Tag: dance shows
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble tackles tough topics (review)
Celebrating 15 years this season, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE)’s latest project is an ambitious investigation into sexual assault and domestic violence. Titled Bindis & Bruises, the…
The Dance COLEctive Celebrates 20 Years with ‘Revelry’
Margi Cole has long been known as a teacher, at the Dance Center of Columbia College and across the globe, bringing her “Margi-isms” and wacky metaphors…
TDC’s ‘Chicago Revealed’ has everything but the kitchen sink (review)
No one can fault Thodos Dance Chicago (TDC) for a lack of variety. Titled “Chicago Revealed,” the company’s spring series last weekend at the Harris…
‘Yellow Towel’ breaks all the rules — or maybe writes new ones
CHICAGO — As the audience piled into Chicago’s Storefront Theater for Dana Michel’s one-night engagement, the ordinarily dark space was dressed in sterile white drops…
A Mixed Bag at Winifred Haun’s ‘First Draft’
CHICAGO — “You are really going to love this show,” said Winifred Haun onstage at the Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts, “especially if…
Urban Bush Women Celebrate Coltrane, Embody Jazz (review)
CHICAGO — Jazz music and contemporary dance: misunderstood genres which often operate ahead of their time. It isn’t until years, or even decades later that audiences…
Abundant Eye Candy in Joffrey’s ‘Bold Moves’ (review)
The contemporary works on Joffrey’s latest (through Feb. 21 at the Auditorium Theatre) have little in common, once again showing off the company’s versatility in a…
Choreographer Ashley Page Premieres Joffrey Work in ‘Bold Moves’
CHICAGO — After nearly three decades dancing and choreographing with the Royal Ballet in his native London, and another in Glasgow as the director of…
Kansas City Ballet Unveils a New Nutcracker (review)
KANSAS CITY, MO: As other mid-size cities’ downtown districts dwindle, Kansas City is growing at an unbelievable pace. Long known for its BBQ and jazz music,…
Some things old and something new for Esoteric’s 5th (review)
Esoteric Dance Project (EDP) was formed in 2010, and after five full seasons, co-directors Brenna Pierson-Tucker and Christopher Tucker took a walk down memory lane for…
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