)

70 stories in 70 minutes. Bill T. Jones’ 2012 dance score is strikingly reminiscent of the late Merce Cunningham. Jones attributes the inspiration of Story/Time…

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SPDW, Peter Carpenter, and Dances that Make you Go Hmm (preview)

It doesn’t appear to be a logical combination at first. One might even call them “The Odd Couple” of the October Chicago dance frenzy. But…

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Another Op’nin Another Show: Susan Marshall’s “Play/Pause” at the Dance Center (review)

The Dance Center of Columbia College’s 40th season opened last night with the world premiere of Susan Marshall’s Play/Pause. It was kind of a big…

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… and then there was that time I ate lunch with Lin Hwai-min.

When I think of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, the first image that comes to mind is golden colored rice pouring out of the…

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Watching Brief: Cookies, Clouds, and Crowd Psychology (Review)

Having recently moved in from the Cleveland area, MegLouise Dance closed  their newest performance Watching Brief last Sunday at Links Hall.  Little did I know…

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NEXT is Next for Mo. & Co.

  Emerging choreographer showcases have been trending for awhile now, and Mordine & Company Dance Theater‘s long running Choreographic Mentoring Program is quickly approaching as a…

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Kate Corby Crosses The Border (Again)

“Most results come from dogged persistence” says the Madison-based Artistic Director of Kate Corby & Dancers to her students in the dance department at the…

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Why Dance Matters (or at least why it mattered at 8pm last Thursday night)

  I've been doing a whole lot of stalling this week on giving my two cents for the Why Dance Matters campaign.  The lovely Nichelle over…

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